Bridge Over Troubled Water

Lovely album, very soothing. Will listen again.

Classic Album, cannot go wrong. Bummer they hate each other.

very good folksy album!

classic that i've never listened to from cover to cover before. enjoyed many tracks on here, particularly the titular bridge over troubled water. by the end of the record, some tracks felt a bit samey and bland.

I've never listened to this whole album but here are a lot of good songs. Some I knew and some new ones.

Simon & Garfunky

There are some tremendously strong songs on here - I'm in two minds whether there's enough of them to justify a five star review...... I'd probably go 4.5. Also, dig hearing the intro to "El Condor Pasa" as it makes me want to revisit DJ Shadow's "Private Press"... Fave track - the title track is epic. "The Boxer" likewise...

Another classic

One of the most beautiful, heartfelt folk-pop records ever made. A powerful swansong album. The first half is marginally better, but overall a very solid album! Favorite lyrics: - Your time has come to shine. All your dreams are on their way. - Away, I'd rather sail away. Like a swan that's here and gone. A man gets tied up to the ground. He gives the world. Its saddest sound. - And I’m one step ahead of the shoeshine Two steps away from the county line Just trying to keep my customers satisfied - Goin' home. Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me. Favorite Tracks: - Bridge Over Troubled Water - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - Keep The Customer Satisfied - The Boxer - Baby Driver - The Only Living Boy In New York 8 out of 10

An Album that I used to listen to a long time ago. Brought back some great memories, very easy listening.

"Cecilia" es suficiente para hacer de este disco un discazoooo

Great!

3.7 schon vibey außerdem nice Lieder wo ich nich wusste das das deren warn.

Damn. That’s my shit. Favourite Songs: Bridge over troubled water, !cecilia!, bye bye love. And it is really well put together. The songs that follow each other fit together but there is also this contrast between upbeat songs followed by slow songs. The only reason why it’s not getting five stars is because I don’t love all songs of the album.

Überraschend viele gute Songs auf dem Album, inklusive einiger Klassiker. Hatte einen antiquierten Singer/Songwriter-Sound erwartet, war aber quer durch die Bank sehr orchestral und interessant arrangiert.

This is not something I would have listened to without this list but Im glad I gave it a chance its not the worst thing but I dont know if i will give it another listen any time soon

It started out feeling like midevil minstrel music. Then it exploded with Cecelia. Definitely some highs and lows. Mostly lows. Great for a relaxing day of contemplation. Goes without saying amazing harmonies from these two

So many recognizable tracks! Instrumentation and vocals are great. The title track, Cecilia, and The Boxer are standouts for me.

Nice

A wonderful listen!

An excellent album but has a few too many bland songs for a 5. The singles are phenomenal. Bridge over troubled water is one of the most beautiful songs of all time (although I kind of prefer Cash’s cover). I do think it should have been the last song instead of the first because the rest of the album can’t live up to it.

Very good album. This is not my typical music preference, but beauty is beauty. Favorite track: Baby Driver

пока слушала, пыталась угадать, американцы или англичане саймон и гарфанкель с одной стороны, слышатся английские балладные мотивы, а с другой напевы кантри (заглянула в вики - они американцы, вдохновлялись в начале пути одному около кантри дуэту, а в момент создания альбома саймон увлекался английской народной музыкой 🤓 что-то начинаю слышать, кажется…) неравномерный альбом, разный - раньше s&g мне казались одинаковыми

o melhor de simon e garfunkel. musica parada e tranquila

Simon & Garfunkel will personally hunt you down and give you Clockwork Orange-style concert if you claim you don't enjoy them.

On hieno platta! The Boxer säväyttää hittiosastolta enemmän kun nimikkobiisi, joka on alkanut kokea inflaatiota kun siitä kuulee niin miljoona versiota miljoonassa paikassa. Mutta oletteko koskaan katsoneet kantta sillä lailla että ajattelisitte Paul Simonin hiuksien olevankin Art Garfunkelin viikset? Aikamoiset viikset!!! 4/5

Mulle S&G:n parasta antia on lähinnä hitit ja tällä levyllä niitä on eniten. Tässäkin on muutama mitäänsanomaton biisi, mutta parhaat hetket on sen verran hyviä, että nousee neloseen.

A worthy entry just for Bridge. Bit too folk and slow paced for personal liking. A bonus star from me because Bridge has to be respected

Some of their best work. This album is the perfect blend of Paul Simon's lyrics, Art Garfunkle's harmonizing and the amazing backing musicians from the Wrecking Crew. 4/5.

A nice one

God, those opening chords. And to think I bought the piano music thinking I could do it justice 😆 could have done an LP listen but gets terrifyingly stuck on Cecilia

4.5

Really think they should have ended with the title track instead of starting with it, though there isn't much else to complain about. Had good range with both fun, fast tracks as well as slower, more emotional ones. Didn't like the live track, never do, but was overall very enjoyable. 4/5

really an outstanding album just in general, and when you get some perspective as to who they were at that time and what new york city was like in 1970 it kind of blows your hair back. 4/5

Simon & Garfunkel hold a special place in my heart. One of my favorite songs of all time is on this album, Cecilia.

Hey! Another album I own. Cecilia and Boxer are two of my top five S&G songs. Bridge over troubled waters feels like a weird first song choice.

What’s there to say. Great album. Great music and harmonies. Just great.

Acoustic guitar heros

Not too bad for a folk duo from the 70's. Not my typical jam, but enjoyable.

I was expecting a vanilla collection of pop folk songs, but “Bridge Over Troubled Water” took me by surprise. It’s harmonies, thematic, and instrumentation moved me to the point of stoping what I was doing to focus on the songs. Definitely, Simon & Garfunkel is one of those gems gifted by the 60s culture that we need to appreciate.

Primeiro álbum que escutei da lista, me surpreendeu positivamente!

From 1970. Not familiar with this album. Know S&G but not many of their songs.

Good, classic.

Another example of musical maturity. Beyond the folk song covers and into their own stuff. Garfunkel was brilliant and Simon no less so.

Love this album.

as much as i wish it was, this album is not a 5 as there is definitely a skip or two on here, i think a few of the boppier tracks are great songs but don't fit with the album, i wish they were sadder i guess favorite tracks: Bridge over Troubled Water, El Condor Pasa, The Boxer, Song for the Asking

Pretty good note to go out on.

Folksy emotional storytelling

Stunner of an album. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" "Cecilia" "The Boxer" -> are all absolute beautiful and timeless pieces of music. I love how songs from this act / these performers never feel formulaic to me. Sometimes I'll hear one of their hits and be like "man this is so unique inside of their sound". I love it. Strong 4/5 for me

Klasse folkrock, singer/songwriter, ambitiøst, effortless

Several songs on this album (bridge, condor, boxer, ..) are nailed in my head, frequently played on radio Fryslan when I was a kid. Combined with some more up tempo tracks they make a rich and diverse record.

Such a beautiful, well crafted album, and the perfect closure for the best duo in all of music history.

Was ready to pan it but as it continued the songs kept getting better, lots I didn't know were s+g. Surprisingly decent.

Folk rock. Varios megahits. Un 4.

4.2 This album is my definition of “fine” - where genuine talent and artistry can be admired but not particularly enjoyed. I did not enjoy the cover of “Bye Bye Love” - I guess during this Art was doing Catch-22, a movie I love, and it feels like he’s checked out here. Standout Track: “Cecilia”

4.5

I liked this album, I've never listened to Simon and Garfunkel besides Sound of Silence and I am a Rock, so it was good to listen to more of their stuff. The songs were enjoyable and I was vibing with it. Favorite song: Bridge Over Troubled Water Worst song: So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

Close to a 5. Nearly every song hits for me.

Classic tunes.

I loved this album

It’s not their (his) fault - when an album includes one of the greatest songs of all time, the rest of the tracks will sound a bit medicore in comparrsion. Keep the Customer Satisfied sounds brilliantly cheesy and upbeat, and So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright is a genuinly good break up song, but it’s impossible to argue this is the greatest album of all time, or even the best Simon and Garfunkel record. But it’s equally impossible to argue against The Boxer being one of the finest songs ever written.

Absolute classic that still holds up. Not much else to say.

Brilliant songwriting, some absolute classics on there. Bridge Over Troubled Water has been ruined by X Factor/Pop Idol auditions, but If I Could and Only Living Boy in NY are superb

I often complain about albums that sound very “samey”, where the entire album sounds like one long interminable song. However this album is not guilty of this. They mix it up with a wide variety of styles here, but most importantly it all flows cohesively. The exception may be the last song which is a live cover of Bye Bye Love that kind of sticks out but this can be forgiven. Interestingly I’m not a fan of the title song, Bridge over troubled waters, perhaps it’s been overplayed, but to me it verges on being a “weenie song” as one of my esteemed colleagues in this journey calls songs like this. I think the best track here, and maybe S&G’s best ever, is the Boxer. Overall, this is a solid album.

This reminds me of a classic southwestern UK joke about Simon & Garfunkel having engine trouble over the Somerset town of Bridgwater. It's a terrible joke. But the album is good! Too many good songs to choose from, some that I didn't even realize were performed by Simon & Garfunkel. Don't ask me for specifics. I just liked it.

Nice and easy. Descend sound. Like

A classic

Reminds me heavily of the Beatles. The general flow and sound of the songs had me feeling a certain way. Liked it a lot

vous voulez dire que l'intemporel "El Condor Kéké" de Kéké Laglisse est en fait inspiré de Simon and Garfunkel ????

I thought I'd be giving this album a 5 going into it, but it's sadly not the case. It was still really good though. Some of the songs just didn't grab my attention. The songs that did catch my attention, however, were amazing. My favourite songs were El Condor Pasa, Cecilia, and So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The most creative folk album I've heard. Lots of interesting instrumentation, odd rhythms, and many different influences as opposed to their more traditional work. Still holds true to what you expect from Simon & Garfunkel, great storytelling with twists and turns being suspended by a masterful understanding of melody and deep harmony.

Nice folk rock but it was a little inconsistent, as the title track and the boxer were the strongest moments for sure. but I might need to hear it again. The production was warm and simplistic so no complaints there. A great record.

some 5 star tracks but a few 3 star tracks

i am excited when the day's album is a famous one! sometimes it doesn't live up to the hype, but bridge over troubled water does exceeds its reputation. this is an album where the hits are just as good as the non-singles. i was thrilled for "cecilia" and emotional over "bridge over troubled water" but wasn't expecting the intricacies of "the boxer" or even i'd find another folk album i enjoyed. the lyrics are, of course, a high point. i suppose that's guaranteed with an album paul simon took part in. but every song contained such beautiful lyrics. i am biased about "bridge over troubled water" but there's something to be said for is simplicity yet the lyrics contain such beauty. and i'm not sure anyone can deny simon's ability to use songs as a storytelling medium. i wasn't fully aware how many songs i knew from the muppet show! a lovely surprise.

My only issue w this one is the album composition. Why put the title track first? Everything else feels like it doesn't quite live up to it.

What a voice

Eclectic

Excellent

Favorite tracks: bridge over troubled water, the only living boy in New York

Great relaxing listen. The sound is incredibly 70’s.

Pleasant album with some classics I grew up with

Liked this one a lot, has some really great songs. Just a little slow at times for me

fantastic album fav tracks: bridge over troubled water, the boxer, the only living boy in NY least fav tracks: why don't you write me, song for the asking

the songs are so pretty and calming and amazing songwriting overall.

I enjoyed much of the album, but some songs became a bit too wacky and drawn out for my taste

Good one

I'm usually not wild about albums from this era but this one was great!

This started off really strong. Thought it might be the easiest 5 star I’ve given. It petered out a lot in the second half though. Still this is a great album. Very pretentious but they’re so talented they get away with it.

First: Bridge... Is the strangest choice for an opening song that I have ever heard. It was made to end the album, it must have been. Second. How did DJ Shadow get away with sampling El Condor?

I suppose if you're going to go out, go out on a high note. What a great final album by this duo. Growing up, The Boxer, was one of my fathers favorite songs. We'd have this whole record on quite a bit and while I was more partial to Cecelia, as I got older, The Boxer resonates more as an homage to inner city resilience. If you've ever lived in a large city, you're at least once asked yourself what you were doing.

7/17/2022 - ALBUM #171 Today's Album: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel - This is a truly astounding album for the time it came out in. Given that Simon and Garfunkel have albums spanning from the early 60s to the late 70s, most of which being fairly cheesy art-pop, I didn’t have super high expectations for this seemingly random album in their cataloge, but after a thorough listen of this album about 20 or so times, I have to say this is hands down S&G’s best album and it stands as one of the best singer-songwriter albums of it’s decade. Starting off with the awe-inspiring Bridge Over Troubled Water, Paul Simon does not hesitate to offer one of his best vocal and lyrical performances of all time over some absolutely stunning piano playing. Following this great opener, we unfortunately run into what I think is the worst song on the album, El Condor Pasa, which offers some cute lyricism, but sounds mostly like a cheap rehash of the melody from their beloved track, The Sound of Silence. Fortunately, this song is followed by the track Cecilia, which picks the vibe up with some upbeat handclap percussion and a pounding bass drum backbeat. The track Keep the Customer Satisfied is even more upbeat with an incredibly catchy chorus and some incredible horn playing at the end that creates a total wall of sound. The tracks The Boxer and Baby Driver are both iconic songs from the duo’s catalog and they really do show off what songwriting powerhouses these two were. I also really like the tracks So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright and The Only Living Boy in New York for their hypnotizing, melancholic vibe and sentimental songwriting. The track Why Don’t You Write Me is a pretty cute track to pick the vibe back up near the end and then there is a live cover of Ray Charles’ Bye Bye Love, which is a song I love very much, but I think S&G kind of weren’t the guys to cover it. It ends up sounding a little cheesy and sort of feels like it doesn’t correctly capture what the original song was going for in terms of tone. The album finished off with Song for the Asking, which closes off the album pretty well with a thoughtful and meditative guitar track by Paul Simon with some soft strings filling out the bass and high end. Of the songs of this ilk on the album, this one really puts you into that melancholic atmosphere the best. Overall, this is THE best album from the strongest songwriting due of the 1960s and after even half a listen, that becomes very clear. Give this one a listen if you like S&G, but want a more distilled collection of hits than a best-of compilation or a different album of theirs. Highlights: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecelia, Keep the Customer Satisfied, “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright”, The Boxer, Baby Driver, Why Don’t You Write Me, Song for the Asking Score: 8.75/10 A jam packed album of singer-songwriter BANGERS

S&G had a real gift for the melodic, and this album shows. Historically though, behind the scenes this apparently was a tough recording for the duo leading to their first breakup. This album is really good, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" is an undeniably well-written song that carries itself to tune of being timeless. The only real let downs (if can be called that) were "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" and "Why Don't You Write Me?" as they were neither good or bad, sort of middle of the road in comparison to the rest of the album. S&G for all their drama, is probably correctly estimated in how well they were able to create with each other, with a slight edge to Paul Simon's successes as a solo artist. Still, there is to be said that in spite of the tension, S&G were amazing. The tension was probably that price to pay, though.

A seminal folk rock milestone. Some of the weaker tracks ("So Long Frank Lloyd Wright", "Why Don't You Write Me" and "Bye Bye Love") keep this from getting a perfect score from me, but with absolute classics like "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Cecilia" and "The Boxer" it's a VERY close call. You can hear so many influences on the recent resurgence of folk rock bands present on this album. Standout tracks: "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Cecilia", "Keep the Customer Satisfied", "The Boxer" and "The Only Living Boy in New York"

Simon & Garfunkel always seem to have one foot in the too twee camp and one in the beautiful, brilliant folk song camp. This is no different - the first few tracks illustrate this perfectly, Bridge Over Troubled Water (brilliant), El Condor Pasa (weird and incredibly twee) and Cecilia (great). The Boxer and The Only Living Boy in New York are also super songs, which gets this album a squeaky 4 - just about.

Stellar. The first half is almost untouchable, though drifts a bit towards the end. The melodies and harmonies are S&G classics. Very enjoyable.

Beautiful stuff, stands out from the crowded 60's American folkpop

Just put together that this was Paul Simon. Good songs.

Childhood classic

I like the composition of the tracks, I’m a sucker for Paul Simon.

Classic stuff.

I've always been under the impression that, without knowing too many of their songs, Simon & Garfunkel were musical greats, and this album confirmed that for me (which was somewhat of a refreshing experience using this platform so far...). A nice set of varied tracks, all sounding quite polished.

It's good, but Bye Bye Love really doesn't help the score for this one. Would have been a much better album without it.

The hit songs on here alone push this to a 4. Truly a great record all around, though.

lovely and spare

Justifica-se pela música título iniciando o álbum,

This is a GREAT album (with a BAD cover photo)! It contains many of S&G's best-known songs: "Bridge Over Troubles Water", "El Condor Pasa", "Cecilia", "Keep The Customer Satisfied" and "The Boxer". These songs make the album worth anyone's time alone. The album is paced a bit unevenly, as all the big songs are to be found in the first half. The last couple of tracks fail to reach the same hights, but are a nice listen nonetheless. The track order is the problem here. BOTW would have worked much better as the final track. In it's place, The Boxer would have been a fitting opener. El Condor Pasa's ideal place would be the beginning of side two. And the weaker songs could have been mashed in between. I have seldom seen a running order that was just so wrong on multiple levels, but there it is. Oh, well, it's still a great album. 4/5

Knew some songs from before. Lazy morning 70s vibe. Beautiful.

Me first and gimme gimmes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGma3NrCFVA

goodddd

I didn't realize that DJ Shadow sampled from this album. Now I gotta go back and listen to some of his earlier stuff! I digress. These guys had an uncanny creative sensibility because this album is back-to-back earworms. The album doesn't seem to follow any particular theme as it bounces between subdue (i.e. 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright', and 'The Boxer') or bubbly and bright (i.e. 'Cecilia', 'Keep the Customer Satisfied', and 'Baby Driver') tracks, but they ultimately blend together nicely into a well rounded collection. It's a solid album from start to finish that has endured for 50 years, and I'm sure it will hold it's beloved status for another 50, and then some.

Very beautiful!

This was a big album back in my grade school days. Our babysitters were teenagers and would be listening on their portable transistor radios

Well done you 2 ! Loved the boxer, Troubled Water and Cecilia were great songs too. The had such calming music. Both were a bundle of talent.

Another great album! We've had a few from Simon sans Garfunkel, this is our first from the legendary duo. It's definitely one of their most acclaimed, and there are plenty of jams on here that I enjoyed, including ones I haven't heard before. But those I have are definite classics, like "The Boxer," the title track, and the cover of the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love." Great harmonies from these guys, and just excellent songwriting and instrumentation. Always a pleasant experience. Favorite tracks: Cecilia, The Boxer, Baby Driver, Bridge Over Troubled Water, So Long Frank Lloyd Wright. Album art: Iconic for sure, and I will never get over how funny Art's position behind Paul is. He looks like a shadow, a demon. Maybe he's just being cheeky, or maybe it's a metaphor for how often forgotten and left behind is as the world praises Paul Simon (let's be honest, we're probably not getting a solo Garfunkel record on this list). 4.5/5

Pierwsze 3 utwory złoto, dalej różnie. Słucha się bardzo przyjemnie. 4.5/5

Great album full of memorable tracks. The boxer being my favorite.

super schönes Album bzw. Klassiker auch halt, kann mir keiner was sagen

I like this album. A lot of very pleasant songs to listen to. The Frank Lloyd Wright one was pretty weird. My favorite song that I didn’t already know was The Only Living Boy In New York. They always make me think of IB film class because The Graduate was the first movie we ever watched.

4.5/5

Tonally, this album is a little strange, combining two of the most profound pop songs ever recorded with a hodgepodge of styles that sometimes work, and sometimes don't. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer" are both such hauntingly beautiful songs, they practically bear the weight of the whole album. It almost doesn't matter what the other songs are. There are a few other solid songs on here though. "El Cóndor Pasa" and "Song for the Asking" are both incredibly pretty, and Cecilia is simply one of the most fun, exuberant songs ever put to record. The rest of the songs are a mixed bag, with some interesting creative excursions and some borderline hokey pop-rockers. The live "Bye Bye Love" cover is a head scratcher as to why they included it. Overall I really enjoyed the album, but it teeters on the line between being eclectic and being unfocused. It should come to no one's surprise that it was Simon & Garfunkel's last studio album, but what a way to go out. Fave Songs: Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer, Cecilia, Song for the Asking, El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could), Song for the Asking, The Only Living Boy in New York

Classic

An extremely solid album from beginning to end. The overall quality does ebb and flow, but the quality is never poor - you either have excellent tracks like 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'Cecilia', 'The Boxer', or 'The Only Living Boy in New York', or tracks that are thoroughly enjoyable.

Largely excellent

classic

Melancholy but good

This was different from my expectations 1. Less vocal harmonies overall than I would expect from S&G. 2. More orchestration as well, and variation in orchestration across songs. 3. Bridge over Troubled Water is just a decent song. I liked the rest of the album more. 4. Cecilia is a banger. 5. Why Don't You Write Me is also a banger, and I was surprised to see it the least-listened-to song on the album (according to Spotify). It reminded me of late Beatles output. Very good album. I'd give it a 3.7/5 if I could.

Definitely an album that is an important landmark among classics like Sgt. Pepper and Are You Experienced? Simon & Garfunkel isn't in my usual rotation but made me a fan. Definitely for fans of the Beatles, Beach Boys and The Zombies.

Love this album. A couple of bum tracks keep it from being a five star album, but the hits have been hits for 70 years for a reason. Love El Condor Pasa and Cecilia! What was it about those 60s/70s women, sleeping around?

1970. Cecilia, The Boxer

I can understand why S & G broke up, a folk duo can only do so much. This album kind of tells that. I mean, once you hear the fist song (the title track) there really isn't anywhere to go from there. I really think they should have put this as the last song, as it gives a bigger finish to the album. As an opener, it's like... great, NOW what? Most of the other songs are not on a level of that first one, although some do come close: "The Boxer" being one. "Cecilia" I have heard WAY too many times for some reason. So yeah, I had heard this album a good deal, I just think shooting your wad with the title track makes it tough to go on afterwards.

DJ Shadow In El Condor Pasa! Love little discoveries like this. https://youtu.be/x9lthDyKFb4?si=EAovIHg-FRqZNS-8 First listen reveals Cecilia, Living Boy and Baby Drive are top-notch. The others are a either too soft or features too much or basic harmonizing for my taste. Maybe I'm just confusing that with Paul Simon's ego. Good enough. My parents had this in their collection. A staple of the late 60's I suppose.

Clássico.

eldist vel

Great album!

buen disco. algo lento

4.2 - fantastic album. Some real “song’s songs” on it. “Boxer”, “Cecilia”, “only living boy in New York”… the listening experience holds up 50+ years after the original release.

Another classic album I’d never listened to. It’s really good and I quite enjoyed it. Fav: bridge over troubled water, quite a few others

aw pretty

Really great

Ceciiiiliia

Includes some of the classics like title song and America.

Hi-Cecilia, Keep the Customer Satisfied Lo-The Boxer It's the S&G you all know and love.

7/10

bangers, couple of weird ones in the middle to keep it interesting

Finally, reprive from the curse of the Spotify remasters! This is easy for me, grew up on this album. I love it. People used to dunk on Simo and G-funk for being twee, but after two decades of Mumford and Sons and Sigur Ross I find it much easier to situate these two dorks in some kind of post-psychedelic what-were-our-roots-again, maybe-sometimes-ringo-was-right tradition, like Harvey Nillson. Also, my Anna once went to a Halloween party as this album cover - she wore Paul's clothes and made a cutout of Art's head to wear like a headband. It was great. Happy memory (I went as Animals, with battersea headpiece and tiny pig on a wire). standout track - only living boy in new york

I found it hard to get into the right mood to properly enjoy this album - I eventually got there while staring at a troubled bridge over some disappointingly calm water, and it was only then I could properly appreciate the litany of hits this album has to offer. It didn't quite do enough to make it to one of my favourites, but it came close.

folk at its peak

A loved album for a long time.

Not flawless, but beautiful in many places.

I enjoyed this album. Was solid from start to finish, my favourite song from it being Cecelia. Some of the other tracks didn't really stand out to me, though.

Less cohesive than bookends or sounds of silence but interesting compositions (el condor, Cecilia, the boxer) and unique transitions (customer satisfied). These two love making music together and it’s always fun and interesting from soft melodies to large crescendos or cannons. Bridge over, el condor, the boxer,

good one

Classic.

Not the biggest fan of Simon & Garfunkel. 4 stars for Cecilia, my favorite song of theirs.

Good although over very quickly! Only one I’m not keen on is El Condor Pasa

This music is special, quietly. I like "El condor pasa", "Cecilia" and "The boxer".

A classic as everyone knows.

I mean, it’s good, but Simon and Garfunkel just aren’t up my alley. I think it had something to do with the timbre of their vocals or the instrumentation of their songs. 8/10

I'm not sure if I've heard this album all the way through or not. There are several tracks I can sing along with, and just as many that seemed like a first listen. I like Simon and Garfunkel. I would choose to listen to this album again.

the title track is amazing. for the most part the rest of the album is pretty good but its short plus there's two random live songs

Surprising how many of the "other" songs I recognised It's a good album

Classic alert!!

I know most of the songs. New ones to me: Keep the Customer Satisfied - actually quite nice, but not exactly a classic. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - drippy. Baby Driver Why Don't You Write Me Bye Bye Love Song for the asking. The only living boy in new york and the boxer are amazing songs, of course.

Good album. These two have great harmonies and instrumentals. Their styles is not really my cup of tea but great overall album.

I didnt know the song BOTW had a second half. That song gave me shivers. The rest was great but not totally my cup of tea.

Great album. Has my second favorite Simon & Garfunkel song on it: The Boxer. Highlights: Bridge Over Troubled Water, El Condor Pass, Cecilia

Love this album, it's wonderful.

Really liked this album!

very pleasant listen

I'm generally a fan, but probably haven't heard this album as much as their earlier ones, nor as much as Paul Simon's solo records. It's good. Less folk and more soft rock. Lots of stuff that Simon would develop later on his own. I don't think this is a high point of his career, and I definitely prefer "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" (which is also on the 1001 list). However, it's still got the S&G magic. I never understood how a live cover song made it onto this album. It doesn't belong at all.

Tiene canciones absolutamente arrebatadoras como toda la cara a. Pero algunas M.O.R. hacen que no pueda ser un disco perfecto. Las mejores: la titular, The Boxer, Cecilia.

Easy going catchy folk

Bye bye love feels like it was shoehorned in, plus I think Bridge Over Troubled Water should surely be at the end of the album (doesn't feel like an opening track). However this is an undeniable gem of an album.

Number of classics in here. The Boxer is one of my favs. Worth the 4 star alone.

Reminded me of Fleetwood Mac at times. Definitely high-quality songwriting, so rich in ideas. Mainly acoustic, but it also incorporates strings, flutes, brass. Bridge over troubled water is a masterpiece of a song.

Dit album heeft mijn beeld van Simon & Garfunkel fel verbeterd. Eindelijk nog eens een album met wat variatie.

Really enjoyed If I Could

Very calm, nice music

Recognized one song from a Mumford & Sons cover! Nice to hear the original. Lots of varied songs.

Great for a Monday!

Dit album is een echte klassieker, voor de liefhebbers, luister Bridge over the troubled water eens van Willie Nelson..

Two of my favourite songs of all time on this super album 👌

It's Simon and Garfunkel, what can I say?

Gran descubrimiento estos

Great album for the time period. 7/10.

Solid folk album, favorite track was The Boxer.

Folk

Eclectic album. Starts off with the slowest, most emotional song, and gets you comfortable with the idea that the rest of the album will carry that catharsis forward. It doesn't; it becomes largely cheery and folksy, dipping back down into more introspective territory occasionally as welcome breaks. It shouldn't work, but it does. Recommended season: Autumn

Every song on here is great

Yes please! Such a great record. Just classic.

Beste album van een geweldig duo, zitten zo veel hits op

Familiarity: 7/10 Notes: Acoustic joy and playful harmonies. This is the way Real Rating 7.5/10

Knew I liked this one already

Very good album. It had known hits and was rounded out with other catchy songs. Good time all around.

Also easy listening. Pretty folksy. I like it though. Had heard a couple of these prior

3.7

Beautiful smooth album. Lovely to work on homework with or chill on the couch

I love Simon and Garfunkel

I liked it a lot. But some songs not as much

There's a lot in this album. So many soft, sweet, sad songs interspersed with upbeat toe-tappers. Some of the best S&G songs are on this album, along with a few songs that easily could have been singles 4/5

Fantastic!

timeless classic

Maybe not the best album for surgery day....but good nonetheless.

Hieno levy täynnä klassikoita!

great album

4,5/5

A bit quieter than I was expecting, but I still liked it

I could see where this album was foundational. Wasn't anything crazy for me, but did have a song I knew and definitely seems ahead of its time. Was an enjoyable listen, but no lasting impression on me. 3.25 ish?

Fine, but a little too slow and melancholy for me. 3/5.

It was an overall good album and I see the appeal! It starts off very nicely with the first track. It nailed just so so so well. However, there were many tracks that I considered too "samey" and didn't resonate with me as much as the first ones.

Low floor, High ceiling

Un álbum sobre el consuelo, la despedida, la búsqueda de un hogar interior y el paso de la juventud a la madurez. voces melancólicas y música intimista, especial para bajar revoluciones y dar un viaje al interior.

I'll put on my "I hate fun" hat and admit that I didn't like when this album got all clappy and funky. I did just about love the quiet folk stuff, so I figure I'm more suited for the solo stuff... or maybe some antidepressants, christ.

Okay music. Some songs I was familiar with, but I don't know if I heard them as covers or different versions but none sounded quite how I thought I remembered them

Enjoyed this quite a bit, although the songs I didn't like, I really hated...which were the cheesy / corny late 60's sounding songs. Of course, the big hits off the album are all timeless classics. This is one of those albums that is a 3.5. I'm probably going to drop this one to 3just because the number of skips for me was higher than I would like in a 4 star album.

This was good

Clearly highlights the schmaltz of Garfunkel, hints at the brilliance of Simon. Not an all time record, but the title track alone makes it worthwhile.

Folk is not my cup of tea but i do understand why people love the album

Not as good as Sounds of Silence or Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme but it should be standard fare if you're a fan of the pair.

An improvement from their other album. A lot of the songs wasnt something I would put on but I can still tell they sound good and are catchy

Oui, c’est sympa mais relativement

2.75 - I really like Cecilia. Other songs occasional grab me, but less so than I would like.

First listen of most songs from this album. I liked it, it's a classic (3.5)

Still not a huge fan of their mostly indistinguishable ballad style but liked this the most of any S & G album so far. Boxer and Cecilia both great, title track pretty disappointing

Had some good songs. I like gumboots better. Not really sure why this one doesn't do it for me

its alright and its got some good songs but not really for me

Mid folk rock. The only good track was "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)". The track "Bridge over Troubled Water" is okay. It's not the best rendition I've heard, but it gets a pass since it's the original. 2.5 stars.

soooo beatles vibes, especially "the only living boy in new york" and "why don't you write me". great album once I listened through the scope of the beatles lol

Rambling between genres, with many examples subpar and annoying; the opening title track is good.

Yeah it bangs tbh

Альбома не оказалось, послушала просто их песни. Все ещё из разряда вайбик, но целенаправленно включать я бы не стала

I’ve known this album for 50 years. It’s still a great listen, but sounds a little bland to e today,

the songs were a banger but it didn't really stand out to me that much maybe because i don't usually listen to folk but yeah it was ok-ish for me

elk nummer is meer van hetzelfde

Simon en Garfunkel hebben zo een vreemd niche gevonden, en dat niche is niets voor mij.

son gays?

Beautiful album, but i’m admittedly not head over heels for it. Standouts are the title track (obviously), The Boxer, Baby Driver and Why Don’t You Write Me.

Es bastante interesante y pegajoso

Estuvo bueno, qué loco que canten el Cóndor Pasa

Bellísimas baladas, tonadas animadas, folk sentido Tiene un poco de todo esté el último álbum de Simón y Garfunkel Voces muy armoniosas en conjunto, especialmente en Bridge Over Troubled Water se siente muchísimo pero muchísimo sentimiento Pero El Cóndor Pasa, The Only Living Voy un New York son otras canciones muy buenas dentro del álbum En general en el álbum te hacen sentir nostálgico, y transmiten muy bien también animosidad de vez en vez en canciones como Baby Drivers Disfrutable y hace ver que son más que The Sound of Silence, que yo muy erróneamente conceptualicé así

I don't dislike Simon and Garfunkel as much as I use to.

is pretty good 💥the boxer 💥baby driver 💥cecilia, i guess

It's not my favorite of theirs, but still a great example of how sonically adventurous they can be. "Cecilia" could be an Animal Collective song. To me, this album leans too much on the anthems and syrupy harmonies for me, which implies that maybe I don't love them for what they are best at.

Sooooo earnest

Meh. The harmonies are nice and Cecelia is a good song, but it's too soft and polished and polite and just sounds like a 5 year old tapping you on the leg and saying excuse me

I mean this album is fine. Has some great classic songs. Not really into it, a bit too mellow for my taste. I don't hate it but would probably never throw it on.

nice

Good enough folk music, but very much not to my personal taste. Nice acoustic guitar though.

Jag vill känna det men jag känner det inte :(

Song For The Asking

Really good background music... I don't know if i could devote full attention to this album. I do remember the boxer though!

Recognized a couple of these! Not really my speed, but pleasant enough. 6/10 Pretty Good

Música que dá nome ao álbum muito boa. Eu gostei num geral, não tinha explorado tanto esse estilo.

Definitely some great songs on this album, and there's something about the harmonising that's just a bit magic... but I don't think this album did enough besides that to really rate that highly for me. There was only one song that I actively disliked, which was "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright", the rest was all decent. Some hits here that I'll always be happy to listen to, but not going to revisit the whole album again. Going to fence-sit on a 3.

What an incredible first song, jeez. You certainly have my attention. Some of these songs are crazy crazy good and the rest are mid what do I rate thisssss Very high 3

Not my favorite but I appreciate how iconic the album was for its time and how it paved the way for other musicians. A couple of songs I liked on it are 'Why Don't You Write Me', 'Baby Driver' and 'The Boxer'.

I don't know, man, it's S&G. This brand of extremely accessible seminal music was huge in the 60s, so it seems a fairly safe bet for 1970. As an album I want to listen to today, I am just not a megafan. Totally fine album.

Overall: 3.07 (rounded to 3) Consistency: 3.27 Originality: 2.5 Enjoyment: 3 Virtuosity: 3.5 1. Bridge Over Troubled Water - 3 2. El Condor Pasa - 3 3. Cecilia - 4 4. Keep the Customer Satisfied - 3 5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - 2 6. The Boxer - 5 7. Baby Driver - 4 8. The Only Living Boy in New York - 4 9. Why Don't You Write Me - 3 10. Bye Bye Love - 2 11. Song for the Asking - 3

Way soft and crazy different but it won me over.

After reading some of the reviews I feel uncomfortable giving this a 6/10, but it was good, just like I think over hyped. Something i find really interesting is that like all of these male singers in this era had very similar vocal styles, maybe this was bc of the tech. Idk. I think it's kind of like how today a lot of female pop singers like Olivia Rodrigo sing very breathily. Kind of just interesting to me I guess.

11 songs Added to liked: -El Condor Pasa -The Boxer (knew the song)

Grand, not for me really

Not bad, not my cup of tea but it was uniquely different from song to song and was a trip.

6,5/10 Pros: - not necessarily my taste in music, but instrumentally catchy - Some heavy hitters song-wise + Song from Garden State (Only living boy in New York) Cons: - no real coherence in songs / no link between songs - big difference quality wise in heavy hitters and weaker songs on album

love it

Classic acoustic songs with a real kumbaya vibes. I respect the material and Bridge Over Troubled Water is such a fantastic song. 3.6/5.0

Doesn’t contain any of their famous, overly memed material, so that’s a plus. My dad had a couple of these songs on a cassette when I was a kid so I know a couple of them, like el condor and Cecilia. I particularly liked, in addition to those, their trademark soft, airy songs like the frank Lloyd wright one. This is a 3.5 rounded down because I just don’t love enough of the rest of it to give an all-around higher rating.

muy lindo, dale Benito ponete las pilas

Harmonies galore! Folk rock supremacy

At this point in my life I'm not really into folk rock. I see and hear the massive influence this album has had. I will surely revisit this album later in my life but for now I will leave it a strong 3/5. Just not now.

I like the more intimate, funny songs -- the gushing epics are a little overblown to me.

I’ve heard some of their hits and enjoyed them but a whole album doesn’t seem to hold up very well. It’s perhaps a bit too mellow and lacklustre for me which makes it harder to determine if these songs are well written or not. Most of this just doesn’t stand out here. Just a few things here and there. Likely need more listens to learn the lyrics and dig into the subtleties. Surprised to read that this album from 1970 is their last album. If this is their last album and assuming their career went upwards to ending on a high note, I’m not sure that I have much interest in listening to any of their other albums until I can click with their music. I’ll likely be looking more for a collection of their hits. So this doesn’t immediately stand out and probably has potential to click later but I’m not entirely sure about that.

sure

Sehr professionell produzierte Musik vornehmlich für zart besaitete Menschen.

Better than most of these

Never been that fussed on SiFunk. I enjoyed the recognisable songs but there wasn't much else to keep me coming back I reckon

This is a pretty sweet album, might give it another listen. I like 3 of the songs a lot, and the rest are mediocre. Decent album, good, but not 100% best album I've heard.

This is a dilema. This is. Very good album. Outstanding band. Some great songs, many of which i know without onowing the album. Emotive songwriting. Well balanced recording. Am i going to listen to it again? No.

The 60s music is really just not for me. I like the Boxer, not much else.

More classical but still introspective and very nostalgiques and with good and sad vive at the same time. The Boxer is my favorite. Very automn vibe.

extremely funny first pull. they really do sound like that one make some noise bit huh. really sounds like theyre doing every genre ever but them flavoured. which, good for them! cool pedal notes in the voice. really love the random sounds that come in occasionally. GOD that baritone sax. i need her highlights: The Boxer. Song for the Asking was also very sweet

Some of these songs would be considered indie today. I guess these are the proginitors? Minus a star. The Boxer might be one of the greatest songs out there. Definitely a star or two there. I like the diversity of songs on the album. It's not just one style.

The songs are good. The vibe is good. The album is… all over the place. El Condor Pasa to Cecilia to the orchestral title track — they were clearly pulling in different directions, and this was apparently their last album together, which explains a lot. It holds together emotionally but not stylistically. A great collection of songs more than a great album. More importantly: this album lives in my vinyl collection, currently held hostage in the dragon's den along with my vinyl player. When my daughter was two years old, the vinyl case happened to cover Paul Simon's face. She looked at the cover, looked at Garfunkel's hair, and yelled "Der Bart!" She was not wrong. It turns out this is a known phenomenon — people have been putting their thumbs over Paul's face for 56 years and discovering the same invisible moustache. vincetheprince sent me a review that rated the album: "5: The moustache. 5: The songs." My two-year-old daughter had apparently already written that review.

Now that's how you open an album. What a fantastic first track. Really enjoyed El Condor Pasa.

Simon & Garfunkel always walk a fine line between beauty and kitsch: the album's opener is an example of masterfully sensitive songwriting, slowly building into a sublime, angelic finale ... only to be ruined by the horrendous and cringeworthy "El Condor Pasa". The rest of the album follows a similar pattern ... all in all though, it is a rather pleasant listen.

2,6/5

Softly softly catchy gingles

Famous songs

I enjoyed it but it's not my favorite from them

Rating: 7/10 Went in with mild expectations and came out enjoying the album well enough. It's old fashioned folk pop but definitely still has a timeless feel. The description suggests that this is the end of their creative endeavors and the peak of the band, and I can see it. Better than their last album that I listened to with more interesting musical diversity. There are two clear highlights in the tracklist to me, the title track and The Boxer, with the rest maintaining 'pretty good' status. Maybe I'll become more of a fan of the duo in time

Ive heard good things abouth these guys. The title track and the boxer were really good. Most of the songs outside these two are prety mid. I dont think im a fan... I tought their sound was quieter. Its kinda the opposite. Not bad but definitively not for me.

Me encanto ceciliaaaaa

"Cecilia" and "Keep the Customer Satisfied" are an incredible one-two punch. This album cover is hilarious.

Much like the ~other~ BOTW, this album 1). is part of a wonderful lineage that I otherwise greatly enjoy; and 2). causes me to hiss like a cat at its mere mention. Let's explore why. I will tell you a story that at least some of you have probably heard 91 times because it's one of the only stories I actually enjoy telling. When I was in the 8th grade, there was a school talent show. This kid in my class named Nick, whose last name I don't remember, did an honestly really awesome performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," playing piano and everything. The school administration was so impressed that they asked Nick if he would like to perform at 8th grade graduation. He agreed. In the week leading up to graduation, we did rehearsals and this is where things go off the rails. We kept doing the walkthrough and every time we did it, they made poor Nick perform that whole song. They wouldn't just say "this is the part where Nick performs Bridge Over Troubled Water." They just kept making him play the song. Speaking CONSERVATIVELY, I would say we did 3 walkthroughs a day on the last week of school, which means I had to sit through this kid singing this song at least 15 fucking times in the span of a week. And it felt like they were hazing the kid at a certain point -- like, they didn't redo the Pledge of Allegiance or the prayer or any of that other stuff every time we did the rehearsal, but they made ol' Nick sit at the piano and sing his little heart out to the point of insanity. The song has never recovered for me. I hate it. I never want to hear it again. It's not the song's fault, it's James D. Adams Middle School's fault. According to US News and World Report, 25% of students at that school scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 38% scored at or above that level for reading. It's probably because when they should be in class they have to listen to their classmates sing Simon and Garfunkel songs. Luckily, after spending the first five minutes of the album gritting my teeth and going into a simulated flight or fight response, I get to hear the very good remainder of the album, which has "Cecilia" and "The Boxer" and "The Only Living Boy in New York."

Nice Album

I was like damn this album got fire but it was because Spotify played me something else

i’m super fucking white but simon and garfunkel have always felt a bit too white for me. def some bangers on here though.

I listened to Simon & Garfunkel for the first time about a year ago. It was the album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme" and I thought it was incredibly beautiful and soothing, so I had great expectations for this one. While this is also really wonderful and super smooth, it isn't really resonating with me. What makes this album so appealing are primarily the voice performances. They sound incredible delicate, gentle, emotional and catchy, making the album truly memorable. The instrumentation also sounds really great. It gives a nice and warm folk sound, with the use of acoustic guitars and some occasional horns and complementary strings. In additions, in songs like "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer" they use a loud drum to make the songs more striking. In general, I would describe this album as more sad than cheerful, due to its mellowness and lyrics, but there are a handful of tracks that are quite upbeat, those being "Cecilia", "Keep the Customer Satisfied", "Baby Driver" and "Why Don't You Write Me", which sound positive and playful thanks to their melodies and rhythms, even though the lyrics might not be as high spirited as the music. Regardless of its great quality and incredibly performances, I'm finding it hard to get the full experience. Maybe at this point I might be sounding like I'm contradicting myself with all the praise I gave them, but I think they deserved. I truly believe this album stands out as a folk rock record, is just that I'm not personally emotional connected to its sound, so the score is more of a representation of the appreciation for the skilled musicianship instead of how much I resonated with it.

did not finish the whole album; bridge over troubled water is wholesome but the individual songs were hit or miss. Lots of character but not all appealing to me "if I could be a hammer, I would" - WHAT

This record is "Very Good" but it's not "GREAT." The success of the record is driven by the immense success of the title track's single not on the particular strength of the other songs.