Paul Simon

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Album #186 - January 1972

Episode date - November 25, 2020

The Top 500 of The Top 40
    0:00
    0:00

    I don’t think anyone was particularly surprised by the tone of Paul Simon’s post S&G ‘debut album’ (technically his second, but at this point in time, virtually nobody on the planet ever heard his first, so…) but there was a lackluster ‘meh’ feel about it when it first hit the streets…which surprised me.

    I thought it was great. In point of fact, I thought it bettered most of the Simon/Garfunkel catalog, because Paul sounded like…Paul. He got to be himself, just as the singer/songwriter era started to become a ‘thing’.

    Critics (and fans) dismissed the album tracks as light filler, but what albums with Garfunkel didn’t have the same thing happening? At least here, the filler was less pretentious, and infinitely more believable. Paul sounded genuinely honest on this record and that was a giant step toward retaining relevance, and two timeless hits certainly didn’t hurt his cause. Paul, quite literally, came unto his own.

    Featured tracks include: 

    Mother and Child Reunion 

    Duncan 

    Everything Put Together Falls Apart 

    Run That Body Down 

    Armistice Day 

    Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard 

    Peace Like a River 

    Papa Hobo 

    Hobo’s Blues 

    Paranoia Blues 

    Congratulations 

    January 1972 - Billboard Charted #4

    Related Shows

    Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

    Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Part 1)

    Album #127 - April 1970

      0:00
      0:00
      Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon

      Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon

      Album #126 - April 1970

        0:00
        0:00
        Jethro Tull - Benefit

        Jethro Tull: Benefit

        Album #125 - April 1970

          0:00
          0:00
          Paul McCartney - McCartney

          Paul McCartney: McCartney

          Album #124 - April 1970

            0:00
            0:00
            Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

            Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys

            Album #123 - March 1970

              0:00
              0:00
              Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Déjà Vu

              Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Déjà Vu

              Album #122 - March 1970

                0:00
                0:00
                Van Morrison -  Moondance

                Van Morrison: Moondance

                Album #121 - February 1970

                  0:00
                  0:00
                  Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath

                  Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath

                  Album #120 - February 1970

                    0:00
                    0:00
                    The Doors: Morrison Hotel

                    The Doors: Morrison Hotel

                    Album #119 - February 1970

                      0:00
                      0:00
                      James Taylor: Sweet Baby James

                      James Taylor: Sweet Baby James

                      Album #118 - February 1070

                        0:00
                        0:00
                        Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

                        Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water

                        Album #117 - January 1970

                          0:00
                          0:00
                          The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

                          The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed

                          Album #116 - December 1969

                            0:00
                            0:00