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Paul Simon (1st LP) (Expanded & Remasterd) (Digipak) (Remaster) (CD)

By: Paul Simon (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Paul Simon (1st LP) (Expanded & Remasterd) (Digipak) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Paul Simon (Artist)
1   Mother And Child Reunion
2   Duncan
3   Everything Put Together Falls Apart
4   Run That Body Down
5   Armistice Day
6   Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
7   Peace Like A River
8   Papa Hobo
9   Hobo's Blues
10   Paranoia Blues
11   Congratulations
12   Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard - (Demo, Bonus Track)
13   Duncan - (Demo, Bonus Track)
14   Paranoia Blues - (previously unreleased, Bonus Trackw)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (3/2/72, p.56) - "...PAUL SIMON leaves its composer's psyche finally exposed, as the various veneers he has used in the past to protect himself have receded into the background..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]e was already adept at dressing songs in exotic garb....This is a reminder of just how fruitful Simon's genre-hopping could be."

Title Note

Personnel: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); David Spinozza, Stefan Grossman, Wallace "Red Rat" Wilson, Huks Brown (guitar); Jerry Hahn (electric guitar); Los Incas (charango, flute, percussion); Stephane Grappelli (violin); Charlie McCoy (harmonica); Fred Lipsius, John Schroer, Steven Turre (horns); Larry Nechtel (piano, harmonium, organ); Neville Hinds (organ); Mike Manieri (vibraphone); Jackie Jackson, Ron Carter, Russell George, Joe Osborn (bass guitar); Hal Blaine, Victor Montanez, Winston Grennan (drums); Denzil Lang, Airto Moreira (percussion); Cissy Houston, Renelle Stafford, Dierdre Tuck, Von Eva Sims (background vocals).

Recording information: Dynamic Sound Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; C.B.E. Studios, Paris, France; Western Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Upon the realization that 50 percent meant "half," Paul Simon terminated his wildly successful partnership with Art Garfunkel. Anyone who was paying attention to the quality of the writing on those Simon & Garfunkel albums shouldn't have been surprised by Simon's rapid emergence as a solo artist of the first order. His self-titled solo debut is a vibrant, eclectic affair that expands on the artistic developments of his former work while exploring new musical horizons.

The elliptical "Mother and Child Reunion" is surely one of the first American pop flirtations with Jamaican music. "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" is similarly groundbreaking for its time in its use of Latin rhythms (a move Simon would eventually repeat on "Late in the Evening"). These cultural excursions foreshadow the road Simon would take decades later on GRACELAND. There are also some good old neurotic singer-songwriter tunes, like the sardonic "Run That Body Down," which stands up with the best work of Randy Newman, whose approach it recalls.

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