Reviews (page 10 of 13)
OK
Chill
A nice listen, I'm only familiar with their hits and Paul's solo career. A little whispery
It’s fine. First song put me in a coma. The rest were a nice mix of styles, showcasing so much talent.
Album had its moments. Showed the talents of S&G though as always, like them in small bites.
Sleepy boomer music. I'm sure it was groundbreaking at the time.
This was just an ok album. Not a big Simon & Garfunkel fan and I can see why. Of course it was strong song writing but musically kind of borning.
This album is like a spring breeze. It’s gentle and it smells like nice grass. But there’s not enough oomph to shake the branches. A Simple Desultory Philippic just makes me think about how much I would rather listen to Dylan. Favorite songs were Scarborough Fair / Canticle, Homeward Bound, Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall, and A Simple Desultory Philippic.
Ok
Favourite songs: Scarborough fair, the dangling conversation. I’ve obviously heard much of this album before but not all of it. I see 1966 as the last year before the explosion of rock music and by virtue music as a whole and this is demonstrated with this album. At times you can feel the new sound emerging in songs like ‘The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine’ which almost has a British Invasion tint to it. In others like ‘cloudy’ we hear the classic Simon and Garfunkel sound that they replicated across their discography. ‘The Dangling Conversion’ which is a song I had not heard before reminds of the sort of social revolution of academia I think of the in the early 1960s. The nod to Dylan was cool in ‘The 59th Street Bridge Song’. All in all, I liked this album but prefer some of their later work, especially Bookends. 7.8/10
Short and sweet, nothing influential but enjoyable
This was okay. I definitly liked the other Simon & Garfunkle album we listened to earlier better than this one.
# 499 : Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme : 10/06/2025 They've done a pretty decent job, it’s a good album, it’s enjoyable and fun overall. Some good hits and bangers, but drags out a bit. It's ok, but not 5 star material. Homeward Bound was my favourite on here.
Nice album 7/10
Love the classic Simon and Garfunkel sound, that Bob Dylan knock off was terrible. 7 o’clock news is a banger.
they need to make up their mind about whether they want to go home or go to new york
Some great songs, some cheese, pretty unremarkable
Buenas guitarras y armonias
A nice calm breath of fresh air. Just relaxing to listen to.
Sounds familiar but does not stick as well as I thought it would. Arrangements, lyrics and vocals are pretty but I O had forgotten most of it.
soft and mellow, great harmonies, probably will listen again 3.5/5
First? 3/5 Again? 2/5
Good album
Got nothing against S&G, I actually like some of their songs, but this was too boring. Maybe in other time, on a different mood. Still giving it 3 stars.
Enjoyable. Might put on if I needed something early on a Sunday morning. Enjoyed the dig/parody of Bob Dylan's style in a Simple Desultory Philippic, and a few other tracks
not my thing tbh
I was somewhat disappointed by this album, since I am a fan of Simon and Garfunkel generally. I love their harmonies. I assume that a big reason that I prefer the other albums is because I didn't listen to this one growing up. I really like a few of the songs like Homeward Bound and The 59th Street Bridge Song, and a new one for me is Dangling Conversation. A lot of the other songs didn't do much for me.
Definitely some all time great on this album, but as a whole not something I would listen to again in it's entirety
Decent but not as memorable as some of their other stuff. 3.5 stars
Interesting to hear some of the (in my opinion) lesser known Simon & Garfunkel music. Found it pretty decent, especially 'Homeward Bound' and 'Flowers Never Bend with the Rain' stood out as better tunes. Overall I missed some more prominent harmonies which Simon & Garfunkel are known for. In the end, this was an OK album but no smash hit.
Short & Sweet
Had mainly heard the more melancholy stuff so this was an enjoyable change
Folksy, semi psychedelic. Almost medieval in places. Harpischord too. Multi layered A Simple Desultory Philippic sounds like Bob Dylan Best new track (other than Scarborough Fair)- Cloudy/Patterns 3 stars
not bad at all, I knew some songs very specific vibe I might not always be in the mood for wish I could give it a 3.5 overall glad I listened, excited for the next one :)
First S&G album experience for me. It’s everything I should love but I didn’t feel an attachment to it on first listen. I will certainly pursue more S&G 2.5/5
It's obviously not a bad album. I wasn't born for another 20 years though; it doesn't click with me. I enjoyed Homeward Bound, and the Dylan parody. The rest fell flat. Probably more meaningful at the time, the Silent Night felt very clichéd.
Yeah, this is decent. I'm not in love with any of it, but I enjoyed the songs for what they are. Well, maybe not so much the "Silent Night" one, but the rest were pretty good. I prefer Paul's songs, which doesn't surprise me. I don't see myself adding it to my rotation, but it was worth hearing.
This is a beautiful sounding album, but it feels like it's trying to do something profound but ultimately comes off as very hollow
It's ok...bookends is better
A peaceful, springtime S&G album with some of the duo’s prime career highlights
chill and vibes
Good album. Scarborough Fair was my first Simon and Garfunkel song, great gateway into them as a duo and Paul Simon. I would argue there's three songs here that hit, and the rest are just good vibes in the background. So probably better than a 3, but maybe not a 4, since I'd rather just take those songs. Really need those half rankings, perfect 3.5
I liked this album. Aside from the songs I've heard a million times before (which are obviously some of the strongest on the album) there wasn't a lot of meat on this one for me. It's missing a bit of energy that maybe you don't get that often in the genre that makes something stick around in your head and needs to be heard again. But it could just be that the familiar songs are a bit too familiar and the rest just don't add up to something more worthy of a replay. 3.5
I liked this, more so than bookends. It def flirts with a 4 for me as the lyrics are thought provoking, music is mellow and the instruments are intricate at times. Overall, it lacks slightly on consistency for me but i can see the mood and vibe i may want to get back to later
A really nice, pleasant, “background vinyl” album. I feel similarly about this as I do the fleet foxes album.
Very ethereal production on most of the songs. Sounds super nice, but the thick reverb and such gets a little bit old after not too long for me. Definitely a no skip album, but also there's not necessarily any songs that I would rate higher than a 7/10. Top 5 (no order): Scarborough Fair/Canticle, The 59th Street Bridge Song, A Simple Desultory Philippic, The Dangling Conversation, A Poem on the Underground Overall, it's a short, compact, high quality album that I will most likely be returning to, but even still it's nothing I haven't heard before from the folk and blues scene of its era
Un clásico del folk-rock de los 60. Temas cortos pero variados, con unas melodías y armonías preciosas. En línea con el contexto de su época (guerra de Vietnam), las letras son existencialistas, melancólicas, pero dejan entrever un rayo de esperanza. En definitiva, un álbum excelente musical y líricamente, corto y que va al grano. Y ese tema mofándose de Bob Dylan es genial. Me ha alegrado la mañana.
nah
Very pretty and very pleasant, though I can't say it left a huge impression on me.
pretty pleasant, bit boring though 🤧
Quintessential folk-rock. Very easy to listen to, but nothing really stood out to me.
6/10
eh süß aber idk if i would listen again
Have never really understood the attraction of Simon & Garfunkel, but this album was illuminating.
Nice enough album but I wouldn't rush to go back to it
Classics interleaved with unlistenable ‘60s throwaway material…
This opens with a dud, Scarborough Fair. The rest of the album was fairly decent though. Patters has a nice beat. Homeward Bound is really nice. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine was fun. Ok album. Best song: Homeward Bound
What samples "Patterns" ? It's something hip-hop. But also the song ofc reminds me of the What We Do In The Shadows title sequence. It's all sooooo famous and also almost too fey.
Short and sweet. That last track????? * Scarborough Fair / Canticle * Homeward Bound * 7 O'Clock News / Silent Night ????????
Pretty great example of singer song writer folk rock type stuff. I can get into this from time to time but I won’t be relistening that often.
Hippies, love the Bob Dylan diss track
I mean you can't go wrong with S&G but it didn't really have a lot on the bone 6/10
One of the better folk rock albums so far. I can appreciate the storytelling and harmonies, however it’s just not my cup of tea. Won’t listen again.
Not the type of music I usually listen to, but I enjoyed it.
my grocery list be like:
Woooooof. This one is heavy. The last track hits especially hard. I want to read more about this era of music and the Vietnam war
5.5/10
Good album, arguably Simon and Garfunkel's second best.
Wildly disparate genres jammed onto this album. Their harmonies and guitar playing are great, but the differences in songs can be a bit jarring.
Love bits of it, but too many parts felt like satire. Kind of made me sad because I think maybe it’s just me channeling the cynicism of our current zeitgeist, but I’m not here to lie to anybody.
3.5/5
This album does a lot with only a 28 minute run time. I didn’t grow up with these boys, this is my first time purposefully listening to music of theirs other than sound of silence. Good writing, fun instrumentals, I get it. It makes full sense to me that this came out the same year as revolver and pet sounds. I don’t think I’ll come back to much if any of this album but it is deserving of the list.
This album was alright for me. I think the vocals can be very pretty at times, but not my musical preference. Wish we got one of their other albums. I thought I heard a guitar lick that America ripped for Ventura Highway, but I only gave this album 1 pass through. 3
Listening to these Manhattanites this early in the morning is causing my diabetes to act up.
- bissl viel so gejaule - relativ langsam - läuft aber gut im Hintergrund, wenn man was macht
was good
Like being wrapped up in a big fluffy blanket.
"i've been art garfunkeled" -bob dylan -paul simon
It's Simon and Garfunkel, beautifully written but felt quite unremarkable given some of the other albums of theirs I've heard?
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Can you give me a lift?
Simon and Garfunkel- 1 strike against Album name- 1 strike against Wow, 2 stars knocked off right away. That was easy. Now, let’s see what bullshit we get ourselves into. I can stand the music, it’s the singing and lyrics that are the problem. I’m an open road too when it comes to music. But, even though I don’t like the lyrics and singing, I’m not knocking the album. 4 songs in and it’s ok for what it is offering. The harmonizing is tight. The songs have a place and aren’t lazily put into the album as filler. The upbeat tracks are where it’s at with these guys. It eliminates the wussy sounding voices they can have. It’s a shame, if you give the Stones or the Beatles this album, sans lyric, it’d be a hit in a broader range. I know songs from this album that I didn’t think were their songs. It has lasting power in that sense. These guys aren’t for me but I will officially say that I will remove the 2 negative stars I gave it before listening. Choice cut: Homeward Bound
Not my favorite but a few goodies on here. Dylan vibes coming through at the end.
Perfectly fine. It does have their iconic "Silent Night," at least.
What a weird album. It’s very British which is weird because both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are American. It feels like it’s not sure who it is, what its identity is… if that makes sense. Some of the songs sound like The Monkees, some are pretentious folk music with DEEP lyrics, there’s even a Bob Dylan parody song. But there’s a couple of classics on there for sure. Homeward Bound is perfect! However I don’t think I’ll be returning to this one.
Decent. Very folky which I don't mind and incact some songs were quite good (homeward bound and dangling conversation). I got reminded how 60s it was a few times tho. Also the last song sucked.
If I’d have listened to this in 1966, I probably would have given it 5 stars. But listening to it in 2025, it is 2.5–3 stars at best.
I preferred Bridge Over Troubled Water, but this was still listenable
You guys make weird album covers. This was decent. 3.2
Paul Simon can write some really good songs. Also, some very bad ones. Cheers.
★★⅗
If you like folklore type of music mixed with country then I would check this album out. This music almost reminds me of a Renaissance fair I used to go to when I was a little kid, I like the music, Id rate the first song a 7/10. The second song I'm not that much a fan of, because its more directed towards the country genre. I like how the third song has some history stuff involved, it was cool to hear the radio get louder. Overall I'd rated the album a 8/10, pretty nice.
I rate scarbrough bare a 3 star because it was contry and I don't like country music a lot and it wasnt for me. I rate homeward bound a 3 star because it was contry and I don't like country music a lot and it wasnt for me. I rate seven a cloke news a 3 star because it was contry and I don't like country music a lot and it wasnt for me.
I think the cover looks interesting. I thought "Scarborough Fair" was okay. The singing was cool with the layers and echoes. I also liked the instrumentation. I liked "Homeward Bound" because the music sounded really pretty. The singing was really nice with the harmonies. I liked the lyrics and the instrumentation. I didn't like "7 O'clock news" because of the strange concept. But I did like the instrumentation. I might recommend this album.
If you like more folk music that uses a lot of different instruments then you should listen to this album "Simon and Garfunkel". I personally don't like the song "Homeward Bound" because I don't really like folk music but it is something different that other people may like. I do like the song "silent night" I think is has a big message in the song. I don't like this album because i don't like this genre. I would recommend this album to someone who wants to listen to something different.
Quite chill
It's a little funky. I could rock with it. Barely.
Großartig!
Da fehlte aber noch was von den großen hits
(3)
gar & funkel
Ok
Scarborough Fair and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme aux, rest is goid
Not really my thing
Some of these song titles are a bit outlandish. But in any case, this is another short 'n' sweet Simon & Garfunkel album with some variety from song to song and the usual poetry you'd come to expect from these two. It's probably not controversial to say that this isn't as strong as most of their other releases, but there were a fun few moments to be had (including Paul Simon giving his best Bob Dylan impression in one of the tracks).
The lack of an Oxford comma notwithstanding (I won't ding it for that, but I will register my dislike of it not being there. Mentally painful to not be able to write that comma in), solid album, but S&G have always felt like they never had enough of an edge for me. A little too cozy a lot of times, although 7 O'clock News/Silent Night does go hard. Thinking back, Mrs. Robinson is a political song, but I never thought of S&G as political despite coming from the 60's. Maybe should pay more attention to their lyrics. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine felt very Beatles, so points for that.
This is a pretty good album by Simon and Garfunkel, though not sure it's their best. Scarborough Fair is a classic and I wasn't familiar with most of the other tracks in here, but found some good gems. A Simple Desultory Philippic is a banger. There are a few tracks like that which sound a little more rockin than S&G typically sound. A harder sound that is a nice break from their normal quiet type harmonizing.
3/5 nice!!!
3 - charming but I don’t see it as a good whole project
It was fine
At it's best during tracks like For Emily. Even at a blistering 28 mins, this album tends to drag a little at points. Also, maybe I'm just being a hater but that closing track was mega corny.
Prefer their later albums but still brilliant. Their harmonies never cease to amaze me.
Pleasant, but not amazing.
Easy listening and nice short album. They have great harmony with the nice acoustic guitar. However, it doesn’t make me want to seek it out to listen to it again.
overall this is just not an exciting listen-it's 60's folk music & ok in background. but they do have amazing harmonies together. Homeward Bound is best track on the album. (and wonder if Seinfeld's puffy shirt was a nod to Paul Simon's on cover)
This may be a bit too trad-folk rock for me. I can acknowledge how well crafted the songs are and just how well Paul and Art's harmonies work together, but this was just too light and airy for it to make much of an impact on my feelings. Getting to stuff like 'The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine' and the quite brilliant Dylan parody 'A Simple Desultory Philippic' was like finding an oasis in a desert of rather dry and dusty songs. I can clearly hear the impact it had on stuff that came after it, but listening to it in 2025 I can only appreciate it from afar rather than truly enjoy it.
These sweet soft boys, thinking they can end a war with harmonies
enjoyable, but nothing i feel compelled to revisit in full
Kedvenc/Favourite: Homeward Bound Kicsit csalódtam benne, jobbra számítottam őszintén. Elég rövid volt, talán még összecsapott is, egyszerűen üresnek tűnt több dal is. A hangulata azért jó volt, meg a zene is kellemes, de nem hiszem, hogy többször meg fogom hallgatni. I was a bit disappointed, I was expecting better honestly. It was quite short, maybe even jumbled together, several songs just seemed empty. The vibe was good though, and the music was nice, but I don't think I'll listen to it again.
solid short album. Had no huge impact but its a really smooth listen without doin too much. Also not stunning but its good.
3.5
Probably my least favorite by them thus far? It's baseline fine though because of the artist it comes from.
Pretty good album. Not remarkable like BoTW, or as fun, but still a nice album to listen to.
Dig it
Scarborough fair! Alhoewel ik moet bekennen dat ik de pianoversie stiekem mooier vind kan dit er ook wel mee door. En verder bekruipt mij toch steeds meer het gevoel dat de stemmen mij toch niet helemaal pakken. Het gitaarspel (denk ook aan Anji van Sounds of Silence) is niet mis, maar toch vind ik dit album niet meer waard dan drie sterren. Misschien is het het gebrek aan variatie in de stemmen? Het hijgerige? Wie zal het weten. Het laatste nummer laat doorschemeren dat dit misschien ook een soort protestalbum is (een eerdere track ook al wel).
A few classic tracks on there. A lot of Simon & Garfunkel and Paul Simon recently, as a whole album this one was not my favourite. 2.5
нежнятинка,мало что могу сказать
Some lovely songs but some dull. Surprised how many I recognised. Will die on the hill that Paul Simon made better music as a solo artist.
I am more of a hits type of guy when it comes to Simon and Garfunkel, but I really enjoyed this album it was pretty good! The last song in the album was definitely interesting lol
The usual S & G fayre.
the instrumental is so subtle that it makes you focus on the lyrics not my vibe though i get the appeal...
Love that the album title sounds like a shopping list. The 59th St Bridge Song made me nostalgic as my parents are fans. Wrongly credited Phoebe Bridgers with putting sad news behind silent night as these lads did it first
Like floating on a river made of autumnal leaves. I particularly loved 'Cloudy'. Very pretty with plucky strings and whimsical, nostalgical lyrical musings. Some slightly heavier moments in there too, musically at least. Really liked it overall! 3.5/5
Ehh, okay. I found it slightly boring tbh. But I enjoyed the odd one. Their harmonies are too repetitive for me generally
Good, interesting album. It reminded me a lot of Pet Sounds in how it's both overflowing with fearless and forward looking ideas that push against the standard form of folk music, yet also sounds really unsure of itself and uneasy. It gave the whole album a low key haunted vibe, which I liked. The slight problems are that I'm not fussed about The 59th Street Bridge Song, the heavy handed Silent Night/contemporary news bulletin juxtaposition hasn't aged well, and I could have done without the jarring Dylan parody. Those miss-fires are all a result of the albums core strength though, so swings and roundabouts.
Some fine songs on this album. Very much of it's time, but far better than most of the hippy era on the 1001.
I'm not too high on this album -- they bring in some chamber pop and baroque elements that don't really work for me and the whole thing feels too precious and overly serious to me. "Homeward Bound" and the Dylan aping "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" are probably my favorites. 3 stars.
3.5
We’ve had enough Simon and Garfunkel. This is good but we only have a thousand. Chase it up when you start to do the deep Dive. And Paul stole Martin carthy arrangement of the title track. So there’s that too. I think Simon is an incredibly talented songwriter and Garfunkel was magic with him. But two albums from S and g and 2 from Simon is enough. We don’t want to get into Neil young territory.
It's the S & G formula: mellow folky guitars, literate lyrics, sweet harmonies. Highlights: "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "Cloudy" (jaunty tune), "Homeward Bound", "The 59th Bridge Street Song" Notable: "A Simple Desultory Philippic" (Paul Simon does Bob Dylan). The "Silent Night"/7 o'clock news mashup is sad.
trodde mina anteckningar skulle finnas kvar från när jag precis hade lyssnat på den bruh
It was nice, but not really what I like listening to.
Evokes the feeling of watching an old Shakespeare movie in my middle school English class. Generally pleasant. The continued proliferation of musicians on this list referencing other musicians on this list makes me smile. Highlights: 'Cloudy', 'Homeward Bound'
Very Simon and Garfunkel, distinctly them. Knew a couple songs on the album, didn’t realise they were on this album. Liked the violin instrumentals of ‘The Dangling Conversation.’
gostei
Really nice great harmonies 3 favourite tracks: Homeward bound Feelin Groovy Patterns
One of those albums that sounds great the first couple times you hear it but then feels like a ren-fair gone bad over time.
Solid damn album
I was not familiar with this album by Simon & Carfunkel. However, I knew Scarborough Fair and a few other songs. It was nice to hear them again. Overall, the music is much better than the horrible cover art. How do you come up with that? 3/5
Better than other S&G. 2.6
Classic but not for me
I didn’t really know what to respect but starting with track one this sounds very MODERN (American Football vibes) especially for the 1960s. Very longing for track one. I don’t like track two as much…but the lyrics are cool. The beat throws me off. “my life is made of patterns that can scarcely be controlled.” Cloudy is same as track two for me really. No notes. Track four is really good. Longing for home. Being a poet. Very good returning home vibes lol. I get it and love it, and the guitar is pretty. Track five. Good, relevant. But not something i’d really listen to. TRACK SIX lowkey gives me mazzy star and it eats and is rlly cute and soft. “let’s make our own fireworks.” Track seven is really really good. Very SAD. Very poetic. Fav track so far. Track eight is prob second best. Very good. IM BAD AT GIVING FEEDBACK CUZ IDK IT KINDA BORES?? Me but i also have a bad attention span. Gonna dance to track nine. No notes besides that. Track ten is very beautiful. Wherever she may be. Track eleven is in line with everything else. Track twelve is relevant. As fuck. Overall 7.5/10. Not a bad album at all, not really in line of my listening, but pretty sick.
Not quite sure to make of this album - some solid gold classics - but also some tracks that grated. Not sure how to weight it so going by song .... "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" - 2 "Patterns" 3 "Cloudy" Simon, Bruce Woodley - 3 "Homeward Bound" - 5 "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" 3 "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" 5 "The Dangling Conversation" 3 "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" 4 "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" 2 "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" 2 "A Poem on the Underground Wall" 3 "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" - 2 Its a 3.3 average which I guess is roughly how I feel about it.
Really great writing on this one. This is the type of music I’d play outside walking through a warm and sun-dappled forest. Perhaps after getting high on some natural substances. Good vibes and a hopeful tone. 3.5/5
The album you put on or sing to your child to sleep. Works on adults too
Nice
- Sure, there were a couple of tracks there that weren't too bad - I was surprised by that electric guitar in A Simple Desultory Philippic, I should say pleasantly - A couple of the folkier songs too caught my attention notably A Poem on the Underground Wall - The masterpiece of the album has to be Scarborough Fair/Canticle, the counterpoint of the traditional English folk song and their Canticle, it's really quite magnificent - I found everything else kind of dull though
Unremarkable but not bad
Easy listening but didn’t do much for me.
Couple classics.
were they gay for each other?
I used to be on Team Simon all the way but starting to feel myself switch sides to Team Garfunkel....or maybe even Team No Thanks! Also, I'm surprised the cover art doesn't consist of a basket of herbs.
I usually complain about getting multiple albums from most bands, but for whatever reason I don't mind at all getting three Simon & Garfunkel albums in this collection (and this is #2 for me, with "Bookends" preceding it, and apparently "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as #3 at some point). Probably because of the bare handful of albums my parents owned, I think they might have had two Simon & Garfunkel records (or possibly just a greatest hits album?). Although I'm not entirely sure whether I've ever heard this album in its entirety before, I definitely recognize many of the songs, and enjoyed the visit down memory lane. It's definitely doesn't pack as much punch as "Bridge Over Troubled Water", but their hits (mainly "Homeward bound" and "59th St. Bridge Song" (such a Dylanesque title, and far more effective than the poor-man's-Dylan "A simple desultory philippic" on this same album)), and even "Scarborough Fair" and a few others are enjoyable S&G standards. "The big bright green pleasure machine" is a very strange detour for them into a sort of Beatles-inspired and drug-insinuating rockin' tune (apparently meant to be satirical, but not very convincingly), while "The dangling conversation" sounds very much like a harmony-filled version of a Leonard Cohen song. I also really enjoyed the last three songs on the album, particularly "For Emily, wherever I may find her". And a tip of the hat to them for keeping the songs and album refreshingly brief.
A few bangers but wasn't all THAT impressed overall.
Scarborough Fair gave me spooky pirate song vibes, kind of reminds me of MALINDA. I enjoyed Cloudy, it’s a pretty upbeat track that feels like good. Homeward Bound was also quite good, it was probably my favorite instrumentation. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine was pretty silly. Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall was also a nice upbeat track. I was surprised at how short these were. Overall pretty unremarkable, don’t think I would listen to much of to this in my free time. However, I did like it more than I expected to. By no means bad, but not my cup of tea. Favorite Track: Homeward Bound Least Favorite: Patterns
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I wouldn't listen to any of this(*) so it's a 2.5, but it isn't bad at all and they are very clearly quite talented so I'll give it the bump to 3/5 (as opposed to 2/5). *Scarborough Fair is an absolute banger
A solid album, highlighted by some exceptional songs (homeward bound and Scarborough fair). Unmatched in beautiful harmonies and some beautiful guitar picking throughout the album. It simply doesn't have the oomph for a four or five star for me. There are a couple songs that I don't enjoy and I just don't find it a stand out. However it is an album that fits a particular mood perfectly, one of being about the house with a coffee or book on a damp sunny morning after rain or perhaps driving through a shadowy rainforest or old redbrick industrial street in London. I'll come back to the album but it's not a favourite.
Some songs on this are quite nice - the harmonies on Scarborough Fair are lovely for example. The album is also quite snappy in length and doesn't overstay its welcome. This kind of acoustic folk with sparse musical arrangements isn't really my cup of tea; there's just not enough going on to fully hold my attention. I think individual songs in the right context can hit quite well, but a full album in this genre tends to bore me a little. The song parodying the vocal style of Bob Dylan was quite amusing though
Such pretty singing. No one sings like them anymore.
relaxing background music.
Paul Simon's voice is brilliant Not the most consistent album, weirdly
Super low key but good enough.
I will always appreciate their level and ability to harmonize, and can for sure understand their placement in the industry at the time as presenting a style that was new and different. But outside the few tracks on here that were the more well-known, the rest of it didn’t do much for me. I always felt S&G walk a fine line between serious and somewhat cheesy. Probably an observation that is further supported by their music placements in both “The Graduate”, and Will Ferrell’s collapsing into the pool in “Old School.”
My mother would be appalled, but this particular collection of S&G tunes doesn’t do it for me. I kept waiting to hear one of their songs that I like, but this album never delivered.
This is the whitest music that ever whited. Enjoyable but other than Homeward Bound nothing really stood out. Also, I was cracking up on 59th Street Bridge, that boy def smoked a lil wacky tobbaccy and was walking around feeling groovy and talking to lampposts. 😂 We’ve all been there
S&G always seemed pretty corny to me. From the album titles, album covers, super serious tone of some songs... almost like a parody of themselves. That said, I do enjoy a lot of their stuff and this album is totally fine. Close to a 4* but rounding down because I don't think it belongs in the "great" category. 3.5/5
“Scarborough Fair” is beautiful, but these guys are pansies. I imagine them in a fight getting it handed to them by Metallica. I feel super wimpy after listening and now I need to do something manly like chop wood or fart and drink beer.
I know their popular songs on here but never listened to this in it's entirety. Wow they just harmonize so well on Scarborough Fair. A Simple Desultory Philippic was a fun poke at Dylan. Homeword Bound is also a great song, and 59th St Bridge, but I'm pretty bored with this rest of this, not a huge fan of folk and there's not enough folk/rock here for me. I'm probably at 3 just for those tracks I already knew.
I’ve never really listened to Simon & Garfunkel. I enjoyed this.
best song is the one that just makes fun of bob dylan
Pretty good I guess
Classic S&G.
Not what I expected.
Maybe it holds up better than many of its contemporaries, and a lot of what's there still has meaning today, but it feels like you just trip over lyrics you could draw modern parallels to with any of these Vietnam era rock albums, many of which present their ideas in a more compelling fashion than this. I'll give them credit for one thing, though: their Bob Dylan parody(?) is legitimately funny. Folk rock.
Het meest Simon&Garfunkeligste album van allemaal. Waar de harmonieën hoogtij vieren en het aantal irritante liedjes beperkt blijft. Het album is ontzettend clean en netjes. Maar door het ontbreken van de uitspattingen (die ik dus vaak wat irritant zit) blijft de sfeer er goed in. Allen bij de Dylan-impressie kijk ik even verstoord op, dat had niet gehoeven. En Homeward Bound is natuurlijk de banger waar je niet niet van kan houden. Beter dan gedacht. Highlights Patterns Homeward Bound Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall 7,5/10
This is okay. Art "Tiny Eyes" Garfunkle has a wonderful voice. However a lot of the songs are run of the mill. The best songs are reworkings of traditional songs rather than original compositions. Overall, decent, but no Bridge Over Troubled Water
Ermmm…..this is probably my least favourite of the three Simon & Garfunkel albums on the list. Having said that it’s still a decent listen, and the arrangements are nice, but yeh, prefer some of their other stuff more. ‘A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)’ is gold though.
It was OK
A mixed bag for me. In general, I want to like Simon & Garfunkel more than I actually do. Lots of good stuff here, but also a few snoozefest songs.
3.5
3.2 Ok
Good listen.
Enjoyable music, but also not super exciting.
So pretty! Definitely dated, but pretty
Simon & Garfunkel has never been my thing, but every now and then i enjoy it in small doses
We had this on cassette and listened to it on countless road trips when I was a kid. So it has some lovely nostalgia for me and is some sweet ditties. But I’m pretty sure it wasn’t what the cool kids were listening to… it’s a little daggy but I like it.
I was fully prepared to absolutely hate this, given how dreadful the title track is. But hey, it's OK. At just under half an hour, I can cope with the embarrassingly simple lyrics becuase mostly the harmonising disguises them well. Decent enough, for a much simpler musical time.
putting crystals under my pillows
This kind of music really isn't my thing. Having said that, I was surprised by how many of the songs on this album I knew. I'm not sure why anyone would regard this album as a 'masterpiece' (c.f. the Wikipedia entry). It's pleasant enough, but some of the songs are just a bit too twee. And then there was the rumpus about song authorship.
Never heard the album. A few classic songs but the other songs were just okay. The "dylanish" song is better off forgotten. Other songs sounded like rip-offs of the music of the time (Procol Harum, 10cc, etc.). 7 O'clock news is an interesting moment in time. "But all my words come back to me In shades of mediocrity"
I quite like a bit of S&G but I’m not sure this album hit the heights. A few good songs but also some that I didn’t really take to.
Simon & Garfunkel are very much a "the best of" band. Their albums contain too much filler which contrasts heavily with some of the most memorable and beautiful melodies ever.
A ono, slatki je album i obožavam njihove vokale i dvoglasja. Album ima stvarno lijepih stvari ali me uvijek uspava, što nije nužno loše. Ne vjerujem da ću se vratiti njemu, ali slatko i milo. Tako bi opisao. 6/10
Jao napisao sam cijeli review, nisam kliknuo Save i nestalo je.. a jebote No, dosta dobro je ovo. Probao sam slušati ovaj album kad sam bio jedno 10-13 godina mlađi i mislio sam si ma tko sluša ova sranja Valjda te život treba malo izgaziti da uspiješ vidjeti ljepotu u stvarima koje ti nisu bliske I dalje će ovo biti trojka, ali naginje na četvorku Tipa 7.5 od 10
This is #day57 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... it's finally Friday, and I've found the perfect soundtrack for an early October evening gloom, though it's morning as I write this and listen to the album. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme is more than just music; its harmonies, orchestrations, and instrumentation weave a rich tapestry that captivates the soul. This is poetry in all its fragility and fleetingness: beautiful, breathtaking... I was literally sitting and drinking coffee during "The Dangling Conversation." It's a strong 3 out of 5 this time. Looking forward to #day58.
I liked it a lot but I didn't see myself listening to the whole thing again. But I liked it.
An interesting listen if not exactly setting the pulses racing.
I don't love Simon and Garfunkel. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is corny. David Gray's White Ladder was definitely influenced by this album. Homeward Bound is great. You can feel the kid who just left home and is feeling lonely in it. Paul Simon is a great songwriter, great storyteller. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine sounds like a nickname for the Incredible Hulk's junk, but I think it's about drugs. The Dangling Conversation and Nico's These Days have a more than passing resemblance. A Poem on an Underground Wall is as hard as two Columbia University folk musicians could possibly sound. Found sound of the nightly news' greatest hits from 1966 over Silent Night feels like a freshman film school project.
I don't have a lot of experience with these guys. Super chill. A pleasant blend of Hippy and Hipster. Something to throw on in the evenings, but I can't see myself revisiting this album often. Something like Bread or John Denver is similar but more my speed.
Give me Graceland any day
Gear: Aür Audio Aurora Artwork: 💐🌷🌹🌸🌺 Produktion: 🎧😘🤌 Musik: 🎻🪕🥁🪘🪇🪈🎙️🥹✍️🧐 Wertung: 💐🌷🌹/5
Kind of boring but “Cloudy” + an edible is fire
Blehsley, bleh, blehmary, and blehme 58
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is too pretty. i get the intent of pairing a fairy tale song with an anti-war countermelody, but the former is just too delicate and flowery (no pun intended) for me to even really notice the latter. it feels embarrassing to listen to, and not in an "i like this and i'm flustered" way, in a "this is kinda for babies" way. sorry to "Scarborough Fair" fans, but despite my enjoyment of over-medieval bullshit ("Ys", "Peasant", "Pull The Right Rope") it's just a bit too twee for me. i'm a "Girl of the North Country" feller. that aside, i feel like a sub-30 minute would necessitate a good ratio of songs to strongly impress themselves on you, something that i don't think this LP has the juice to do. there's nice deep cuts on the B-Side, with "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" being one of the duo's best songs, but generally i'd say a lot of the leaps taken here don't land as well as they do on the next two albums. ending your album by doing a cover of "Silent Night" over news reports of violence and government oppression might have been searing and thoughtfully ironic in the 60's, but nowadays it's no more daring than the man writing "FUCK" on the subway wall in the previous song. and why is "Feelin' Groovy" so big, anyhow? it's clearly an interlude. maybe i've just heard too much Muzak.
If you like Belle & Sebastian but at times, find them a bit too hardcore, I might recommend this album by Simon & Garfunkel. Just give me enough time to leave before you put it on.
Ouais why not
I remembered it better than it was. Lots of the older stuff leaves me nostalgic for bygone times, but this album just seemed different- it didn’t hold my attention- but nor did I turn it off.
simon i love but once you get garfunkel in the mix? that's my time to catch a little shut eye
Sounds great for 1966. Can I have something more interesting please?
Just ok- I feel like there other albums are better and I'd like to lean in deeper on these guys
very calming and well-produced
The songs I knew before listening are solid. Everything else was pretentious, boring, sleepy...
Desigual conjunto de canciones de un dúo qu hará mejores lps y que sobre todo Paul Simon demostrará lo bueno que era en su larga carrera
It was OK but nothing really that special
1st song medieval , no fu ni fa - Dani C + R liked feeling groovy. Mix of genres. Wasn't unpleasant. Last song was creepy
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme is a pretty decent album for what it is. The songs had that generally relaxing yet somewhat energetic feel that Simon And Garfunkel were known for. Some of the songs also had some genuinely really unique ideas like a cover of Silent Night being played right next to a news broadcast which is an idea i genuinely love. This album unfortunately does sound rough in some spots which the duo's later albums would rectify. I also did find the vocals in one track to be a little creepy but that wasn't really a huge issue or anything. This album is good, just not very refined. Best Song: A Simple Desultory Philippic Worst Song: The 59th Street Bridge Song
It sounds rather dated and somewhat low-fi for modern tastes but this is a collection of high quality songs with an almost exemplary delivery.
Meh
Ikke sååh vild med sage, men ellers er det altså nogen banger krydderier! Huskede pladen som bedre, men stadig fed.
Synes at starten var lidt stenet, men så blev man lullet lidt ind i universet.
Let's get to cooking! What can be said about this album that wasn't mentioned on the Sounds of Silence review? This a a great rainy day album, which is perfect because I'm working from home on a rainy day! This seems like a continuation of the previous album. I really enjoyed the 7 O'clock News/Silent Night mashup. It's a timeless tune that would work in today's atmosphere.
quite boring and repetitve, but somehow pleasant
Not a big Simon and Garfunkel fan, but I didn’t dislike this one.
These guys are not quite my tempo.
Good album that didn’t quite blow me away. It’s pleasant to listen to and I recognized a couple of the tracks, but it’s a very simple and short album. I could see it being important to folk music.
Much better than I expected and the Dylan pastiche is fantastic.
No me parece peak simon and garfunkel... lo siento 3
Not my favourite jazz but not my least favourite
Chill
Prefer the rockier ones. At times I can see why the hippies liked it and at others I can see why punk began.
I have a soft spot for Simon and Garfunkel. Their harmonies are incredible. This was a good album, but almost too short. At most, a 3.5/5 rating.
Good album and I can understand why it's considered one of their best ones. Just not my cup of tea unless I wanted to maintain a depressive episode.
I do love Simon & Garfunkel, but I must admit I do think that this is their weakest album. It still has their signature soothing sound, but on the whole just feels like all their other albums are much more interesting and dynamic, while still remaining super calm. This album while still perfectly good, just feels like it lacks the passion that their other albums do. But I still like it overall, it's hard to go wrong with these guys.
Simon and Garfunkel's folk is so chill. Their folk is even a step above usual folk, because they add way more to the music than what you find in the traditional, bare bones folk. In Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, they omitted the Oxford comma but their personalities come through more. I don't think it's a coincidence that this as their third album was the first time they had total control--which, in hindsight more than fifty years later, is shocking it took so long. The tone stays tender and melancholy most of the time, even when delivering the final song: the news at 7 o'clock with "Silent Night" sung softly in the background. The choice to end the album with a sharp commentary was subtle but powerful. Simon and Garfunkel absolutely knew about folk as a protest genre.
This is such a quick album, it flies by before you know it. It's an incredibly mellow album that maintains the same kind of tone throughout the majority of the album. The album opens with the incomparable "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", a traditional medieval period song that has definitely seen its most famous incarnation in the form of Simon and Garfunkel's version. The end of the album comes with a bit of a shake-up in the form of "7 O'clock News/Silent Night", in which a very well known Christmas carol is sung opposite some news recordings from the Vietnam War period. Incredibly thought-provoking and a harrowing way to end the album. And truly, when you consider the first track and the final track of the album, it seems like two very opposite poles of the folk music world: one song that is representative of very traditional, old world, and classic folk, and the other in which a traditional old world song is being modernized with elements of protest and political controversy. The in-between material is pleasant and an incredibly easy listen, but it is these bookends of the album that, in my mind, speak the loudest.
3/5
Pretty chill songs, 1/2 stand out but not a great deal. A low 3.
Scarborough Fair / Canticle Homeward Bound The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) The Dangling Conversation
Somehow, no reaction.
Gorgeous in certain parts, extra hippy-dippy in others. Overall a nice calm listen, but tough to really get into since it goes about as hard as a marshmallow.
I liked this album, but it didn’t have any of my favorite Simon and Garfunkel songs on it save Homeward Bound. It was relaxing and pleasant, but also bordered on boring.
Some of these songs are so ingrained in my brain I’m not sure can ever judge impartially…
S&G is pretty classic although sort of pretentious. I suppose it was the time. Good stuff here but not something I'd return to often. 3.7
Homeward bound is one of my favorite songs. Perfectly captures the melancholy of Americana music.
A good listen - a couple of great songs but seems dated now
a sonic baby blanket
I only knew the first song because of NSP's cover, it was unimpressive
This was not as gross as I thought it would be! I really don’t care for folksy hippie-dippy herbal-themed thoughts, but I actually kinda enjoyed this. “Feelin Groovy” is such silly, terrible nonsense but I let it play anyway.
I’ve never taken much notice to Simon & Garfunkel in the past but I quite liked this. At first spin I didn’t find it outstanding but it could grow on my with repeat listens. The 59th Street Bridge Song and 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night were my favourites.
I figured that I would hate this, but I ended up quite enjoying it somehow. It was also incredibly short, and the songs were so short that they didn't hang around long enough to become annoying. I'm hesitant to give it 4 stars, but it's a strong 3 star album for sure.
'Scarborough' is not pronounced the same way as 'scar borrow'. Other than that, a bit plain and uninspired for me, not horrible or nasty, but it doesn't make me feel anything, and I feel like it should. On the plus side it's very short.
Never heard the album. A few classic songs but the other songs were just okay. The "dylanish" song is better off forgotten. Other songs sounded like rip-offs of the music of the time (Procol Harum, 10cc, etc.). 7 O'clock news is an interesting moment in time. "But all my words come back to me In shades of mediocrity"
Strong 3. Love the big singles from this album.
I gave Bookends a 3 out of respect. In hindsight that was a mistake that album stunk but THIS is far far far better.
I haven't heard a lot of this one before. Not a big fan of the title track. Digging the production of Patterns. Homeward Bound has a nice bounce on the chorus, interesting tempo changes. A Dylan song, parody? Last track is an interesting choice. For the most part very solid song construction. Quite a few forgettable songs. I'm a bigger fan of the Bridge over Troubled Water album.
Nice
Very Simon and Garfunkely. This could be the holy grail of music to garden too. Pleasent to the ear but very soft boy. A simple desusetric philipic is a venture into a more rock sound and wow they can't pull it off.
Man there’s a lot of folk music in this book. The standout on this album is the first track, which is a traditional melody so while it’s a classic, they didn’t really write it. And maybe if you were high enough on 60’s dirt weed the idea of placing a news report over silent night seemed deep. I don’t get what’s supposed to be so great about this record. It’s fine? It’s short and the songs don’t go on too long either. It’s not bad it’s just not that good either. A perfect 3, or really a 2.5 but I do like the first track, like I said.
Who would win in a fight: Lemmy or God? This sounds real clean for a live album and acts as a greatest hits. Simple classic metal.
They had a few great songs together but I definitely prefer Paul’s work after the split.
Wee slice of cheese on the side of this one.
Do you think they ever considered calling themselves Paul and Art?
This is exactly the kind music I love but something about this duo has never sat right with me... i just think i am sadly a paul simon hater but the music is very pretty and sweet
They’re clearly quite good at their folk pop, it’s just that I can never get into a full album. Simon and Garfunkel are a band that I can handle in small doses, I can appreciate what they do though. Patterns and 59th Street Bridge are a couple of standouts for me. 3 stars
Good album.
I like Simon and Garfunkel, but this is not their best - it's not at all bad, hut its mot stellar.
So I think this was fun to listen too and I want to like this more than I did, but I just can never see myself wanting to put this on again, glad I've listened to it once however
nicht ihr grösstes
Pretty much every Simon and Garfunkel stereotype in one place. A couple of surprises here and there but it's mostly exactly what you'd expect
Que laburo de voces
This doesn't do as much for me as a lot of their later stuff. Still a pleasant listen though, just not really any individual songs that I want to listen to really. I'm excited to get more of their other stuff on here. Fav songs: - Homeward Bound
It’s hard to take this music seriously when it has been parodied so often. That being said I’ve had Scarborough fair stuck in my head since I listened to it, so they clearly knew what they were doing.
My God, fans of the non-hit stuff must have been insufferable. The hits are great, but not the rest.
I don't think any song really stood out to me. Don't think this was the album for me. At least it was short. Gave it another listen since it's a quick listen. Homeward Bound is pretty good.
It's good
La prima la migliore a mani basse 2,6, 9 nulla di eccezionale 3,7 un po' più carine 5,8, 10, 11 già più belle 4 molto bella 12 molto bella ma fuori stagione. Album con arrangiamenti alla chitarra fuori di testa, melodie non sempre particolarmente orecchiabili
Homeward Bound is a classic but it's one of the only stand out tracks on this album
Doux, relax, acoustique, beau duo. La dernière chanson Silent night avec un bulletin de nouvelles de 7h nous met bien en contexte de l'époque.
Good stuff
A couple of the songs might come across as a bit gauche but there is plenty to like. A Simple Desultory Phillipic was a find.
never liked their sound tbh and i still dont unfortunately. it was alright
A CLASSIC, for its time. Yes, this really spoke to me. Peace and LOVE out Brother.
Thought they were a 90's band.
Excellent sound throughout , perfectly sounding acoustic guitars, great sounding vocals, old school panning Scarborough Fair - great folk, beautiful harmonies, interesting part when they sing sage, rosemary and thyme Patterns - cool lyrics! Cloudy - “from Tolstoy to Tinkerbell” More cool folk follows, kind Beatlesque at times. The Dangling Conversation - recording and mix are perfect Flowers Never Bend - country drums, nice tempo A simple desultory philipic - Hammond and electro guitar, and Bob Dylan style vocals 7 o’clock news / silent night - cool juxtaposition, sound design!
Pretty good
#191. Music for bored hippies? 3/5: fine
A couple classics, nice harmonies, poetic yet nonsensical lyrics.
For me, Simon and Garfunkel have very high and very low lows. They probably deserve their place in music history but I don't begrudge anyone who thinks this is the weeniest shit ever. This record sort of epitomizes all that. For me it's a soft 3.
Typical S&G. Mellow and soothing storytelling with hypnotic melodies.