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Songwriter [CD]

Paul Simon Audio CD
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During his distinguished career Paul Simon has been the recipient of many honors and awards including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which ("Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Still Crazy After All These Years" and "Graceland") were albums of the year. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel. He is an ... Read more in Amazon's Paul Simon Store

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  • Audio CD (24 Oct 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Sony CMG
  • ASIN: B005KLN0LA
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,760 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or view the MP3 Album.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         


Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Sound Of SilencePaul Simon 4:25Album Only
Listen  2. The BoxerPaul Simon 4:17£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Bridge Over Troubled WaterPaul Simon;Aretha Franklin 5:29Album Only
Listen  4. Mother And Child ReunionPaul Simon 3:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. TendernessPaul Simon 2:50£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Peace Like A RiverPaul Simon 3:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. American TunePaul Simon 3:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. KodachromePaul Simon 3:32£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Something So RightPaul Simon 4:33£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Late In The EveningPaul Simon 3:59£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Train In The DistancePaul Simon 5:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Hearts And BonesPaul Simon 5:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Still Crazy After All These YearsPaul Simon 3:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. Rene And George Magritte with Their Dog After The WarPaul Simon 3:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her ShoesPaul Simon 5:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. The Boy In The BubblePaul Simon 3:58£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. GracelandPaul Simon 4:50£0.89  Buy MP3 


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Obvious ChildPaul Simon 4:08£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Further To FlyPaul Simon 5:31£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. The Cool, Cool RiverPaul Simon 4:30£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Spirit VoicesPaul Simon 3:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Born In Puerto RicoPaul Simon 4:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. QualityPaul Simon 4:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Darling LorrainePaul Simon 6:35£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Look At ThatPaul Simon 3:51£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Señorita With A Necklace Of TearsPaul Simon 3:37£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. That's MePaul Simon 4:34£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Another GalaxyPaul Simon 5:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Father And DaughterPaul Simon 4:07£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. RewritePaul Simon 3:49Album Only
Listen14. Love And Hard TimesPaul Simon 4:05Album Only
Listen15. So Beautiful Or So WhatPaul Simon 4:06Album Only


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Songwriter is a selection of songs, chosen by the composer in celebration of his 70th Birthday, as the best of his decades-long creative output. Some of these are well-known hits and others more obscure works, but all bear the distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature of Paul Simon, one of the great composers of popular song in the last 50 years.
Selecting the individual songs for Songwriter, from the hundreds he's written and recorded, presented Paul Simon an opportunity to reflect over the entirety of his career and showcase the individual songs best-exemplifying the high-points in his conversations with the muses, from his early work with Simon & Garfunkel through to his ruminations on the today's eternal now echoing across 2011's So Beautiful or So What. Songwriter includes an emotionally resonant rendition of "The Sound of Silence," from Simon's 2011 concert at New York's Webster Hall which has been previously unreleased until now.

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2CD .. Birthday Collection

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest American songwriters! 30 Oct 2011
By Jurg
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Every album of Paul Simon is followed by a compilation. But Songwriter isn't a greatest hits or a very best of! Although there are some big hits on it like "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Late in the Evening", some hits are missing: for instance "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" or "You Can Call Me Al"! If you want a greatest hits collection I advise you to buy "The Essential Paul Simon".

This is a selection of 32 songs chosen by Simon. More like "Hey man, I write songs and here are some of them I would like you to listen to." I'm not going to discuss what songs should be on it or not because I'm not Paul Simon. But a different version of some songs would make this collection a little bit stronger in my opinion!

It opens with "The Sound of Silence". A new unreleased version recorded live at Webster Hall in 2011. Ok, you got to throw a little bait for the collector! There's nothing wrong with that! "The Sound of Silence" is followed by "The Boxer" from the album "Paul Simon's Concert In The Park". (When are they going to release that show on DVD?)It's good but not great because nothing can beat the Simon and Garfunkel studio version. The third song is "Bridge Over Troubled Water". This is the Aretha Franklin version recorded in 1971. You will not hear Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel on it. Really? Can he put that in his own selection? ... Yes he can! Because "Bridge ..." has become so much more. It is now a traditional! And you really should listen to this. Soul dripping out of your speakers from the first second. So beautiful!

The other 29 songs are his well-known studio versions. But for me "American Tune" should have been the live one from "Paul Simons Greatest Hits, Etc". I still don't like the drums on the studio version. I'm sorry Paul but it should have been recorded without drums.

Songwriter has a beautiful booklet with all the lyrics, some pictures, a foreword and some additional information.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice CD 18 Dec 2012
By Coney
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If you are aul Simmon fan you will like thiis CD which contains some of his most famous /loved tracks. I keep waiting for the cost of CDs such as these, where most of the content is from the past rather than new works, to cost a more sensible / reasonable price but am getting too old to wait so have bought it anyway!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great music; one "but" 20 Mar 2012
By Davey
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The songs are so good I can add nothing by commenting on them as such; only negative, the one "but", is that we're told that these are Simon's own choice - "Compilation by Paul Simon" - but there's nothing about WHY these were chosen. We don't need an essay, just a few words - as an example, see the Beach Boys "Classics Selected By Brian Wilson" - otherwise, for all it's virtues, it's just another Paul Simon compilation. Sorry if this sounds more sour than a four star review should be; I just think it's a wasted opportunity from one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
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