Bridge Over Troubled Water

Not as good as Bookends, but still an enjoyable album. Best: Cecilia Runner-Up: So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright Third: Baby Driver I don’t know why, but I couldn’t get into this album as much as Bookends. I felt like it was missing that soul seeking feel that Simon and Garfunkel possessed in Bookends. Their craft and musicianship is still fully in display and they make each song beautiful or catchy, but there’s just something missing that doesn’t provide as much depth for me. Maybe it was the opener, which, I hate to be that guy, but I didn’t care for that much. Just didn’t pull me in. Hopefully, that didn’t affect my overall taste of the album, but it might have. Still a fun listen that I did enjoy and isn’t that the whole point? Stars: 4/5 Rating: 8/10

It's okay

Easy 5, a truly all-time album. This one has a lot of the good ones. The title track, Cecilia, the Boxer, El Condor Pasa. They're just all great. For being what is ultimately a popular music act Simon & Garfunkel sure did (do) have the chops.

it's been a while since we've had one of these but, this album feels like another case of "if you heard the singles, don't bother". to me at least. i feel like other than the title track, "cecelia", and "the boxer", all of which i'm familiar with already, i didn't really get much out of this. it's not bad but.... its just like. ok. yknow? that said. the tracks i mentioned do fuck. and they all have some really crazy sounding drums, "the boxer" especially. it takes balls to put so much reverb on drums but they sure pulled it off. they sound big as fuck. and its awesome. i'd come back for those drums alone..... but maybe not so much the rest of the album.

The title track is so overblown and overplayed, but the rest of the album is perfectly pleasant. Very hummable, but not exactly essential.

Bridge over trouble relationships and the look back

Practically a greatest hits album in and of itself. I honestly don't know how you *couldn't* like this unless you're like "dudes harmonizing? that's so soft, man." (probably using an alternative term) Anyway, it's fucking brilliant.

I prefer the Willie nelson version of a bridge over troubled water , but not bad I really like Cecilia Enjoyed keep the customer satisfied

Fond memories here, my parents played this vinyl when I was growing up and maybe 8 track. Some great songs here, between the hits and others.

There isn't really a bad song on here and there are plenty of great ones.

3/5

一曲目から壮大でメロディアスな曲。びっくりした、人によっては感動する人もいるんじゃないか。 曲によって、静かなやつと割とポップな感じのやつがあって両方さすがと言った感じ。ゴスペルの要素が入ってたような気もした。ないかもしらん。 ライブ版の曲もあって、拍手とかも聞こえるんだけど、拍手の音圧えぐすぎる。フランクロイドライトって書いてる曲もあって、なんで？ってかんじ

Beautiful, lots of hits. Got a few fillers so it’s a hesitant max score here, but bridge over troubled water to me is just magnificent. 10/10

Classic.

Three grest classic songs, but the rest really doesn't interest me. 4 stars or B+.

There is some great songwriting in there, but also so chaff. I always enjoyed Bridge over troubled water but the end all gets a bit much for me, seems an unnecessary place for a song like that to build to. Cecilia and the Boxer are absolute classic songs, I was surprised by Keep the Customer Satisfied, Baby Driver, Bye bye bye and why don’t you write me.

★★★★★★

Very gentle voice, almost hard to hear at times. Very easy to listen to and have on in the background. The album art is hilarious to me.

nice

Superb album with some of the top Simon and Garfunkel songs from their catalogue. It's a classic that's lasted the test of time without dating. It doesn't get much better.

no mg

Banger. I've always been more partial to Bookends (minus "Voices of All People), but listening to it again straight through, it reminds me how amazing this album really is.

decent album, not my style, but there were a couple good songs like "bridge over troubled water", "cecilia", "the only living boy in new york". barely 3/5

My favorite simon and garfunkel album. I love all their work but this is the one that feels the most complete. All the way through it is just beautifully written and performed. This is the essence of music

I've been on a Simon & Garfunkel binge the last few weeks, so this came at perfect timing. They just really have cozy, folksy and oddly familiar movie any way you spin it. The only thing I can really say is that as an album experience, I really liked it, but I haven't noticed any stand out tracks.

Jamais écouté avant. Bridge Over Troubled Water est un monument aux excès du perfectionnisme en musique. Il ne viendrait à personne l'idée de contester le talent de songwriter de Paul Simon, qui ici comme ailleurs dans sa discographie, est entièrement perceptible. Mais à force de passer des dizaines, voire des centaines d'heure, à peaufiner le moindre morceau, à éliminer la moindre imperfection et à rajouter couche sur couche d'arrangements d'un goût pas toujours très affirmé, le résultat, c'est un disque certes brillant, mais lisse et ennuyeux au possible, tout en étant grandiloquent à en crever... Comme si, à force de vouloir emmener ses racines folk ailleurs, Paul Simon avait oublié que c'est dans la confrontation sans intermédiation ni coquetteries superflues entre un songwriter et l'auditeur que se loge toute la puissance émotionnelle de la folk. Sans oublier qu'à force de vouloir y injecter l'ensemble de ses inspirations du moment, l'album ressemble plus à une compilation un peu disjointe, de la musique traditionnelle péruvienne au gospel, du folk rock mélo au rockabilly acoustique, qu'à une véritable œuvre cohérente. Une vraie déception, donc. Top : The Boxer Flop : Bye Bye Love

4.7

Basically perfect from the first note to the last. I used to think the semi-live Bye Bye Love was kind of a misstep, but now I love it: We build from the haunting solitude of Bridge to the joyful community of Bye Bye Love, and end with a brief, civilized farewell.

nice

It was good i liked it

perfect!

Just a fantastic album.

I had an out of Boyd experience with keep my customer satisfied so 5

This was sorted on my birthday and I assume this is a great birthday present. I obviously know Simon and Garfunkel, knew their songs since I was a kid, but mainly the title track Bridge Over Troubled Water- my dad used to sing it and my mum also loved it. It was always in the back of my mi d to take my time and actually listen to the album and I am glad I finally did it.This album is much more varied than I expectedthere is the normal singer songwriter but they do explore with other instruments and melodies, and I can see now how much Sufjan Stevens have them as an influence. The songwriting is also good and detailed and a second listen wasn't enough. This is another band that goes to the list of bands I need to dig into discography. 4/5

The more chopped the artist, the better the music.

Incredible Simon & Garfunkel album. Hits in all the right ways Fave track: Bridge over Troubled Water

Just not for me

One of the best albums of the 70s and certainly one that bridged the 60s into the 70s, get it? This was a first time listen for me all the way through as I don't recall ever listening to some of the lesser-known songs. The hits, though, are some of the greatest songs ever written and I've never dissected a song's lyrics like I did with the Boxer when I was in school.

So fucking good, their voices are so soft and sweet and the instruments are always doing some shit that makes me salivate

realmente, vir a discografia dos cara em ordem foi algo meio esquisito ainda assim, bem legal tô com meu amigo avaliador, o final de carreira dos caras é bem interessante. agora eu consigo entender o hype!!

bom, pelo menos veio rápido e na ordem certinha os albuns deles. que doideira. enfim. é bem na linha do bookends, ou seja, uns arranjos bonitos e umas músicas bem boas, hein. acho que eh um bom álbum pra finalizar a história do duo. enfim, aprendi a apreciar essa fase final deles. achei bacana!

Pretty good find, would love to have on vinyl.

The boxer ! , the only living boy in new york, baby driver (not bad)

Very close to a 5/5 for me and definitely would be a 4.5 if this did half star ratings HOW DID THEY EVEN GET THE BOXER TO SOUND LIKE THAT AT THE END IN 1970??? Probably one of my favorite songs ever

Really really great album, especially considering I didn’t really know many/any songs on it. Definitely need to get this on vinyl

Not surprised this was some quality folk rock or whatever you want to call it. It is front loaded in quality but the rest is nice and mellow. This was very close to being a four if only I had liked more songs.

To me this shows the potential that “popular music” can have from a production, performance and songwriting standpoint.

It was a beautiful and quiet and introspective start to the day yesterday when I listened to this.

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" were my favorites. My only problem with these two is that some songs are sooo slow.

Vanskeleg merker eg, for eg har høyrt desse låtane så mange gonger at eg eigentleg vil «spole» vidare. Men, det er jo greit og fint. Ingen særskilte merknader.

Denne har jeg visst forandra mening om med åra. Likte den veldig godt for en del år siden, men akkurat nå er det ikke så mye her jeg fester meg ved. Alt her er jo bra, men det er liksom en avstand i det også som jeg ikke har lagt merke til tidligere. Der de første albumene føltes nære, ektefølte, og mer personlige føles denne mer planlagt og kald. Det gjør at alle de gode låtene bare blir gode låter og aldri et helstøpt album. 6/10

Eg lurer litt på kva eg skal bruka denne plata til etterkvart. Mykje av den treng eg aldri høyra igjen - tittelsporet, El Condor Pasa, Cecilia, The Boxer… Det ligg vel ein klassikartendens berre i det faktum. Og det seier sjølsagt sitt om låtskrivaren Paul Simon. Men der til dømes Creedence-originalane av like ihelspela låtar alltid gir meg ei “jøss, eg hadde gløymt kor fett dette faktisk er”-kjensle, vert eg sitjande noko meir passiv i dette gjenhøyret. Og om det skulle herska tvil: eg elskar Paul Simon! Aller mest elskar eg solokarriera hans. Når eg tenker meg om kan eg styra meg for større dosar Garfunkel. Og det kunne vel Simon òg. Produksjonen trekker plata ned. More is more, ingenting skal stå uprøvd, jo fleire sjangrar jo betre. Desse world music-tendensane likar eg også betre i solokarriera. Når alt dette er sagt sit eg ikkje her og slaktar plata. Det får vera grenser. Det ligg ein stor juvel på lur nett over halvvegs: The only living boy in New York. Herregud så flott!

Som en av de første anmeldelsene jeg finner på RYM sier: "a must for anyone with an appreciation for humanity, poetry and the Human experience!" Selve motsatsen til "Anti-Human, Anti-Life. True Norwegian Black Metal", der altså. Ikke rart det blir vanskelig for en stakkar å la seg fange helt av Paul og Art.

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Joda, det er litt stort og svulstig med ein del klisjétunge linjer her og der, med lag på lag med strykarar og kor som sett saman for å løfte dette til noko stort og nesten religiøst. Og vei du kva? Eg likar det - i alle fall så lenge låtane i botn er så gode som her. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Drive, “The Only Living Boy in New York”, “El Condor Pasa” og så bortsetter er alle glimrande, omtrent terapeutiske. Og uansett kor utpult tittelsporet er, så syns eg det er like nydeleg som første gong eg høyrte det. Forbanna fin musikk. 9/10

Напомнило ранних битлз, звучание нежное и успокаивающее, но переслушивать бы не стала, не зацепило

Bangers everywhere. Great, to-the-point songs.

i want to hate, but i can't deny

Mika und uberpolo, für immer dankbar

Pretty decent album from Simon and the Funk

The placement of the duo on the album cover makes it look like Art Garfunkel has a moustache.

The only living boy in New York - one of my favorite songs ever.

Fantastic from top to bottom.

I've never been that into Paul Simon's solo work, but these two together make such fun music. Might be a bit corny at times, but it's just so fun in the end that I can't help but have a good time. Favorite Songs: Cecelia, Baby Driver, The Boxer

Reminds me of my childhood!

dare i say one of the easiest 5 stars i have ever given on this list. i will shake ass to Cecilia any day

This is the last album they made. After that they broke up and Paul Simon went and did his own thing. They dove into so many different genres throughout the album. You've got some rockabilly, jazz, gospel. And they do an astounding job through all of them. It's an incredible record and absolutely deserves to be on this list. The Boxer is an amazing song. And The Only Living Boy In New York is a personal favorite of mine. Really the only song I find kind of meh is the Frank Lloyd Wright one. The rest have their own little things that make them either a fun listen or something special.

b side is a 5 a side is arts a weirdo

Starts with a 10/10 with the title track. Was expecting to like the rest of it a bit more tbh, especially since I've been listening to quite a bit of Paul Simon recently. Enjoy the slower tracks a lot (BOTW, Boxer, TOLBINY), not so much the more upbeat ones (Cecilia, Baby Driver, Bye Bye Love). Given how good some of the tracks are, I will still rate it highly, but could have been another 5 if the rest of the album held together as well. Prefer Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme as a whole. 7.5/10

adores. a calm breeze. eye of the storm

This is one of the best albums I know. Love it all.

Fairplay some fucking cracking songwriting going on here. And beautiful singing. I prefer Cash’s take on the title track tbh. But it’s not all about that. What a fucking TUNE Cecilia is. 3.8/5.0 Best Song: Cecilia

Paul Simon is an incredible song writer with a beautiful voice and truly a gnerational talent. Art Garfunkel is also there. Best Song: The only living boy in New York

Ah, the album that shows off Garfunkel’s impressive moustache on the cover. I actually listened to this over the summer, but am happy to do so again. The album has two absolutely amazing tracks- the titular Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Boxer - and a bunch of ok or even quite poor tracks. While the best deserve an unwarranted 5, and are among the best tracks ever recorded by anyone, those tracks alone don’t warrant the album getting top marks. Indeed, without those tracks I’d probably be looking at giving this a 1 or a 2. So, being generous because of the genius of two tracks and a comedy moustache cover, this is only getting a 3.

I figured this was a likely 5 - lots of tracks I remember being great, a classic act at their peak. Some of the songs are not as good as I remember but it's the crazy production that spoils a lot it. I never noticed that before.

Another album that perhaps gets a an extra point as it's one I've heard a lot over the years - but still I think it's a fantastic collection of songs

A classic of all time, my parents showed me this album when I was a kid and these songs and melodies are just part of my life

“Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know where, we don't know where.” One of my favourite quotes from one of my favourite albums. The fact I could've picked about twenty different lyrics says enough. This might just be the soundtrack to my life. 9.5/10

A bit inconsistent throughout in my opinion. But when it hits, it’s beautiful. Title track is a masterpiece. Cecilia is a well written song, but I’ve heard it too many times. Really enjoyed Song for Asking. Very good, don’t believe it is a 5/5 for me though.

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail Yes I would If I could I surely would

4/5

Cool and soft album, really enjoyed it :)

I wouldn't choose to listen to this album on my own but it's enjoyable. I was surprised I was already familiar with a few songs besides Bridge of Troubled Water.

An oldie and a goodie! Totally remember having this in “the traveling car CD book”

An all time classic

One of my favorite albums of all time, and my cats favorite (I play it whenever he is in the car and it somehow always manages to calm him down). 5/5

a lot of this album may be giving disney film, but fuck, it really is just immaculately written definitely not a sound i'd just immediately vibe with in the way i would some albums, but it's literally just executed perfectly (for the most part at least). had this been done by a lesser group, it would've probably been a sickly sweet dated mess (to my ears at least), so the fact that it's anything but is commendable very very strong 4 favourite songs: cecilia, so long, frank lloyd wright, the boxer least favourite song: baby driver

Bridge over troubled water is an incredible song holy shit 3 songs in and I already like this better than bookends by a lot and I really liked bookends! Yeah this was really great the string arrangements were great and I loved some of the really loud percussion and horns (I think) on some tracks. I will definitely listen again 4.4899/5

When I think back to the late 60s this album is the thing that most often comes to mind, a perfect capture of a time period with like 5 of the greatest songs ever written on it

This is going to be difficult to listen to today. Already feeling super emotional, because of the shit that happened with Marisol over the weekend. And this album reminds me so much of my mom. This is a great album. 5 stars.

Liked it. Folky and chill favorite song was “El cóndor pasa” apparently that song is a meme for Tara and her mom

Needed to feel some feelings today. I'm not even through the first track and I'm already crying I CAN'T HELP IT. My parents introduced me to this early on and it's been ages since I gave the whole record a full listen. I forgot how many iconic songs are here.

Einige bekannte Stücke, einige (mir) unbekannte Stücke. Da fällt mir auf wie stark mein akustisches Bild von Simon and Garfunkel durch die Platte vom Konzert im Central Park geprägt wird.

Incredible highs, but some that's just fine.

Recognisable talent and inspiration for so many musicians after them. Not my go to, but brilliant nonetheless

the enormous balls of starting the album with "bridge over troubled water" when it feels a natural epic closer. great album. "el condor pasa (if i could)" sounds timeless. "cecilia" is a romp. "keep the customer satisfied", "so long, frank lloyd wright", great way to close out side a. then "the boxer"? incredible. "baby driver"? "the only living boy in new york"? all timers. and if anyone brought up the disturbed cover of the title track and especially if you liked it more - you can suck my butt.

In the history of albums where you just know, with absolute certainty, that just based on how it feels to experience it...this is the end of the road...the ironically named Bridge Over Troubled Waters has to be near the top. The record is absolutely stunning, containing some of the greatest songs ever pressed to vinyl. It's also haunted. Haunted by petty jealousy, haunted by years of an imbalance in workload, and haunted by a lifelong friendship that had run its course. If you're going to go out, Simon & Garfunkel couldn't have done much better than Bridge Over Troubled Waters. They could've have just released The Boxer, called it a day, and we'd have gotten a treat beyond the talents of just about any other group, maybe ever. Instead we got the capstone that closed out the folk movement of the 60s and gave the 70s permission to do something new.

The farewell record and their biggest — five Grammys, the title track one of the most recognizable songs in popular music, and a partnership already fraying at the edges during the recording. The tension between what Simon was becoming as a solo artist and what the duo format could contain is audible if you know to listen for it, which gives the record a bittersweet quality that the music itself doesn't always acknowledge. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" has been so thoroughly absorbed into the culture that hearing it freshly requires a deliberate act — the gospel piano, Garfunkel's vocal, the orchestral build all so familiar they risk sounding like wallpaper. That they don't, that the song still lands with genuine emotional weight despite everything you already know about it, is the mark of something built to last rather than merely to sell. "The Boxer" rewards the same close attention — production detail and harmonic sophistication underneath the familiarity that reveal themselves slowly. "Cecilia" gives the record a lightness and energy that the more serious material needs as a counterweight. The duo format ceiling that has held at four for both Parsley Sage and Bookends holds here too — Simon as the engine, Garfunkel as the instrument, the partnership both enabling and constraining what either could become alone. A strong four that the title track and The Boxer earn and Cecilia confirms, delivered at the end of something that was already ending.

Some iconic songs I only recognized from covers I know. However it's too slow for me. Like waaay to slow.

Boxer.

Leur album le plus connu, et à raison, Simon et Garfunkel donnent ici la pleine mesure de leur talent de mélodistes et paroliers. Les titres sont aussi variés que marquants.