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DISCID=1d110813
DTITLE=Paul Simon / The Essential Paul Simon - Disc 1 of 2
DYEAR=2007
DGENRE=Folk-Rock
TTITLE0=Mother And Child Reunion
TTITLE1=Loves Me Like A Rock
TTITLE2=Me And Julio Down By The School Yard
TTITLE3=Duncan
TTITLE4=Kodachrome
TTITLE5=50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
TTITLE6=Slip Slidin' Away
TTITLE7=Gone At Last / Paul Simon with Phoebe Snow And The Jessy Dixon
TTITLE7= Singers
TTITLE8=Something So Right
TTITLE9=Late In The Evening
TTITLE10=Hearts And Bones
TTITLE11=Take Me To The Mardi Gras
TTITLE12=That Was Your Mother
TTITLE13=American Tune
TTITLE14=Peace Like A River
TTITLE15=Stranded In A Limousine
TTITLE16=Train In The Distance
TTITLE17=The Late Great Johnny Ace
TTITLE18=Still Crazy After All There Years
EXTD=The Essential Paul Simon - Disc 1 of 2\n2007 Warner Bros. Records
EXTD=, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released June 26, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW:
EXTD= Released five years after Warner's last Paul Simon comp, the sin
EXTD=gle-disc The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I
EXTD='m Goin', the double-disc The Essential Paul Simon is a full 17 t
EXTD=racks heftier than its predecessor and contains all but one of it
EXTD=s 19 songs (MIA is the latter-day "Love," which only hardcore fan
EXTD=s will recognize as from You're the One, and they're not quite th
EXTD=e market for this set anyway). It's also slimmer than the 1993 bo
EXTD=x Paul Simon 1964-1993, which spanned three discs but also encomp
EXTD=assed his '60s recordings with Art Garfunkel, plus a single the d
EXTD=uo recorded as Tom & Jerry, along with selections from his solo d
EXTD=ebut, The Paul Simon Songbook -- it was ambitious, where this com
EXTD=pilation is efficient, picking up after the parting of ways with 
EXTD=Garfunkel and running straight through until 2006's Surprise. The
EXTD= sequencing isn't strictly chronological -- some songs are shuffl
EXTD=ed around for effect, with "Still Crazy After All These Years" cl
EXTD=osing the first, while "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is cleverly fo
EXTD=llowed by the zydeco stomp "That Was Your Mother" -- but it rough
EXTD=ly divides into having the first disc devoted to the '70s and ear
EXTD=ly '80s, the second devoted to Graceland and beyond. Some might a
EXTD=rgue that there's too heavy of a Graceland presence here -- a who
EXTD=pping six tracks, over half the album -- but it is his biggest al
EXTD=bum and functions as a nice transition between his better-known '
EXTD=70s hits and the more esoteric but frequently compelling work tha
EXTD=t he's done since. And, unlike The Paul Simon Collection, The Ess
EXTD=ential Paul Simon is designed to introduce fellow travelers to th
EXTD=e interesting work he's done since Graceland, as the second disc 
EXTD=emphasizes that quite greatly, and it does a good job of it, whil
EXTD=e also providing a good summary of his best-known (and much of hi
EXTD=s best) solo work. [The Essential Paul Simon was also released in
EXTD= an edition with a very good bonus DVD containing music videos fr
EXTD=om Graceland (including "The Boy in the Bubble," "Diamonds on the
EXTD= Soles of Her Shoes," and the Chevy Chase-starring "You Can Call 
EXTD=Me Al"), a version of "Mrs. Robinson" from The Dick Cavett Show, 
EXTD=and two performances from Saturday Night Live.]  -- Stephen Thoma
EXTD=s Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Product Description\nIn celebration of P
EXTD=aul Simon's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of C
EXTD=ongress, The Essential Paul Simon brings together all of his hits
EXTD= and favorite tracks in the most expansive, solo career-spanning 
EXTD=compilation issued for the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. 
EXTD=\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Definitive Collection, June
EXTD= 28, 2007 \nBy  Richard S. Ledford "Swing Out Fan" (Provo, Utah)\n
EXTD=Maybe the Essential Paul Simon Collection should hve been titled,
EXTD= The Definitive Paul Simon since it is the most definitive collec
EXTD=tion of all his single and double C.D. collections. All previous 
EXTD=collections either completely omit the songs, Duncan and American
EXTD= Tune (both radio hits) or else substitute them for live versions
EXTD=. In fact, this collection presents these two songs (and all othe
EXTD=rs) in their original, album-length, studio versions. Also includ
EXTD=ed here are the minor hits, Gone At Last (with Phoebe Snow) and S
EXTD=tranded In A Limosine, both largely ignored songs on other P.S. c
EXTD=ompilations. It is interesting that one of the P.S. "fan favorite
EXTD=s." Take Me To The Mardi Gras, was released as a U.K. single, sim
EXTD=ultaneously with the U.S. single, Kodachrome. Both became top ten
EXTD= hits in their respective countries. It is nice to see all the si
EXTD=ngle A-sides from the seventies included here. \n\nOne caveat is 
EXTD=that Paul Simon songs from the early eighties are sparsely repres
EXTD=ented here. Only one of the three singles from One Trick Pony is 
EXTD=represented (Late In The Evening, of course). And strangely, NO s
EXTD=ingles from the 1983 album, Hearts And Bones were included, despi
EXTD=te the fact that Allergies was a moderate, radio hit. Hearts And 
EXTD=Bones was originally intended to be a Simon and Garfunkel reunion
EXTD= album but that conception of the album never materialized. Howev
EXTD=er, three key tracks from H & B are included: Train In A Distance
EXTD= (one of my favorite P.S. songs and is still played in malls acro
EXTD=ss America), the title track (another favorite) and The Late Grea
EXTD=t Johnny Ace (a tribute to rock and roll legends with a coda perf
EXTD=ormed by Philip Glass). There was ample room on disc one to have 
EXTD=included another song, perhaps One Trick Pony, Think Too Much (b)
EXTD= or Rene and Georgette Magritte.... \n\nOn the other hand, songs 
EXTD=from the albums Graceland and Rhythm Of The Saints are well repre
EXTD=sented in the collection. And of course, it was the Graceland alb
EXTD=um that drew attention to the African musical group, Ladysmith Bl
EXTD=ack Mambazo (their Shaka Zulu album is very fine, especially if y
EXTD=ou like Graceland). \n\nPaul Simon's diverse, musical influences 
EXTD=are very apparent in the song selections. These musical styles ra
EXTD=nge from reggae (Mother And Child Reunion),to Gospel ( Loves Me L
EXTD=ike A Rock), to Latin-American (Me And Julio Down By The Schoolya
EXTD=rd and Late In The Evening), to zydeco (That Was Your Mother) to 
EXTD=South African (Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes), ro rockabilly
EXTD= (Graceland). Even with all his diversity of musical styles, my p
EXTD=reference leans toward his pop ballads, especially from the seven
EXTD=ties and early eighties. \n\nWhile the sound quality of this C.D.
EXTD= is not crisp in its detail, it does have a warm, clean and natur
EXTD=al sound. This C.D. was released in celebration of Paul Simon's a
EXTD=cceptance of the First-ever Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, from
EXTD= the Library of Congress. I highly recommend this collection! \n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\ngreat compilation - particularly fo
EXTD=r a car trip, July 13, 2007 \nBy  Louie's Mom "Compulsive Reader"
EXTD= (Dallas) - See all my reviews \nI have a lot of Paul Simon CD's 
EXTD=so you could say I didn't really need this two CD set. However, I
EXTD= make a 3 hour car trip a couple of times a year and when I saw t
EXTD=his I immediately thought how great it would be to have these two
EXTD= CD's in the changer in the trunk for my next road trip. Its sort
EXTD= of a "greatest hits" but with some songs I've never heard before
EXTD= as well. It covers a long span of years and my only complaint is
EXTD= that it does not include the incredible song "Homeless". \n\n\nH
EXTD=alf.com Details \nProducer: Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee, R
EXTD=uss Titelaman \n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel: Cissy Houston, Deirde T
EXTD=uck, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Renelle Stafford, Von Eva Sims (voca
EXTD=ls); Hucks Brown, Wallace Wilson, David Spinozza, Los Incas (guit
EXTD=ar); Hugh McCraken, Jimmy Johnson , John Tropea, Pete Carr (elect
EXTD=ric guitar); Charango (flute); Larry Knechtel (piano); Neville Hi
EXTD=nds, Ken Asher (organ); Russel George, David Hood, Jackie Jackson
EXTD= (bass guitar); Roger Hawkins, Steve Gadd, Winston Grennan (drums
EXTD=); Airto Moreira, Ralph McDonald, Denzil Laing (percussion); Patt
EXTD=i Austin, Valerie Simpson, Phoebe Snow (background vocals).\n\nAd
EXTD=ditional personnel: Phoebe Snow & The Jessy Dixon Singers.\nRecor
EXTD=ding information: 1972 - 2006.\n\nAre 36 songs enough to truly en
EXTD=compass the "essential" items in the catalog of a master craftsma
EXTD=n like Paul Simon? Probably not, but it's a healthy dose, and a d
EXTD=amned fine anthology regardless. Roughly chronological in sequenc
EXTD=e, THE ESSENTIAL PAUL SIMON focuses exclusively on the folk-rock 
EXTD=hero's post-Garfunkel days, and follows his maturation as a songw
EXTD=riter and record-maker. In retrospect, it quickly becomes apparen
EXTD=t that the cross-genre concoctions of his celebrated 1986 album, 
EXTD=GRACELAND, had been part of his modus operandi all along: see the
EXTD= reggae lilt of "Mother and Child Reunion," the salsa flavor of "
EXTD=Late in the Evening," and the gospel glow of "Loves Me Like a Roc
EXTD=k." Whatever the musical mode, every song on this satisfying coll
EXTD=ection is powered by Simon's rocket-science harmonic know-how and
EXTD= vivid poetic imagery, making this a powerful musical snapshot of
EXTD= an artist constantly in motion.
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