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 | Title : The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' (with Limited Edition Bonus Disc)
Author : Paul Simon
Release Date : 20021105
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Paul Simon could have just as easily padded his retirement staging periodic reunions with former partner Art Garfunkel. Instead, the best evidence for Simon's rewarding artistic restlessness and intensely personal, sometimes prickly creative ethic lies on this 19-track compilation and five-cut bonus live EP. If his solo career's vaunted world music exploits (which stretch from 'Me and Julio' to Graceland's masterful core tracks here) seem overstated, they also sometimes overshadow the hard-won Tin Pan Alley sense of craft that underpins 'Kodachrome,' '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,' 'Still Crazy,' and 'Adios Hermanos' from his doo-wop stage tribute, Capeman. The limited-edition live EP fleshes out the solo résumé with stirring '73 performances of 'American Tune' and 'Duncan' and revisits '60s glories with a backbeat-pumped, zydeco-inflected take on 'Mrs. Robinson' and a 'Bridge over Troubled Water' duet with Aaron Neville set against an eerie East Asian-meets-trance arrangement. It's a collection whose musical influences encompass continents, yet it somehow stays true to Simon's New York City heart. --Jerry McCulley
Buyer Reviews :
This is an excellent collection of singer/songwriter Paul Simon's hits from his debut solo album simply titled 'Paul Simon' (released in 1972) to his 'You're The One' cd (released in 2000). In my opinion Simon is one of America's best (if not the best) songwriters ever. Every song has meaning and is sung with emotion. You've got all the hits starting with the catchy 'Mother And Child Reunion', 'Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard', the sensative 'Something So Right', the humorous 'Kodachrome', 'Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover','Still Crazy After All These Years', 'Slip Sliddin' Away', 'You Can Call Me Al' (remember the great video from MTV's glory days), etc. As a bonus disc you get rare 1973 concert performances of Simon performing several songs in 'American Tune' and 'Duncan' (New York & London), 'Mrs. Robinson' from a 1999 New York City concert, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' from a 2001 New Orleans concert and 'The Coast' from a 2002 Montreux, Switzerland concert. This disc has been remastered and the sound quality is nice and crisp compared to other greatest hits cd's I've heard. There's also ten pages of liner notes which gives a brief history of Simon as well as the making of his various l.p.'s. A great cd for those who enjoy 60's and 70's folk rock. Highly recommended!
(by barrycrist)
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