Bridge Over Troubled Water

The title song does drama right, very intense and sad in the way you want it to be. Also love having songs about other things other than damn love.

Fismrst 2 songs are nice the rest is meh. Stil 3.5!

What else to say? Cecilia, The Boxer, The Only Living Boy in New York. Wonderful songs here. (I'm not even a big fan of the title track, but probably only because we've all heard it a million times.)

Previously rated: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (4/5) ********************************************* When I was younger, I though S&G were lame and boring with a couple of exceptions, so it feels weird to enjoy this so much now. There's a good mix of slow and up-tempo and different styles. Their voices and unique and mesh well together. I like it a bit more than the previous album. Favorite track: I've always liked "Cecilia."

оцениваю на 7/10. Спокойный, местами прикольный альбом. Звучание не особо сложное - акустическая гитарка, бас, чутка барабаны, тыры пыры. Так же очень приятный не навязчивый вокал. Подойдёт для того, чтобы погрузиться в свои дела, в общем, неплохо на фон поставить. Скорее всего, альбом на пластинке звучал бы в разы атмосфернее (конечно же, так и задумано изначально), но такой возможности послушать у меня, к великому сожалению, нет.

Some great hits - El Condor Pasa, Cecilia, The Boxer, as well as the title track. Give it a 4 because everything else is meh.

Four unqualified classics and the rest of the record ain't bad either.

Some incredible songs but doesn’t grab me as an album

simon and fartgunkle

Hoo boy, this was excellent. Some great bops and some all-time sad songs to cry to. An incredible, diverse album that has permeated popular culture in countless ways, and with very good reason. Loved it. Already loved it, of course, but it went so far beyond holding up. I liked this more than I've ever liked it before.

Perfect

Nice

Very chill and relaxing, but with no memorable highlights at the first listen

Having never listened to Simon & Garfunkel before, I was highly familiar with at least half of this album which is a great testament to its significance and reach. I must say though, I absolutely can't stand El Condor Pasa as it reminds me of white people dressed as Native Americans singing this song at various city fairs (in Lithuania, doing covers of popular English songs with Lithuanian lyrics that had nothing to do with the original was an interesting phenomenon of the early 00s). Otherwise, solid album

My dad and I have spent a generation fighting about this album, most particularly whether Cecilia is a good song (I say it’s fucking great; he hates it); whether Art’s solo vocals on Bridge or the harmony part is better; and which song is better, The Boxer or Only Boy Living in NYC. Honestly, we’re both right on all of. I am undeniable biased on this album, which is great, but my memory of it is even better.

What a great album. I even like the tracks I had never listened to, especially liked Keep the Customer Satisfied. The Boxer is an all-timer and I just read that they spent hundreds of hours recording and producing that song. There is only the single drum part which was recorded in the lobby of the record company building. Paul Simon is a musical genius and Art Garfunkel was a great friend. But seriously Art owns Bridge Over Troubled Water. Amazing song. Love this.

Perfect.

Great album

Easy 5/5 Every song is amazing…except the live track at the end -Horrible . Just doesn’t fit with the flow of the album at all.

Yeah, very good

Obviously a classic. I prefer Simon's solo stuff, but this is at least a 4.5.

I recognize the album cover but I wouldn’t have been able to name a single song that was on the album. However, I did recognize several songs. I enjoyed Bridge Over Troubled Waters and El Condor Pasa the most. Songs like Cecilia and The Boxer have elements I really like in the songwriting but the production wasn’t quite my taste to feel like they’re perfect. I do realize that I probably would really be into more subdued covers of those songs. I think the song I was surprised by the most was So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright- I read up a little on how Art had initially majored in architecture and asked Simon to write this yet Simon knew little about FLW it’s really about both of them breaking up the duo which is quite nostalgic and sweet. It also sounds more understated than the rest. I understand the love for the album and think it’s a good solid album. 3.5/5

Giants of folk rock at the peak (and soon to be the end) of their career as a duo. Paul Simon is the sole songwriter here and he gets the opportunity to shine. Despite the two drifting apart, their collaboration still works here. There are so many great songs. This is one of the best selling albums in history and it still sounds timeless today.

Production is a bit muffled, but songs are good with a few classics. Bridge over Troubled Water-classic, but kind of surprising this is the opening song and not the closing. El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)-more Renaissance sounding than Spanish Cecilia-classic upbeat folk with Latin-styled percussion Keep the Customer Satisfied-upbeat pop with horns So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright-dreamy slow song, bossa nova-ish, feels a bit long but is < 4 min The Boxer-classic story song Baby Driver-upbeat boogie woogie with horns The Only Living Boy in New York-one of my favorite songs Why Don't You Write Me-bit of a country twang in the guitar lines, horns and percussion almost make it funky Bye Bye Love- live recording, standard cover version Song for the Asking-another live recording? Pleasant folksy song with strings. Highlights: "Cecilia", "The Boxer", "Baby Driver", "The Only Living Boy in New York"

I am familiar with this album. My dad had this when I was growing up. Typical folksy album. Not a bad listen.

I love me some Baby Driver.

Fantastic sounds, relaxing, memorable songs. A couple songs I had to skip a couple because they like to do this thing of repeating a line/riff combo for 3 minutes before ending the song. Favorite Song: Bridge over troubled water

I think as delighted to get this one. This is obviously a classic and some fit be tracks are proper American songbook standard. A full listen through was delightful, but revealed a couple of lower level album tracks and some weird orchestration so it's not perfect but it's damn good.

El Condor Pas, Cecilia, and The Boxer are pleasant songs, as well as the strings sections in Song for the Asking. Overall a pretty soothing album. Much better than their Bookends album.

Bridge over troubled water & keep the customer satisfied & the boxer &

Just a beautiful album. Yes, "Bridge" is a perfect, perfect song. But I love "The Boxer" and "The Only Living Boy in New York". They just hit home.

just a classic, in every way. Poor garfunkel always having to stand in simon's shadow.

So many classics on this one. I'd never heard their version of BOTW, and it gave me chills, and I was only 2/3 through the song. As I continued listening to this album, almost every song was excellent, and I feel like the ones I didn't love right away would just take a few more listens. Top to bottom wonderful. Highlights: bridge over troubled water, el condor pasa, cecilia, the boxer, the only living boy in new york (harmonies!)

Hell yes this album was my introduction to S&G after a family friend gave me her vinyl copy back in high school. I've listened to all of their albums since then, I'm a big fan. The duo really runs the gamut with this one: dramatic ballads (title track, "The Boxer"), super fun folk-pop jams ("Cecilia," "Baby Driver"), more stripped-down low-key cuts ("So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright," "Song for the Asking"), and more instrumentally diverse bops ("El Condor Pasa," "Keep the Customer Satisfied"). This album is S&G's final form. After starting out with stripped-down acoustic folk on their first album, they evolved quite a bit up until this album, where they really show their skills as a pop powerhouse with a much expanded musical palate. Favorite Songs: All of them

Very atmospheric, this album constantly transports you... To church then an elevator then a funeral, and a concert hall sometimes. I'm exaggerating but the world that kept coming to mind was lullaby. I understand why they were sensational, it's nice music for nice people 🙂 I liked a couple songs Favorite song: Baby Driver 6/10

Fun fact: Bridge over trouble waters was the first song I learned how to play on saxophone and my band teacher always had this vinyl hanging up in the classroom. For that reason alone I have no choice but to Stan. Keep the Customer Satisfied, Baby Driver, and Bye Bye Love were some of my other favorites.

I love Simon and Garfunkel. The piano goes hard. The music is grandiose, and the vocals compliment each other beautifully. I love any time traditional instruments are used (pianos, violins, trumpets, oh my!) The boxer is a classic, it's really sweeping and comes to a massive climax. I really liked the inclusion of 1 live song that wasn't just a repeat of a previously played song - it added some energy and excitement towards the end of the album. Top songs: Bridge over troubled water Keep the customer satisfied The boxer The only living boy in new york Song for the asking

This made me feel like frolicking through the forest like a lil garden nymph. I was into it heavily.

Listened to this album last night on a traffic filled ride home from Maine. When Bridge Over Troubled Water played my coworker started to tear up a little. Unclear if that was because we had been in the car 3 hours and only traveled 30 miles or if it was because the song is that good. Simon and Garfunkel are elite songwriters, much like Bob Dylan, except they actually have a voice you’d want to listen to. Overall this album was great. Haunting and melancholic at throughout. The musical influences were varied and interesting. This album definitely has most of my favorite songs from this duo. There were some lulls in the runtime, but overall a certified classic. Strong 4 Fav songs: Bridge Over Troubled Water El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Cecilia The Boxer Baby Driver

this one is very good 9.7/10

An absolute classic!

Classic - three of my favorite songs on this album: Cecilia, The Boxer & El Condor Pasa

Have I heard this album before? No Rating: 7.7/10 Some really well written songs and nice harmonies. Good album.

Love it. El Condor Pasa is a personal fave, but really every song here shines.

Love, Love, Love this album. I still love their greatest hits more…but that’s not really fair. I could listen to this album anytime and enjoy every moment of it.

What a great classic album

Some classics but didn’t grab me

A classic album with not one mediocre song on it.

Liked el condor pasa a lot this pass. Great songs on this (cecilia, boxer, only living boy in new york). Bridge is such a huge song but I like other stuff more on this.

A near perfect album, just a shame I have an ex called Celia!

Album Nr. 81 Gutes Album mit kleinen Schwächen zum Ende hin. Vier Songs, welche ich auf dem Album besonders mag ist der Titelgebende Song "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "El Condor Pasa", "Cecilia" sowie "The Boxer".

There are very few albums which I have entirely liked on Spotify. I think it’s Led Zep IV, Rumours, and this one. Bridge Over Troubled Water really is perfect

It's worth 5 stars just for the Boxer. The last verse of which is one of the best verses ever written. I'd never listened to this entire album, just half of it from the Greatest Hits album. All killer, no filler.

Loved The Boxer!

I enjoyed this very much. Especially the songs that never had air play.

It's a 'nice' album. Three particularly good tracks - Bridge Over Troubled Water - The Boxer - El Condor Pasta The Only Living boy is pretty decent too. Overall, a good 4

it really sucks. The Boxer is tolerable, the rest is just unlistenable 60s flower child ukulele bullshit.

# Playlist track - Bridge over troubled water # Notes - I've heard the title track 1000 times since I was a kid and downloaded it on Napster or something. Still hits just the same. +3 stars. - Andean music?! Amazing. +1 - I'd love to say that I can't stand another "La la lie" from The Boxer, but I would be lying. +1 - I don't LOVE the final tracks. They're cool, but so far in the album the bar is too high. -1

Bridge Over Troubled Water is big, grand album. The title tracker opener and The Boxer will get most of the acclaim but Only Living Boy in New York is the actual star and that’s saying a lot. Beautiful folk rock with splashes of pretty much everything else. The live additions at the end seem unnecessary, though Bye Bye Love is great 8.2/10

One of the rare albums you could play for pretty much anyone and the worst response you would get is "yeah, that's nice". If you aren't pulled in by the opener then I just don't understand you, nevermind the multiple other classics like 'Boxer', 'Cecelia', and 'New York'.

Some great acoustic stuff, with some fun numbers intertwined with a few slightly longer emotional tracks. Certainly an enjoyable and easily-listenable album via its warm atmosphere and short length, with a similar sound throughout despite the variation in emotions.

S&G are despised by many for the sentimentality, the bold lunge towards the middlebrow, and for Paul Simon being a bit of a prat. These criticisms all seem fair to me, and this album still triggered several flashes of weeping for me today. There’s a degree of nostalgia there from hearing much of this in the car as a child, but Simon’s hooks and feints have some innate power that has me wanting to bawl. Maybe a couple of placeholders on this, but the hits smash me.

So good, basically the folk-songwriter "Rumours" in both banger content and hurt feelings. An album with "The Boxer" that also has not one but *two* songs that are perhaps even better ("..Customer.."/"..Living Boy..") - remarkable!

Neat

This is a classic and I love it!

Clearly one of the best albums of all time and well worth a listen 5 stars

First impressions I liked it more than I thought I would. Arrangements are cool and it’s really interesting seeing where Sufjan ripped his style from. Saying that so long Frank Lloyd wright had me laughing what was that?

Bridge Over Troubled Water - 5 El Condor Pasa - 5 Cecilia - 5 Keep the customer Satisfied - 4.5 So Long Frank Loyd Wright - 4.5 The Boxer - 5 Baby Driver - 5 The Only Living Boy in New York - 5 Why Don't You Write Me - 4 Bye Bye Love - 4 Song For The Asking - 4.5 Average - 4.68⭐ Reviewing this after Scott 4 by Scott Walker is like being shown the baseline and then the exception. Great album all throughout 👍

Sublime, beautiful. I never realised how beautiful and delicate the title track is, until listening on headphones (instead of people signing along with a rousing chorus). And the the whole album is amazing.

Gran album, buenas canciones; algunas demasiado conocidas.

When I started this album I had to replay 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' several times before I actually started the album. Such a beautiful opening.

Es una locura. Una canción memorable, y otra, y otra. 5/5.

Paul Simonis one of the great American songwriters of the 20th century. And this is one of his best pieces of work. Just the title track and "The Boxer" secure a 5/5 for this one, but there's so much more. 8x Platinum in US, 11x Platinum in UK, it was certainly successful. Besides the hits, there's several great deep cuts, including one of my favorite S&G songs "The Only Living Boy in New York". That said, there are a couple of throwaways. The only head scratcher is thecover of "Bye Bye Love", which is a live recording with the vocals too low in the mix, and the crowd too high. It is jarringly out of place. But not nearly enough to drop the score. Yep, this is an album that everyone should listen to before they die. 5/5

Classic!

Love. Soothing, lyrically interesting. Enjoyed the use of stereo

Delightful.

+100 for every word I never heard in the bible.

3/5

Great album. I never actually listened to it before, so it was surprising how many of the songs I knew already. Highlights: El Condor Pasa

Great album.

muchas canciones que han sido versionadas en el tiempo, está bien

A great album! Loved this one since it came out when I was but a wee lad

Not my type

Beginning was quite good but most of it was mediocre

Smooth, great listening, would listen again

Great Album. So much ambiance and good craftmanship. Paul Simon is a genius. 5 stars

Loved it!

Ça m'a rappelé le musée où Caroline me faisait écouter ça + où j'ai découvert que Oh Cécilia des Vamps c'était pas une chanson originale mais une cover 😥

One of my favorite albums

I think the reputation of this album largely rests on the ethereal, otherworldly, brilliance of the title track. ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ is a beautiful song, an all timer and the first track on the record. It’s like church. The rest of the album just never quite lives up to this opening.

Дон Симон и Гомункул - хочу называть их так - молодцы, сыграли спели нежно и трогательно, где надо дали бодряка. Но после первого прослушивания на балладах было трудновато за что то зацепиться

Pure Gold

3.5

so good!! i have this on vinyl but my aux cord broke so streamed it rip. 5/5

I can understand why people could really like this but I just don't. I hate the dual vocals. The more monotone folk songs all blend together. How is Cecilia on this album? It's like they decided to snort a line of coke in the middle of recording and get some energy. "Why don't you write me," is the only other real stand out for me.

Classic

Ugh, this really bores me. The Boxer is a hit. title track is a chore. Cecilia should be erased. That said, realising the opening chords from El Condor Pasa is the sample from Shadow's You Can't Go Home Again was worth the price of admission.

Would listen again and again. Love the whole album

Classic after classic on this one. Spectacular vocal performance by Artie. The songwriting by Paul hints at the twists and turns in his stellar solo career.

This is the best!

Good

The harmonies! So amazing. Cecilia is one of my favorite songs.

Keep the Customer Satisfied is a fun song. For such a famous album I thought I'd recognize more songs. Baby Driver is fun too.

-It’s obviously good, a little more funk to it than I would imagine -good mix of uppers and downers -I think this is one of the best designed/curated albums we’ve listen to in terms of straight through line sonically

This is possibly the greatest folk album I've ever heard. I got a little nervous in the first couple of tracks that this album wasn't going to live up to the hype, but it really came alive down the stretch. I've heard instrumentation that I've never heard in folk before and it sounds truly innovative even sixty years later. A masterclass of the genre.

Not for me

Great songwriters. Good album.

favourite song: the boxer just so good isnt it

A classic.

Bridge Over Troubled Water BOTW - have heard so many times and so familiar. Even though sometimes the recording can feel a little OTT, really listening to it, what a magical song. Uplifting, comforting and full of beautiful moments, ‘Sail on, silver girl…’ in particular. Always loved El Condor Pasa, particularly the intro. Keep the Customer Satisfied I also love. Good example of Paul Simon’s wry sardonic storytelling. It took a while for me to see that So Long, Frank Lloyd Wight was a good song. It’s a lovely little melody with a skipping rhythm and I like the little fiddle string low in the mix The Boxer - what a song. Sounds brilliant every time I hear it. Might be my favourite S&G song. Baby Driver, similar to Customer. I do like these quirky upbeat songs he does , a bit like Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard from Paul Simon’s ‘first’ solo album. Kind of upbeat folky Motown with unusual rhyme patterns I LOVE The Only Living Boy in New York. Just love it, the bass, the feel, everything. Why Don’t You Write Me. I feel like this is the only down note on the album. Feels like an arrangement looking for a song and the whole thing doesn’t quite convince. I’m never quite sure why Bye Bye Love is on here too. It’s a good version of a great song, but it’s always stuck out as a bit odd. Not necessarily bad but seems out of place. Song For the Asking. I really enjoy the low key nature of this, a nice contrast to the ‘big’ opening of the title song. Lovely track. I do love this album, I go back and forth between this and Bookends as my favourite S&G album, but they are both great. For such a great act it’s always surprising how it feels like they only really have two ‘proper’ albums. They have written some of the greatest songs though and I suppose that’s why any greatest hits of theirs is so good. Even though it’s not quite perfect and does feel uneven towards the end with Why Don’t You Write Me and Bye Bye Love , before the lovely Song for the Asking I think this has to be a 5, it’s got two of the greatest songs ever and some of their best non ‘big’ songs. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Can appreciate the vocals and parts are catchy, but just isn't my cup of tea overall.

My mom had this record so it was one of the first non-kids records I branched out on.

Didn’t leave much of an impression

A couple of the tracks reminded me of late Beatles or McCartney solo pop (Baby Driver, Keep the Customer Satisfied). Highlights for me were the big lush orchestral ones (title, New York) and The Boxer. Besides a couple of flat spots and a late tail off I thought this was a cracker.

might be a 5 bc I don't think there's a miss? (maybe Baby Driver?) - will revisit this

A beautiful and highly polished send-off. Sometimes upbeat, mostly reflective, always fully realized. The title song is and probably always will be one of my all-time favorites. Best song: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Boring folk music Would probably enjoy more if i was an elf living inside a comically large mushroom

Not mine but very good

not their best but good

Maybe I’m broken but this felt like an ice pick in my skull

Impeccable. The high watermark of their career. This album is a triumph, a masterpiece, a magnum opus. It is a must-have staple for any record collection. I’m utterly delighted I got to have it for my 900th album!

Really really good. Beautiful songs. Super enjoyable listen. 5/5 :)

Clearly a masterpiece from start to finish, this album features a handful of hits accompanied by several lesser-known songs that are just as good. The title song builds beautifully (I'm a big fan of these songs that gradually become extravagant and orchestral), setting a perfect tone for the rest of the album. I'd never heard this whole S&G album before until now, but it might be their best.

There are some truly great songs on this album. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia and The Boxer are all superb. Big melodies, emotional weight and songwriting of the highest level. The title track in particular is timeless and powerful, while Cecilia has that infectious rhythm that makes it instantly memorable. That said, parts of the album lean a little too heavily into the folk side for my taste. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright and El Condor Pasa do not quite land for me. They feel softer and more delicate, and I find myself drifting slightly during those moments. El Condor Pasa especially with the flutes just is not my thing. When the album hits its peaks it is brilliant. I just prefer the bigger, more direct songs. Favourite song: Cecilia Least favourite song: El Condor Pasa Album artwork: An iconic and instantly recognisable cover

Perfect. My childhood. Parents played this album constantly. Only good memories for me.

Chill music

(4.5) nearly perfect

Classic album reminds me so much of Billy and Carl. Great memmys. The boxer. El condor pasa and the only living boy in new york. 5 stars is the only answer.

This was a good album. The songs were distinct and pleasant, and I enjoyed most of them. There were just a few duds on the small tracklist. All in all I wouldn't listen to it again, but not bad. 3/5.

I can't listen to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" without crying - I heard that song in the car right after my aunt's funeral, and no song described her better. The other songs, while not as powerful personally, are still great. 5/5

So full of classics, but just one that I need to keep on rotation and it isn't the big moody title track

Maybe at another point in my life. But for now, not a lot going for me.

Garfunky

Yess

Dirge, followed by some Bangers then dirge again

beautiful album, very raw and consistent, title track was absolutely phenomenal too. not a single bad song i’d say, really enjoyed it, would definitely be listening to it again.

Can’t believe this isn’t a greatest hits album.

One of the all time greats 5

The instrument is nice with the folk material makes it sound really fun.

Great harmonies

Love it, spin it all the time.

These are such great songs

I’ve never been a huge fan of the American folk music of the 60s, which Simon & Garfunkel have been associated with. However, this is anything but your standard folk album. Their harmonies are classic, but there are so many other musical influences permeating the composition of these songs. Really enjoyable. I would gladly listen to any of the songs on this album anytime.

Classic. 3.8

Creative sounds, rich orchestration. Still, a folk album.

Good vocals. You can hear the influence on modern music. Dated sound but still enjoyable. 6/10

Really enjoyed…easy listening

These guys again? come on...

Classic

Ok

The Boxer was cool, the rest was fine.

I kind of like El Condor Pasa, Cecilia, The Only Living Boy in New York, I like Baby Driver

little soft and slow

I bought this album when it was released. Bought it again when life moved to CDs. It's been on my streaming playlist for years now. One of the greatest duo groups of all time and this album is the culmination of their prodigious talent both individually and together. The poetry of Paul Simon's writing and the diversity of the song genres is classic. A great album by artists at their prime!!

I do not like this.

I can not for the life of me figure out why S&G don’t really do it for me, and never have. I did like this better than I liked Graceland a few weeks back, so maybe Paul Simon is the issue. Didn’t hate this one, it just didn’t stick with me beyond giving it a listen.

All good. Apart from the vocals on the title track!

So many bangers

Liked this one a lot. Very chill vibes. Something I would listen to on a lazy afternoon with nothing to do. Favorite songs: Cecilia, The Boxer, The Only Living Boy In New York

Do not listen if sleep deprived. This is snoozy. Classic but sleepy. I have listened to this album too many times to feel anything. But that could also be the sleep deprivation.

I was not expecting that brassy section in Keep the Customer Satisfied.

Classic

Great easy listen

A welcome break from all the Smashing Pumpkins. Right off the bat, banger, banger, banger. Bold move to start off with such a slow, emotional song, but it worked well. Favorite tracks: El Condor Pasa, Cecilia, The Boxer, Baby Driver

Well known group for a reason, but more of a background thing for me. Very soft and melodic.

heavenly omg

Some great songs and some great memories, eventhough it was before my time. Love the harmonies and the epic drum in The Boxer. Cecilia makes me want to clap and dance

not my style

Masterpiece, fantastic.

Solid album. I love these guys. The standouts that I hadn't heard before were "Keep the Customer Satisfied" and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright."

Decent album. The famous hits were good, the other tracks were fine. As a whole, just average for me.

Loved a lot of this album. Lots of songs were middle of the road, but there are a couple seriously good ones

I love this album. Bridge over troubled water and the boxer are incredible timeless songs.

powerful vocals, light rock. almost orchestral. flutes, strings, lots of instruments, wood blocks? mellow, touching, soulful, folksy. a fair amount of mournful songs.

I like The Sound of Silence.

A few great songs, but I found the whole thing too folksy

I can't separate my thoughts about this album from the number of times I listened to it as a kid. At that age, I don't think I fully appreciated how unusual a lyric like "architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view" is in pop music.

Garfunkel and Oates have forever made it impossible for me to remember this band's name. Not generally the music I choose to listen to, but a fun listen. And Cecilia is a bop, though they guy saying "pick it up" sounded like he was behind me in real life and legitimately scared me.

Classic for a reason, an entire catalog of masterpieces

Can't say I'm a fan but you can REALLY hear the influence on modern dream pop

Very strong two opening songs, classics know worldwide, and then a solid album full of traditional Simon & Garfunkel style songs. Hard to find anything against this record, other than just my personal taste doesn't really align with that style, but one cannot deny that Simon (and the other guy as well, I think), are really talented.

Absolute classic Love it

A Classic

Albumet var bra! Första låten gjorde mig lite besviken för den var så långsam, men låtarna direkt efter hade mycket snabbare tempo och var litesvängiga. Min favoritlåt från albumet var Cecilia. Jag vill ge albumet 3,5 stjärnor men kan såklart inte göra det så albumet får helt enkelt en trea. Jag kommer definitivt att komma tillbaka till vissa låtar av albumet!

I find it hard to put into words how much and why I love this album. It’s perfect.

AMAZING!!

Classic for a reason.

Simon and Garfunkel is such a silly name to me. But I only found out today that the Simon is actually Paul Simon. I don’t know how I never put two and two together, but here we are. I was fully ready to enjoy this. I like folk music. I had an idea in my head of what this would sound like, and I figured it would probably a solid experience. But these songs are really something else. Even if in the beginning I wasn’t super blown away by a track, by the end nearly all of them had won me over. I wasn’t ready for how ahead of its time and groundbreaking this sounds. But it all makes sense considering Paul Simon’s ambitions when it came to working in the studio. This album really says a lot about him, and knowing it was written pretty much entirely by him makes you realize how genius he really is. There is just so much beauty and so much orchestration at work here. These songs are calm and almost dreary with how serene they are. But they are also cheerful and leave me feeling good about the world. And some of these songs have such gorgeous moments. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright specifically cut deep for me. There is just one particular moment where their producer Roy Halee yells, “So long already, Artie”. And knowing that this was their last album, and the tensions that were between them makes that song stand out so much to me. Paul and Art harmonize so perfectly, and this album just feels really special. It comes off as way more than just a folk pop album. Rating: 8/10

I forgot how good this album was. Cecilia and The Boxer are two of my favorite S&G songs. The title song always seemed to me to be a bit over done but overall a great album.

Though, Bridge Over Troubled Water was considered by many as the high point of the Simon & Garfunkel catalog, I was indifferent and unsure if it was their best album. Commercially, this is their best known work and contains some timeless classics, but the title track I always thought as over-blown produced and even schmaltzy and never liked the song. Same with Cecilia, I didn't care for the song. I would consider, The Boxer one of S & G's best songs and I still rank it one of my favourite songs from the duo. The rest of the album is okay, but not essential and if you're just discovering the group (or cutting through the filler), start with the greatest hits album and earlier albums which have some really good deep tracks. Oh, and Paul Simon's first two solo records are better!

Big fan. Recognized some songs. Would listen to multiple songs 4

Liked it A lot more than I thought I would

Oh whatever.

fave track: song for the asking final thoughts: just gorgeous !

Some all time bangers. Cool instrumentation, bomb ast percussion on cecilia specifically. Basic? Perhaps but still so consistently good. Bolivia represents

masterpiece 5

Classic

I could see Paul McCartney being envious of this album. This is what his first solo album should’ve sounded like. This album’s production is beautiful, thanks to the newly developed 16 track recorder. But this albums’ long legacy is due to Paul Simon’s melodies, and for the fact that not many albums from 1970 sounds like this. ‘The Boxer’ easily rivals Sounds of Silence as the best Simon & Garfunkel song. Only Paul Simon could write the riff of ‘Baby Driver’, which should be as iconic as ‘I Feel Fine’. There are only two middle of the road songs on this album. ‘So Long, Frank Llyod Wright’ which could’ve easily been on Bookends and didn’t develop the sound of this project. The other is ‘Why Don’t You Write Me’, which could’ve been a Kinks song off of ‘Face to Face’ but didn’t fully embrace the quirkiness that Ray Davies would’ve. The album ends very solid on a cover of the Everly Brother, ‘Bye Bye Love’, which fits the themes of love lost, and then the short poem ‘Song for the Asking’. I’m leaning more towards a 4.5 but I’ll give it a solid 5

Loved

Great set of songs

Really strong folk pop album. The harmonies are so clean and chill, the songs are great. I found that I enjoyed this more on a headphone listen, there are a lot of intricate details in the music that I didn’t pick up prior. Didn’t love the entire album, I feel like Simon just had to slip in a weird one with Keep the Customer Satisfied, I didn’t care for that track. They’re a great duo though and this is a great album. 4 stars

Listened to it 4x without noticing. Solid album albeit a little one note at times.

5/11 Мне понравилось, в целом

I had this album in 1970 and listened to it often. Art Garfunkel singing bridge over troubled water still gives me chills

A perfect album.

First thought: Oh, that album with the funny mustache picture. Final thought: Oh, that album with the funny mustache picture.

Loved

Classical

Fun to hear the stuff i haven't heard a lot

A cultural touchstone. You don't have to like it, but you do have to know what it is.

All the songs I know are great. The songs I didn't know...I likely will never listen to again.

Album no. 6/1001 Great, but not as quite good as the other Simon & Garfunkel album. Bridge over troubled water, rather be a sparrow than a snail... third/fourth(?) song more punchy, liked The Only Living Boy in New York towards the end more.

One of my favorite albums. It does not get old. Simon & Garfunkel at their best.

I enjoyed the Paul Simon solo album far more than I did this album. Felt like music for people that genuinely enjoy church music. Frank Lloyd Wright reference was crazy tho

This is definitely my first listen of this album but it feels like I've already heard it before. Maybe because of interpolation and samples from newer songs? Idk. But I love the album! I enjoyed listening to it. Will be adding this on my playlists.

There might not be any records from the 1970s more about the 1960s than this one. “Bridge” looks back but it definitely moves forward too. It sounds like it’s Simon and Garfunkel reaching the next level, it’s so full of great performances and memorable songs. But there would be no more levels for them, only memories, and a Paul Simon solo career for the ages. They would have one more triumph together if you count the Central Park Concert reunion but really this record is it—the culmination of an incredible partnership. “Bridge” as a title track is at once a tour de force and a heartbreaking signal flare shot above our heads telling us that this duo is done. It has always existed and it is eternal. Simon makes the case on the title track (and throughout the record) that he is a songwriter worthy of a place in the pantheon and Garfunkel steals the show with angel tier level vocal performance right off the bat. It’s an incredibly masterful opening track and it would’ve justified this album’s existence by itself. Of course, there’s also the ageless “El Condor Pasa” and the infectious singalong “Cecilia” which both hint at Simon’s ballooning passion for World Music. “The Only Living Boy in New York” might be the most depressing song on the record, but it’s the immortally mournful “The Boxer” that strikes the saddest chord. Those “lie la-lies” speak louder than any of the actual lyrics about the depths of isolation and defeat, and that’s saying something on a record that’s essentially a Swan Song. That their final record together is probably their best is a lovely coda and a fitting capstone for one of the most celebrated duos of the ‘60s and beyond. “Ask me and I will play/All the love that I hold inside.” Well, we did ask and you delivered. We couldn’t ask for more.

I could listen to this one over and over…

1st track: I hate it. 2nd: omg make it stop. 3rd: OK this is a jam. Rest of album: back to being awful. Sorry, the 1 track doesn't save you from 1 star.

not my favorite. mais bon The Boxer reste un instant classic. 8/10

Always love this album with probably my favourite S&G song the Boxer

Love it

love

1/22/24. Great album, these two keep you entertained throughout each track, with some creative writing and song structures. I understand why they were so popular back in the day.

The highs are extremely high. The lows are meh, because Paul Simon can sometimes be a lazy lyricist. The production is overwrought but that's okay.

This was kind of nice, enjoyable as background music but not much more

A few good songs on here. They new how to pick the singles.

Minä pidän tästä levystä. On mukavasti toimintaa, ei pelkkää S&G:n perushymistelyä jossa on ärsyttävän ironishymyinen pohjavire. Nimikkobiisi tietenkin koskettava, vaikka onkin imelä.

Sitoutuneita melodikkoja, mutta sovittajina ja instrumentaation luojina harvinaisen tilannetajuttomia. Kuultavaa olisi, mutta en kyllä voi kuunnella.

Superb and timeless. This album is musical melancholy with diverse styles of instrumental compositions that are few and far between in most of todays modern popular music releases.

Amazing to be reminded how great Paul Simon's songwriting talent really is. Even the smallest songs are so well crafted.... what a gift. Also great to listen to him when he started to use his own voice for his songs, rather than just provide harmony. He is a legend whose every song is worth listening to, both for wonderful lyrics and for fantastic guitar skills. And then he brings in the world music ....! 👏👏👏

Great album overall and heard it several times. I love the Singles and I'm so glad these 2 ended with their best selling album. Well deserved accolades.

I mean, this is top 5 best albums of all time.

Not normally my style, but enjoyed it a good deal

un super clásico "if i could" de toda la vida me gusta mucho

Classic ... such an effortless blend of different of genres and styles into their folk sound, all with a calm and relaxing feel throughout.

Classic in every way. Some of these songs just get better every time. Opening track/title track is probably my least favorite, but listening to this album again gave me a renewed respect for S&G.

4.5 One of the best musical duos of all time at their absolute best. Beautiful, vivid storytelling. Near perfect album.

2 stars..... not great.... 1-2 classic old songs but they dont slap

I thought I would have heard all of this music before but a lot of it was new to me. It was a little depressing at times, but also quite beautiful. It made me think of a time that is now lost, and a lot of nostalgia for a world before electronics took over.

This album slaps so fucking hard. This is a childhood and adulthood favorite.

Really nice album with lots of variety. Though there are some extremes, with a few songs being amazing classics and the others unfortunately being quite forgettable.

Perfection.

I like the album. I just can't help but think about the Family Guy episode where Peter and Quagmire made a folk music duo. Simon and Garfunkel are definitely legends and awesome together.

Surprisingly not my favorite so far; loved the Boxer and Song for the Asking.

Did not finish or enjoy

I’m just not a S&G fan.

Ah, the emo-music of the 70s

Great stories, melodies, voices.

I LOVED THIS ALBUM. I felt like i was in the crowd at a music festival while I was puttering around doing chores. Cheerful and energetic.

Timeless classic from a legendary duo.

Too relaxed for me. Still good but just for the 1 listen. Will I listen to again: 5%

Nostalgic

Variedad de melodías simples pero muy buenas y buena conjunción con las voces

Very enjoyable, i knew 80% of the songs but not the whole album. You can pick the year “1970” pretty easily but that’s not necessarily a bad feature for these beautiful pieces of music. “…there were times i took some solace there.”

God I love Paul Simon. Listening to this album yesterday morning made my day. Baby Driver? Cecilia? Keep the Customer Satisfied?? And the slow ones were good too lol

Iconic

Great classic! S&G at their finest!

There is way too much Simon & Garfunkel on this list

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Admittedly this has 2 all-time greats w/ Bridge Over Troubled Water and Cecilia and a few other great songs...there are just too many so-so tracks otherwise to make it a true classic. I prefer my Simon and Garfunkel in greatest hits form.

Solid all around, love The Boxer especially.

This duo was definitely a favorite of many and I became a fan. They clearly sang songs with meaningful lyrics that pulled at the heart strings of those who listened. I was familiar with all these songs and listening to some many times didn’t bother me.

It was good

Don't care for them

Great album! Love S &G

3rd album I've gotten of theirs. Masters of folky harmonic rock. Favorite song: The Boxer. The faster songs have a feel-good peppiness to them, while the slow songs are emotionally evocative.

Simon and Garfunkel made the first music I fell in love with - Sounds of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme.....what's not brilliant about this album? Lyrics, vocals, orchestration, arrangement, command of diverse genres, heart and edge. Has it all.

Some of the greatest songs written and performed - Only Living Boy being the stand out. It’s only let down by a vanilla cover of a song that already had a definitive version. That’s probably churlish though so I’ll skip and ignore.

Been a while since I've listened to this entire album. Quality work - lyrics, harmonies, and memories tie together in my mind.

Can't remember the last time I actually listened to S&G outside of the samples included in Girltalk's mixes. Cecilia stands out I don't really enjoy this to be honest, but it's fine I guess. 2

Fine

Exquisite

This is a perfect album to start this journey with, I'm already familiar with Simon and Garfunkel as my parents are both fans of them. Also it's a pretty easy listen, this wasn't in a drastically out there genre for me, and I feel like anyone could listen through this thing with not much difficulty. Of course I knew the song bridge over troubled water, the boxer I've heard quite a few times and my dad knows the entire story behind it. I really like the song baby driver, I didn't know about that one before but I had a moment of being like "ohh that's why Edgar Wright named his movie that" Overall this is still a great album. I'll have to talk to my mom at some point about the time she had to research and listen to this album and interpret it for some kind of course she was taking.

An ambitious, tangled conglomeration of songs, many of which defined their catalog and era

Perfect trip down Memory Lane!

Bridge over troubled water: 10 El Condor Pasa: 5 Cecilia: 8 Keep the Customer Satisfied: 7.5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright: 5 The Boxer: 7 Baby Driver: 7.5 The Only Living Boy in New York: 7 Why Don’t You Write Me: 7 Bye Bye Love: 7 Songs for the asking: 5

This album was really great, a lot of slower and sad sound music so not something I'd listen to on a daily, but when you're feeling down or just want that kind of peaceful vibe this is a great album, I can see why it's one of the best selling albums of all time

What a surprise! Two returning artists in a row was not something I was expecting, but it is definitely something that I am more than okay with. Anyways, Bridge Over Troubled Water is really good. I thought that Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme was good, but nothing spectacular. I knew that there had to be something better in Simon and Garfunkel's catalogue. Fortunately, the iconic duo went out with this, which is widely considered to be their best album. Despite the fact that I haven't heard their other albums besides the two that I've gotten for this list so far, I would probably agree. The songwriting on this album is top-notch. It's very personal at times in regards to the then soon-to-end relationship between Simon and Garfunkel themselves. The sound on this thing is also great. I like the variety between each songs and their influences. The pacing is also quite good. It doesn't drag on or end too soon. Overall, this album absolutely deserves to be on this list for its quality and cultural significance. 5/5.

The last of the great folk albums of the 1960s (yes, it's from 1970 but it's a holdover from the 60s) and likely the best Simon and Garfunkel album. The songs are some of their best including the title track, The Boxer, El Condor Pasa. As a child, my parents had this album, and my siblings and I loved Cecilia. There is even a movie named after The Only Living Boy in New York. While most songs are duets, it's Art Garfunkel's voice that shines on the opening title track while Paul Simon is the only one who should ever sing The Boxer. Sadly, this was their last studio album together.

Great album

Angelic harmonies tell the stories of the dreary, the daring, and the determined souls roaming the streets of New York. The production of the album is revolutionary, so much warmth, the kind of album that begs for the highest fidelity. It is also meticulously crafted, but still feels effortless given the mix of serious and lighthearted songs. Classic.

"Gee, but it's great to be back home." Back to reality, back to fuller album reviews. I really have meant to get more into Simon & Garfunkel, which seems to be a common thing for me to be saying in this project, which is probably why I'm enjoying it so much. I already recognize the first three songs -- all BANGERS. Wow, Celcilia especially is really benefitting from a close listen, I know the song from mostly in passing but I LOVE the percussion, the vocals, the instrumentation, just everything. The Horn sounds in "Keep the Customer Satisfied" -- wow.

“Why Don’t You Write Me” is my pick off this album.

Spectacular. Ten great compositions, executed beautifully. Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer, El Condor Pasa, Baby Driver... goshdarn Cecilia. Earworms in the best way possible. The harmonies are S&G's signature, and they really shine in most of these tracks. Simon's solo vocal is always playful and conversational, which really draws the listener into the music. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" is the only odd one out; there's something just a little unsatisfying about it, like an incomplete souvenir shoved into the middle of the album to increase runtime. Still, it's not bad, and the consistent flow of the album manages to work with the variety of moods and styles. For its time, this music is phenomenally fun and creative. This customer has been kept satisfied. 9/10

Not much for me to say about this one that others haven’t said. So I’ll just say So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright sounds like an Elliott Smith and I absolutely love it. Has those haunting major to minor chord changes

Always worth going back to since I bought it 53 years ago

Well, I followed Master of Puppets with this album, so that was a vibe change for sure! Took a few rounds of listening to confirm this in not my type of music. But I gave it a solid go! Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: might have inherited it? Favourite Song: Baby Driver (the most upbeat one)

This one was hard to listen to. Didn’t jive with the style. I can understand how they've influenced other artists, but was just too slow and unmoving for me.

Really hit the spot, what an incredible record. By the time the opening track swelled to a climax I was totally on board. Also worth noting, absolute masterclass in songwriting talent from Paul Simon. Top tracks: Bridge Over Troubled Water, El Condor Pasa, Keep The Customer Satisfied, The Boxer, Baby Driver

Good album alert

Beautiful project by the two prettiest boys in the bussiness

One of my Top 10 albums!

Супер крутой фолк альбом очень понравился Треки разнообразные душевные и крутые 5 звезд!!!

What a classic to start with. I remember the cassette version on my old TEAC tape deck on my crappy 3-way hifi speakers, borrowed from the local library. Only S&G could get away with El Condor Pasa right after BoTW...

I love Simon and Garfunkel, but I listen to songs, not albums. So to my surprise it turned out that there are a few songs on this album that I don’t know. Keep the Customer Satisfied and Why Don’t You Write Me are new to me, and I think they aren’t among their stronger tracks. But the album also includes my favorite S&G song, The Only Living Boy in New York. So on balance I’d say this isn’t their best album but it’s still good. Some of the songs sound more like they’re trending toward Simon’s solo career, and for all that I love S&G I’m not particularly a fan of Paul Simon on his own.

It’s hard to find any fault on a Simon & Garfunkel album. So many classics on this one, but Cecilia and El Condor Pasa are my favorites!

Banger

A great mix of some slower folk and fun, upbeat stuff. Not every song was amazing but I honestly can't think of anything bad to say about this one.

It’s simple but really nice to listen to. Unlike some of their contemporaries, they also don’t blow out everything else with a ludicrous amount of harmonica, so in my eyes, that is a solid upgrade.

Title track, the boxer, only living boy all great,