Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Songbook [EXTRA TRACKS]
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Artist: Paul SimonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Music Label: SonyBMG Special Markets
Soundtracks:
- I Am A Rock
- Leaves That Are Green
- A Church Is Burning
- April Come She Will
- The Sound Of Silence
- A Most Peculiar Man
- He Was My Brother
- Kathy's Song
- The Side Of A Hill
- A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
- Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
- Patterns
- I Am A Rock (alternate version)
- A Church Is Burning (alternate version)
Music reviews of The Paul Simon Songbook [EXTRA TRACKS]
Music Review: For Serious Simon and Garfunkel Fans Only....
Rating: 3 Stars
THE PAUL SIMON SONGBOOK is not for the casual Simon and Garfunkel fan. It is not well-recorded. The performances are not particularly inspired. It's not the kind of album one can simply sit back and enjoy pure musical joy.
What it is is interesting. We get a glimpse of Paul Simon, the songwriter, as he really comes of age. Simon and Garfunkel had been peforming together since school lads and finally in 1964 recorded their first big label album. Frustrated with the results, they spiit just as the British invasion conquered pop music. Paul Simon departed for England to immerse himself in the English music scene with a particular interest in their folk music. While doing so, he worked on sharpening his songwriting talent and this album is the result recorded in England, just Paul and his guitar.
Most of the songs on the album are instantly recognizable tunes that would be recorded by Simon and Garfunkel on SOUNDS OF SILENCE or PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY & THYME. One exception is "The Side of a Hill" which an astute listener will recognize as the "Canticle" undercurrent sung in "Scarborough Fair/Canticle." "A Church is Burning" did not make it on to their official albums, but they performed it in concert and it appears on live albums. "A Simple Desultory Phillippic" is much angrier and snarling on this album.
All the rest of the songs are familiar such as "I Am a Rock," "April Come She Will," and "Kathy's Song." Another thing that becomes obvious is how much the material benefits from adding Garfunkel's voice. At this stage in Paul Simon's career, he was still a limited singer who only succeeded well on certain numbers. He'd overcome that deficiency as he gained confidence through Simon and Garfunkel's superb run of albums so by the time Simon issued his next solo effort in 1971, PAUL SIMON, he was quite capable of being a brilliant soloist.
Listen to THE PAUL SIMON SONGBOOK and hear a work in progress.
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