Paul Simon - The Essential Paul Simon
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Artist: Paul SimonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-26
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Mother And Child Reunion
- Loves Me Like a Rock
- Me And Julio Down By The School Yard
- Duncan
- Kodachrome
- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
- Slip Slidin' Away
- Gone At Last
- Something So Right
- Late In the Evening
- Hearts And Bones
- Take Me To the Mardi Gras
- That Was Your Mother
- American Tune
- Peace Like a River
- Stranded In a Limousine
- Train In the Distance
- The Late Great Johnny Ace
- Still Crazy After All These Years
- Graceland
- Diamonds On the Soles Of Her Shoes
- The Boy In the Bubble
- You Can Call Me Al
- Under African Skies
- The Obvious Child
- Born At the Right Time
- The Coo, Cool River
- Spirit Voices
- Adios Hermanos
- Born In Puerto Rico
- Quality
- Darling Lorraine
- Hurricane Eye
- Father And Daughter
- Outrageous
- Wartime Prayers
Free Music Notes for The Essential Paul Simon
Free Music Review: Paul Simon - King of Recycling
Hit: 5 Stars
The quoted section of this review was originally written by me about Simon's previous greatest hits compilation ("The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin'") in 2003:
"Since going solo about 1970, Paul Simon has released (maybe) 7 albums of new material.
"And about a dozen greatest hits or live packages.
"(Live Rhymin', Greatest Hits Etc, Negotiations & Love Songs, Concert in Central Park, Shining Like a National Guitar, + a box set & at least 5 Simon & Garfunkel repackages, for those who doubt me.)
"Listen, I love Paul's music, but Graceland was recorded before Avril Lavigne was born, and only the die-hard Simon fans can rhyme off anything significant he has released since then."
"If they were going to release yet another GH package, why didn't Columbia follow the recent tradition of the 2-CD "The Essential" series, and at least "Keep The Customer Satisfied". That way they could have filled 1.5 CDs with tracks from his first album, Still Crazy, Rhymin' Simon, and Graceland, and still had 40 minutes for more recent works that, frankly, fewer people care for."
"Or maybe that's in the works for his 13th repackage. In about 2 years, at the current rate.
-- End of old review quote.
Other than my timing being off by 2 years, that's exactly what has happened. Columbia seems to have listened to me.
The 13th reshuffling of Paul Simon hits is, thankfully, the best. Add in the Simon & Garfunkel Old Friends boxset and you've got his career nicely covered.
The Essential Paul Simon Poster
While the restless artisanship of Paul Simon's music has been previously anthologized more than once, this 36-track double-disc set instantly takes its place as the most comprehensive yet musically insightful overview of his solo career. Six tracks from the singer's Grammy-winning triumph Graceland, the 1986 collection that both reinvented Simon's career and pushed world music into a well-deserved spotlight, serve as the collection's focal point. They bridge the more traditional '70s singer-songwriter fare Simon pursued after his split with partner Art Garfunkel and the often openly experimental avenues that more recently led to his rewarding 2006 collaboration with Brian Eno, Surprise. Simon's innate artistic curiosity is further underscored by the album's creative sequencing, which eschews strict chronology for a tack that weaves the songs into a more musically and thematically cohesive tapestry. --Jerry McCulleyIn celebration of Paul Simon's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, The Essential Paul Simon brings together all of his hits and favorite tracks in the most expansive, solo career-spanning compilation issued for the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
Japanese three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) pressing of the singer/songwriter's 2007 Essential Collection features a bonus DVD that contains video clips including tracks like 'Call Me Al', 'Boy In The Bubble', 'Father & Daughter' and others as well as clips from his rare TV appearance such as 'Mrs. Robinson' from The Dick Cavett Show' and 'Homeward Bound' (featuring George Harrison) from Saturday Night Live. Warner. 2007.
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