Bridge Over Troubled Water

Really, really good. Fav track was Cecilia.

This particular album was far too melancholy for my taste, but still artful! "Cecilia" and "Why Don't You Write Me" stand out in particular, and "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" honestly makes me feel as if I am listening to a bard in a medieval tavern.

Algunas canciones bien buenas: bridge..., Baby driver y the only living boy

Classic album. Lots of finely crafted music and you get a great live selection at the end.

Bridge Over Troubled Water is a classic for good reason, but I couldn't get into most of the rest of the album. It certainly wasn't bad, just not entirely my thing.

I like listening to these as a complete album so I can hear the different styles and methods they use.

ehhh I thnk it was alright. A good song here and there. 3.5 to generous 4

Pretty nice

beautiful! continues on from the magic that is parsley sage rosemary and thyme but doesn't feel like they're just going thru the same motions. what a fantastic partnership this is I sure hope someone doesn't sleep with someone else's wife. best tracks: bridge over troubled water, the boxer, el condor pasa

1 Cecilia 2 Bridge Over Troubled Water 3 El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 4 The Boxer 5 Song for the Asking 6 Baby Driver 7 Bye Bye Love 8 Why Don't You Write Me 9 Keep the Customer Satisfied 10 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 11 The Only Living Boy in New York

Great, with several dare I say important songs. The over-serious and maudlin Boxer tips some of the duo's weaknesses however. A couple of shifts to an almost country and western vibe create turbulence in the album's flow, though not unpleasantly.

The album has the best song they recorded. And others as well.

A great album filled with known songs that scream nostalgia even if you weren't young when these songs came out as everyone just absorbs some songs my osmosis and these are some of those.

Beautiful songs i really liked it. Def a album that deserves a listen.

what can I say.

A classic and a Good Time

Almost gave this a 5. Not sure if I genuinely really rate this album or my brain is still a bit broken from the time it was the only CD we had on a roadtrip

Huh... I remember hearing Cecilia somewhere. I don't remember if it was a cover or a Live Lounge or something? But this version doesn't sound entirely familiar. Didn't know it was a Simon & Garfunkel song originally. Goes to show how little I know about Simon & Garfunkel really. This is a nice and pleasant album. It does get a bit too slow and boring for me at times, though it had a few songs with a bit more fun and energy, and I especially love the punchiness and general drive that Cecilia has, it just has a motivational feel to it. Overall, this isn't really the best album in my opinion but it's definitely a good one. Favourite: Cecilia

Bridge Over Troubled Water- 4.7/5 El condor pasa- 4.2/5 Cecilia- 5/5 Keep the Customer Satisfied- 4.9/5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright- 4.4/5 The Boxer- 3.8/5 Baby Driver- 3.9/5 The Only Living Boy in New York- 5/5 Why Don't You Write Me- 4/5 Bye Bye Love- 3.2/5 Song for the Asking- 3.6/5 Total- 4.2/5

Some of the duo's biggest hits and not a bad song on the album. 4.5.

Best songwriting album I got so far. Wish I was around a campfire listening to it.

A staple in folk albums. So many immediately recognizable songs from Bridge, to Cecilia, the Boxer, etc. It's got its' own flair and styles and was a worthy finale of Simon and Garfunkel

I did kind of like it, but not my style. I realized I knew 3 songs off this record already!

It's enjoyable, not especially exciting but enjoyable nonetheless.

Un par de temas hermosos

Great album. A little too mellow at times…

Really exceptional album. A joy to have on and drift in and out of. I could imagine continuing to come back to this in a quiet moment to relax and to feel comforted.

Beautiful stuff

This album has an absolutely amazing and gorgeous A-Side that is nothing but excellent music and the peak of folk music. This steam continues on to the B-side with The Boxer, but as the album winds down it starts to lose a lot of its muster, and the inclusion of a live piece, while it makes sense, is really jarring with how loud the crowd is, and it leaves a sour taste in my mouth, being pretty much the finale. I could see me coming arouns to a five with this album over time, but as it stands, this is an extremely high four. I'm glad one of the Simon & Garfunkel outings on the list didn't leave me feeling disappointed, even if they are also good.

4.0

Listened Before? Y Great album. An American classic, and S&G's last. It's too bad they couldn't get along and continue, but at the same time I feel they walked away on top. This album is solid beginning to end. There are some sleepy ones here, and I don't really enjoy the up-and-down arrangement of the songs (I feel they could have put the slower songs on one side and the faster ones on another), but overall great stuff. There's even some "hidden gems" here (as much as there can be hidden gems in a classic album). Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: The Boxer

Хороший, добрый альбом. Есть много красивых песен, которые так мечтательно поются. В общем классно Алкоальбом: текила санрайз (только из-за слова санрайз)

Минималистично, лирично, глубоко. Нужно признать, что они мастера лирики. Хотя конечно для 70ого года эта музыка уже звучит немного старовато. Тем не менее, как мы обсуждали, народу нравилось и в Центральном парке они собирали огромнейшую толпу. Фаворит - El Condor Pasa. Ну да, взял единственную не авторскую песню. Потому что... захотелось. Как-то вдохновенно и романтично она спета.

Helt nice

Obviously a classic. Don’t have anything meaningful to add to that except that there may be some Simon & Garfunkel album I prefer as a whole

Ridiculously good, not a 5 but certainly a 4.5, I mean it's bloody close to a 5.

The great tracks are great but too much dross for a 5

Fun folk pop

Beautiful instrumentation and lyrics. A classic for a reason.

Lots of rich production. never listened to simon and garfunkel before so it's good to be introduced

really is such a great album and a folk rock all time classic

Good-to-great album that doesn't quite reach the level of Bookends. Contains a handful of classics but also a few duds that drag it down a bit.

So many great tunes. I'm a bit of a sucker for this. At times it feels like a greatest hits.

Paul Simon and art Garfunkel knew how to make music. This is definitely their best album. It’s full of solid songs and hits that will always inspire people. The songs bend through the genres and it’s done seamlessly. Simon has always had a world view of music and been able to make it popular. Garfunkel helped make this duo one of the best ever. This is a great album but not a personal favorite so it gets dropped down a little. 8.5/10

On the face of it, this is not an album I expected to like, but there is something quite seductive about the songs. Some great song-writing craft and skilful crooning.

HERE COME DA TUBA

I knew more songs than I expected! I haven't ever been into them, but it is a good album.

a beautiful album full of cracking songs

The breakup album. This album was kind of all over the place in terms of style and sound, reminds me a little of The White Album. After getting past the first two songs, it's nearly perfect with Cecilia and The Boxer highlighting, Fav Track: The Only Living Boy in New York. "Hey, I’ve got nothing to do today but smile"

Near perfect album.

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

Has some classics songs.

Great story telling top of the list. Not my type of music but I can truly appreciate how good they are. This album has some good bangers but mixing live with other studio songs is not right

it was a great experience the only living boy in new york is honestly a amazing song that i immediately added d into my playlist

This album certainly has it's great moments but a little too much production for my taste.

Honestly, I was not enthused to see this as our weekend listen. Contrary to what I understand to be popular opinion, I don't care for the title and opening track of Bridge Over Troubled water. With its direct command to the universal 'you' and Simon's arcane touches - 'lay me down' - it is too much like an Anglican hymn. There is the upright church piano that sounds less like the opening of a pop album than an invitation to stand to rigid attention, followed by a worthy alto warbling all the good will in the world, though it hardly sounds like she has any friends herself. It is only when Simon himself enters and the harmonic blend that we understand as Simon and Garfunkel comes together that the song begins to sound like anything. Unfortunately, the drums sound awful and the strings are too syrupy. In recording, they have mistaken a lovely, fluid melody for something viscous. And that is the rub of the album, for me. That other partnership of childhood friends whose names were joined by fame and success - Lennon and McCartney - also broke up acrimoniously in 1970. But where their partnership had benefited them both and raised their game, what does Art really do for Paul? When showcased, whether on this song or in Catch-22, the filming of which precipitated the break-up, he is revealed to have neither charm nor presence. He is a cotton-haired goon with a pleasant voice. A voice so pleasant that it is unbearable to listen to without Simon, whose voice is hardly gritty, to leaven it. The front cover says it all: Garfunkel should be mixed well to the back. Simon surely realised this and the beginnings of a solo career are showing. The Boxer needs no such accompaniment - although it gets that snare! Baby Driver sounds not unlike There Goes Rhymin' Simon. El Condor Pasa, while I don't care for the arrangement, touches the appropriation of world music styles that will become important to his work later. So he has to wrap up the relationship and kiss it goodbye. Bye Bye Love, a cover of one of the early songs that he and Garfunkel bonded over as kids, feels like a pointed conclusion, with sampled applause to usher them off the stage. While Keep the Customer Satisfied is a fond remembrance of the exploits of two young rent boys, a life Simon is too old, accomplished and single-minded to live now. Phenomenal. Cecilia, however, is central. The studio experimentation, with the indistinct clatter of percussion, sounds like a man on his own, searching for a sound, distinct from the two-piston engine of the Beatles spurring each other on in competition and camaraderie. Crucially, Simon recognises this. St. Cecilia is the patron saint of Music, essentially the composers' muse. You may romp and wrestle with her. You may find yourself cucked, when you get up to wash your face. But there's always the chance to get her back. However, the relationship between the artist and muse is singular. There are no collaborative three-ways. Not in Simon and Garfunkel anyway. Inspiration comes to one of them. Paul knows he is the creative force and, when he's good, as he is several times here, he is good enough without Art. If Paul Simon is the only living boy in New York, it's because Art Garfunkel is a dead fucking weight. 3 Paul Simon is a wonderful songwriter and whatever it is that’s wrong with Bridge Over Troubled Water he would probably be as fit to tell as anyone else. Something wrong with it there surely is and I feel churlish complaining when the truth is - Keep the Customer Satisfied, The Boxer, Only Living Boy in New York - I‘d give my big toe to have written some of those songs. But the truth is also that I almost never want to listen to this album; I‘d favour at least a couple of the other S&G albums over it if I happened to be in the mood for them. Bridge Over Troubled Water is an undeniably lovely song and, in my humble opinion, a real dog’s dinner of a recording. The strings are overbearing. The snare sounds like a biscuit tin down a well, and the cymbals like air being fired out of a compressor. But even if you kept it to solo piano it wouldn’t be good. That piano always sounds obnoxious to me - too busy, too showy, too arch with its little bluesy ornaments and chromatic bass. It sees its name in lights all the way while the lyrics call for intimacy, humility, and self-sacrifice. I can’t think of a more inappropriate arrangement and recording of a better song. However, that is still not the tale of what is wrong with this album because the very next track - El Condor Pasa - represents a sweet but slight song which is elevated by a terrific arrangement and recording. This to and fro keeps going; Cecilia is supremely annoying, Keep the Customer Satisfied is sublime - So Long… feels slight, then The Boxer just about the heaviest thing Paul Simon had written up to this stage (and that bastarding snare is back) - Baby Driver is candy floss then Only Living Boy… is very touching. I feel seasick by this point in the album - bearings gone altogether - Why Don’t You Write Me and Bye Bye Love turn up just in time for me to vomit all over them. When the intimate acoustic guitar of Song for the Asking sneaks in beneath the audience applause at the end of Bye Bye Love the album poses a final problem for me. Can I avoid thinking about the segue of Sgt Pepper’s Reprise into A Day in the Life? No, I much too weary by this stage to pull off that feat. The spectre of one of the definitive ‘Album’s has been summoned - one of those rare records that, to me anyway, is whole and even and invites you to listen all the way through. This is conclusively fatal for Bridge Over Troubled Water, an album much less than the sum of its parts. Brilliant songs it has - enough to embarrass many another artist’s Best Of compilation. But it lacks narrative shape and sonic identity (even among other S&G records) and the cover is an abysmal, washed out shot of two odd-looking cretuirs. 3.5/5

Whatever

The best album on this list from them. It has some of their most well-known songs and is overall a good listen. It's a good thing they were good at music, because the art direction for their album covers is consistently garbage.

I do like that this was a more versatile album than the other Simon & Garfunkel albums I've gotten, but I think ultimately this duo is one that I acknowledge their massive impact and influence on the musical landscape while also ackowledging that it just isn't really for me.

I enjoyed the vibe. Bridge Over Troubled Water is the most famous track on this album for a reason, IMO.

het was oke? ik vind zijn stem gwn mid en de muziek is mid

I really like this album but it doesnt stick out as much as I'd like. Kinda blends together, which is sweet.

fav songs: el condor pasa (if i could) why don't you write me melodic, nostalgic, folk 50/100

Great singing and lyrics but not a style I would ever seek out.

first listen of the initial song on the album, the music instrumentally is gorgeous and so nicely articulated, the voice of the person singing is very soothing, and the lyrics are so well written. i could see myself maybe listening to this, however im on the first song so maybe it'll change, but id rather not sit for the 37 minute long album and document everything about it. other than that, initial thoughts are wow! after listening to some of the other songs, some are not my taste but it's nice

Beautiful, with high highs and forgettable mids. Did Simon need Garfunkel? Did Garfunkel look like a cheese and jazz connessoir? Did I spell that right?

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.