Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

More proof Paul Simon is one of the greatest American songwriters and Art Garfunkel's voice adds a lot as well. The ending with Silent Night/7 O'clock News gave me chills.

lindo

Patterns - banger. I feel like a mystical witch :-) Taylor Swift for men

Fantastically short album. I really cued into Art’s vocals this listen and feel strongly that he is the secret weapon here. Also need to mention that “A Simple Desultory Phillic” is truly one of the worst & unfunniest songs I’ve ever heard in my life.

A classic from tip to tail. A few songs get a little slow but it’s easily balanced out to make a near perfect album. One of the albums that I could listen to it on repeat without getting bored.

YES

Never listened to S&G outside of The Sound of Silence. This album was very enjoyable. Right length, maybe a bit longer would have been nice. Overall great and definitely want to listen to it again. It gets a five from me for how solid it is. Standouts: Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Cloudy, Homeward Bound, The Bug Bright Green Pleasure Machine, The Dangling Conversation, Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her, and A Poem on the Underground Wall.

Great album. Iconic anti war songs.

I’ve listened to this album before, but it’s always been enjoyable. Several big hits for S&G, and the rest are still great examples or what made them so popular. Amazing harmony, great songwriting.. 4.5/5

8/10, świetne klasyki (Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound, Silent Night), odkrycie - Dangling Conversation

I first heard this album while babysitting two rotten little kids - they liked to fall asleep to it. At the time I thought it was an odd choice. But as I got older I started listening to it myself and realized how brilliant it is. Homeward Bound and 59th Street Bridge (Feelin’ Groovy) are obvious classics, but my favorites are The Dangling Conversation and Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall.

Loved it

Hearing this makes me feel like a kid again

The gold standard for the 60s Folk Revival. The arrangements are brilliant. The vocal harmonies are incredible. And a surprising amount of diversity throughout the album. The closing track, with its juxtaposition of a beautiful arrangement of Silent Night and a newscaster reading increasingly horrific headlines (hard-panned left and right, respectively) probably got them an FBI file. 5 stars.

Paisley sage rosemary and CRIME

I'm horribly behind on reviews at this point, so I'm gonna have to keep the next seven of them short just so I can catch up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love Simon and Garfunkel, and it's a little surprising that it took this long to get one of their albums. I've had a couple of Paul Simon albums, but those, in my opinion, do not even come close to the genius of him and Art together. I cherish the music they made together. It's such a unique and refined sound, one that really hits hard. It can be light, fun, dreamy, dark, serious, and even a little frightening. You get all those elements on this album. I need to talk about "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" though. The first time I heard this track, I was in the fifth grade. My then music teacher played it for us during a unit talking about folk music. It blew my mind. It was the first time I'd heard a song that used significant audio that wasn't music, and combined it to create something that contrasted the messages of both to make something totally new. I thought it was brilliant then, and it opened me up to the idea that music could be more than just fun songs, but could send a message as well. I love it. This is an easy five stars for me. I don't love every track, but what I do love is undeniable. Standout Tracks: Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound, The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall, A Simple Desultory Philippic, 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night

I wish this was longer. Not quite as many bangers as Sounds of Silence, mostly due to the short runtime and the small “skit” at the end. A beautiful album otherwise with a lot of my Simon & Garfunkel favorites like Homeward Bound and Scarborough Fair.

I loved getting high in Highschool and listening to this album. It was a mainstay for me during that time period when I was getting into 60s folk and psychedelia. So subjectively, it is a 5 for me.

I love these two! A simple desultory Philippic just became a favorite. I haven't heard it before but it sounds like they are throwing shade at Dylan haha.

I freaking love these two. Not as good as Bridge Over Troubled Water (had to listen to Cecilia asap after this), but still an absolute classic. Takes me back to so many different car rides and road trips from high school/college days.

Our second vinyl record of the generator. This album is just lovely, start to finish. "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her" is one of the most ethereally beautiful songs I've ever heard.

I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did. A Simple Desultory Philippic made me laugh. I'm going to have to give this one a 5.

2nd favorite Simon and Garfunkel

For me the least known S&G album but all the tracks are all familiar to me. The only problem with the album is that it is way too short. S&G can do no wrong for me and I consider them to be exceptional musicians and responsible for composing and singing some of best songs making up the soundtrack of my life. None of the tracks on this album make that soundtrack but all come pretty close and are certainly a foretaste of the magnificence to come. 5/5 14/10/24

Loved this. There were many deep cuts I was unfamiliar with that I really enjoyed. I’ve already listened to it another time or two. I guess 60s folk is a preferred genre of mine! 🤷

I can legit listen to this album over and over on a loop and not get sick of it. That's the definition of a 5 for me. At one point in my life Feelin' Groovy was my least favorite S&G song, but then I had kids, and damn if "I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep/let the morning time drop all its petals on me" isn't just the best to sing to them.

Decent herbs, pretty strong together. It's too bad these guys hated each other because they sure make beautiful music. Phenomenal tracks, front to back, make up this fantastic album. 6 stars.

Wonderful album. Listening to Simon & Garfunkel is such an idyllic experience. Their harmonized voices sound angelic. Every single song on the album is amazing. Super enjoyable listen!

Silent Night is phenomenal!

A bit dorky at times, but so am I. Overall it’s a beautfiul, concise album, that’s always gonna be a 5 for me.

I came listening to it

Easy five star album. And 'big bright green......'

Amazing folk album. Great songs the whole way through. Quite more diverse than I thought a Simon & Garfunkel record would be. The Bob Dylan piss-take is real funny.

This album always makes me cry but I love it anyways

Love this! Couple of big hits on here, Scarborough Fair and Homeward Bound. Folksy, calm and with a good mix tempos and beautiful lyrics. Homeward Bound the pick of the album for me.

I don’t think this is their best album but have to give a 5 for the artist. Like the versions of the songs without drums that are on the greatest hits album. Favorite song was For Emily.

I talked a bit about the mystical sound of Love’s Forever Changes a few days ago. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme creates a similar effect with it’s first few songs, but then drops it for a more raucous and human take on Folk music, beginning with the simple yearning for connection and familiarity expressed in Homeward Bound. Simon and Garfunkel continue in this vein for most of the rest of the album, taking in everything from devastating portraits of the fragility of human connection to full blown generational anthems that pastiche Dylan, before creating a synthesis with their version of Silent Night which contrasts the literal mysticism of Christian Theology with actual news stories about Lenny Bruce’s death and Nixon declaring the possibility of five more years of war in Vietnam. It’s a pretty much perfect encapsulation of the human condition, with our capacities for good and evil, the mystical and the banal, and the ever present, and ever allusive need for human connection

Una mezcla entre los Beatles y Elvis

Classic

Enjoyed this waaay more than I expected!

Beautiful songwriting, beautiful playing, beautiful singing, beautiful harmonies. This might be a textbook for singer/songwriters, if only it was that easy! They even manage to out-Dylan Dylan on A Simple Desultory Philippic.

Never heard this before, besides “Homeward Bound” and of course “Mrs. Robinson”. This is my first 5 star album from this playlist. Everything about it is perfect. The instrumentation, the performances, the songwriting, the arrangements, the harmonies, the lyrics, the track sequence, EVERYTHING is perfect. I listened to the whole album three times in a row effortlessly. And yet I have to imagine the amount of sweat they put into something this good because this level of quality doesn’t just happen. I am in awe. Most of all I want to say what a study in contrasts and dynamics the album is. Wikipedia classifies this as folk rock, and it’s kind of wild to think of this as a rock album at all beyond the fact that it includes guitars, AND YET - When they DO go electric, because the songs are full of so much dynamic range, even though the album never goes to a ten in intensity compared to a Nirvana song, in relation to themselves the songs soar to a 12 because they draw such contrast between the song sections and performances. Music does not get any better than this. I have literal tears in my eyes from it. Thank God for music this good.

This album has always felt like a dreamscape to me. It's the perfect album for moments of reflection, offering a rich, immersive experience despite its minimal instrumentation. The lush sound is largely attributed to the beautiful vocal harmonies and the use of reverb, which creates a grand, resonant atmosphere. The lyrics are vividly descriptive yet retain a poetic sense of observation, enhancing the reflective quality of the music. Listening to this album invariably lifts my mood, making it a gratifying choice for today’s soundtrack.

Anyone who actually cooked with sage knows it doesn't blend with ANYTHING, let alone three other herbs. It's the gin of seasonings. However, somehow Simon and Garfunkel put together a rare perfect Long Island Iced Tea on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme in its songwriting, vocal and instrumental performance, and even song order. It flows perfectly, even without the Oxford comma. The sparse instrumentation on the early tracks help to highlight the singing, vocal harmonies, and precise finger picking. "Cloudy" is a great deep cut on here. Move over, Panic! At the Disco and Fall-Out Boy! Simon and Garfunkel have out long-titled you with "A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" and even Bob Dylan'ed it as if he were playing bull-headed and careless Holden Caulfield, while using proper nouns for verbs. Not to be too Philippic myself, but I've heard some Paul Simon solo work that I feel was trying too hard to scream "I know music theory!!!" The skill is on display here as well, but it feels more natural and less in your face. It's not trying to be poppy, but remains approachable in its artfulness. Happy to have delved fully into this one today.

Classic S&G album. Every song has merit. All these years later it evokes times past but doesn't feel dated.

Gorgeous acoustic guitars, with strong, poetic lyrics. I will absolutely be returning to this album and the rest of Simon & Garfunkel's discography in the future!

One of the very first instances of product placement in music. Worth every penny the National Herb Association paid.

Under half an hour for this collection of gentleness and wit. I've always thought Scarborough Fair was one of the loveliest harmonies I've ever heard. Lots of hits here -- you can't get much more folky than this. Not much to complain about here. Unexpected bangers: The Dangling Conversation, A Poem on the Underground Wall.

Paul looks like he's going to unhidge his jaw right now and devour his prey in a single bite.

Wonderful!

Very nice. Homeward Bound is perfect!

nice

5 estrellas solo por la última canción. Ese mix entre "Silent night" y un noticiero lo merecen. Un mix que solo se les podría ocurrir a ellos y tan bien mezclado que queda muy bonito. Si no quieres escuchar el disco, dale al menos la oportunidad a esta canción. 5 stars just for the last song. That mix between the Christmas song "Silent night" and the 7 O' Clock news deserves them. If you don't want to listen to it, give a chance to this song.

A great record with a lot of beautiful songs and a bit of politics on top. What else do you want?

Really good album!

Great

Greatest of all time

i am a huge simon and garfunkel fan, honestly i think their body of work is some of the strongest of any group. this album is not my favorite of their output, but i still think it is very good. for my money, paul simon is at his best when he is writing quiet, contemplative music, and this album definitely has its fair share of that - "homeward bound," "the 59th street bridge song," and "for emily, whenever i may find her," amongst others. it also has two terrific covers - "scarborough fair/canticle," and "7 o'clock news/silent night" as bookends (get it?) to the album. overall, i think the rest of the album is not quite filler, but still enjoyable. as i said, it's not my favorite of theirs, but in the grand scheme of things, i still love this album a whole lot!

and Lawry's Seasoning Salt

It was brilliant then, it's brilliant now.

5/5

Another perfect release. I love how this album has a vintage feel all while being incredibly modern

A beautifully arranged batch of baroque folk pop tunes.

5 stars

I listened to this album so much in high school; listening again is like catching up with old friend.

This is of course an amazing album. I really enjoyed listening to it today, and it has so many incredible songs on it. You can't go wrong with a Simon and Garfunkel album.

Ahhh heerlijk I love this kampeer vakantie anthem

so so so lovely. I love The Dangling Conversation so much, had it on repeat for awhile today. I love S&G. Randomly made me think a lot of Fleet Foxes early stuff so then I listened to Fleet Foxes for the rest of the day and that was nice :)

Absolutely brilliant album, from top to bottom.

Folk perfection. This is one of those records you listen to and it transports you to a time and a place. NY references, anti war narratives, counter culture harmonizing. This was a great one.

one my parents all-time favorite songs to start in Scarborough Fair / heard it all the time when growing up

Beloved and comforting, as one Reddit reviewer said. This album is nestled deeply within my heart.

My only complaint is that when Boomers get all puffed up and smug about “our generation had the best music,” they can point to these guys and I have to sit back down. Maybe not the GOAT, but damn they’re good. It’s just a shame that generation mucked up so many other things.

This is the folk music I grew up on: superb poetry and harmony.

Poetry set to music. Lovely harmonies and instrumentation. Why does it have to make me feel so sad? 😭

Beyond 5-stars!

Beautiful. Concise. Absolutely no filler. Loved it!

Paul Simon never ceases to amaze me. I love their music. You can tell on this album they shifted towards “hippy-ness”.

Favourite tracks: Scarborough fair; big bright green pleasure machine; 59th st bridge song; cloudy

Beautiful album. Beautiful music and lyrics and nice Bob Dylan Parody!

I Remember when this came out 🌈coming of age beginning hippy thoughts and excitement of the times so I give it a 5 every time I hear it

So good. Every song is great. “Scarborough Fair” gets on my nerves a bit but that’s probably a personal problem since the song is a classic.

Wonderful folk rock album full of great songs with deep poetic lyrics. I sincerely enjoy every song for a different reason. Not by favorite album of there's to be honest but still a classic masterpiece.

Timeless - sounds ahead of its time. Surprised how many of these I haven't heard before

When I started listening I thought this would be a rather boring album. It sounded like renaissance fair music, and I do still think that. But it surprised me around every corner with interesting musicallity and lyrics. It was much deeper than the first couple bars would let me believe. My favorites were Patterns, Homeward Bound, and The Dangling Conversations.

Fantastic

One of my wife’s favorite albums and I can see why. Haunting and beautiful. I enjoyed the loving Dylan send-up too

Garfunkel, What would you say you do here?

One of my all time favorites, and one of the first records my uncle gave me when I was young

Great album to get your haircut to.

These guys created something truly special in their prime. These are just wonderful songs sung by wonderful, distinctive voices. Are they outdated? Sure. There are a couple of songs on there that are a little bit cringey. Does that diminish the? Not to me. This is magic stuff.

Sheer aural bliss

High quality and some instant classics.

Love this.

Didn’t know these two were fellow flushing kids. Love that!

5+++++++++++++

Most anything Paul Simon is easy to listen to. This one brings back memories so I’m giving it a 5.

Oh yes... This is an album I enjoy. Particularly loved the 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night.

What a brilliant collection of songs. Hard to believe the 12 songs are under 30 minutes total running time. From the classics to the deep cuts, the whole album stays together, mixes things up, and keeps you interested. The easiest 5.

Loved it!

Loved this one so much - such powerful music happened in that generation.

This is actually a pretty great album. Its not my personal taste in music, but it absolutely belongs on the list. 5/5

Spoiling me with another amazing Simon & Garfunkel album. I never knew I was such a fan, it's like my 'new' favourite band.

Might be their best album. Really enjoyed listening to this all the way through.

What an album! Harmonies that take you to another dimension. Beautiful guitar!

Wonderfully acoustic, beautiful. Interplay between the two is fresh and completely intonated. Sad considering their future. Feels like the farmhouse on the hill I have passed on so many weekends.

The perfect, pretty, mellow album. Reminds me of my childhood. This album lets me live out all my carefree flower child dreams. Favorites are Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall, The 59th St Bridge Song, and Homeward Bound.

Soft and sweet. This sound epitomizes the 60’s utopian dream with social commentary peppered in. Excellent record!

2/27/24

Zeitlos

Love this album

That’s an incredibly tightly packed 28 minutes, with a strong variety of subject matters and music styles. A lot of it is held together by the same instruments throughout, but ultimately the album is just nice, and lyrically, it just feels way more in line with what I wish music still was. I’m not opposed to pop melodies or catchy hooks, but just hearing the lyrics on this album makes me want more of this type of poetic license, and not just super contemporary IG captions that everyone wants to write nowadays. It’s actually a 5 for me – there’s maybe one or two skips, but ultimately, what a triumph of an album, and a masterclass in how to maximize the balance between being meaningful and being melodically appealing without feeling too preachy or too long. It certainly helps that I actually understood half the references on the album.

I am so close to giving this a 5 star. I was so surprised by how beautifully sophisticated this is in regards to harmony and their ability to grasp numerous genres, while still being more contained than most artists. What draws me back is just that it's not the thing that resonate most deeply with my instinctual aesthetic taste (I deserve to be slapped for writting that). Ah, fuck it... I'll give it 5 stars!

Good album

Breathtakingly good effort. This album connects like a time machine with such good musicianship and relevance to events in 1966.

Day 4 - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) 1001AlbumsGenerator.com is really recommending all the classics lately, huh? As a folk-rock fan, I've already heard "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme," although it wouldn't hurt to relisten. I firmly believe that "Parsley, Sage..." is the best Simon & Garfunkel album. It has the famous "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," the catchy and reminiscent "Homeward Bound," and short, bittersweet tracks such as "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her," which I've got over 100 plays on. ── ࣪˖ ࣪ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ── What I admire most about the band is how Simon and Garfunkel experimented with layering their vocals; it's truly exquisitely beautiful and otherworldly. For example, "Scarborough Fair" paints a quiet and serene atmosphere that distinguishes the band from other folk-rock scenes of the time whilst "Homeward Bound" is beautiful and reminiscent. Even the more "vanilla" tracks, for example "Cloudy" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" add a bit more depth to the album. "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme" nicely balanced, it has it's more mellow, vanilla tracks ("Cloudy") but also the dark-hinged and blunt social commentary that was ironically paired with the Christmas carol, "Silent Night." The juxtaposition makes the remarks and message stand out. It also contains genuinely beautiful, well-crafted songs such as "Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall," and "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Me,"I particularly like the tension and emotion in "For Emily..." and how the chorus bursts. TL;DR, "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme" is a diverse album that contains much more than what is initially displayed and I cannot reward it any less than a solid 5/5.

I had low expectations for an album from the 60's, but I let me tell you I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this. This is some OG hippie shit and I can tell that glass animals and other indie folk bands took inspiration from S&G. I also have heard Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme and Simon & Garfunkel before and had no idea what they were talking about (don't judge me) so I feel like this made me more cultured.

Okay, on my first listen, I was genuinely gonna give this a 2. But I listened to it again, and god I love it so much. The music, the lyrics, the gentle pop that gets stuck in your head. Plus, some of these were among the first songs I would play on guitar and sing at girl scout camp — so there’s some nostalgia.

Cute album

I need to listen to all their albums now. Not just their greatest hits...

Fantastic folk rock album. Harmonies are on point. The songwriting is excellent, although maybe not as mature yet as Bridge Over Troubled Water would be. The first half is stronger than the second with Cloudy, Homeward Bound and Feelin’ Groovy all classics of the S&G catalog. A Simple Desultory Philippic is a pretty bad attempt at a diss track? And the last track has lost the punch it may have had 60 years ago. Those slight flaws prevent this from being a perfect effort, so I’d probably give it a 4.5, and then round up.

I tend to like Simon & Garfunkel's songs so I'm looking forward to this. I'm like 30 seconds into the first track and I already love it. The songwriting is so good. Ooooooh I didn't know track 6 was theirs! Geez the final track is a punch in the gut. 5/5 Loved it.

gold

This is pretty much perfect pop. I'd imagine this is what everyone else sees in The Beatles.

I have two extremely early memories of music and I'm not exactly sure which came. First one was that I absolutely adored captain and tennille and had their poster on my wall. The other is Simon & Garfunkel and specifically the song Cecilia which isn't on this album. But I have loved Simon & Garfunkel my entire life and this album is perfection.

I feel like I should’ve been running through a field of flowers while listening to this album. It made me feel so good and happy. Will play this when I need a pick me up. 9/10

I don't want to say this is the music of my childhood, because it isn't, but at the same time it is. I'm shaped by the music that came out when I was young just as much as I'm shaped by the music that came out when my parents were in their twenties - this album was just that for my Dad. I liked this more than just the main singles; I like harmonies and acoustic guitar, and yeah, there's nothing *new* here to someone born in the 80's but I can look back and see that there's innovation here that of course it's not new *to me* because they had this to draw on. Short, maybe not sweet but bittersweet, gorgeous harmonies: a pleasure to listen to.

I was going to give this a 4 but the last few songs bumped this album up to a 5 for me. The last song especially. The juxtaposition between Silent Night and the horrors that are happening on the News is very unique. The lyrics on this album are experimental with wordplay and clever rhymes. You definitely need to be in a certain mood to listen to this album, but the pay-off for that mood is worth it

"Parsely, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" is the third studio album by American folk duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album is acoustic pieces with songs Paul Simon mostly wrote in England the year before. The duo was given four months to record with considerable freedom unlike their previous album "The Sounds of Slience" which they felt was a rush job. Commercially, the album hit #4 in the US and #13 in the UK. It was well received critically with many critics considering it their breakthrough album. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is an interesting opener with the traditional English song juxtaposed with a counterpart song "Canticle," a reworked song from Simon's debut album. Acoustic guitar (used in all of these songs), harpsichord and chimes. The first album single was "Homeward Bound." The drums control the pace picking up and slowing down. A song of longing. The first side ends with "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)." This song has a folk groove going. Simon whispering. A simple song about a careful morning. Strings are added to the second single "The Dangling Conversation." A noticeable bass. The guitar sounds like it's being finger picked. About a dying relationship. Some more finger-picking guitar on "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her." Art Grafunkel takes the lead. A subtle, beautiful love song. The album comes full circle with the closer "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night." This times the boys are singing Silent Night which is juxtaposed with a guy reporting the news of the day including the Vietnam War, civil rights and the death of Lenny Bruce. A shout out to the Chicago suburb of Cicero which gets a mention. A lot to like about this album. The songs are varied and change from song to song. The music style is more than folk including jazz, pyschedelic rock and bluegrass elements. Listening to this, one should not be totally surprised where Simon went in the 80's. The lyrics include love, political, everyday life and funny songs. The strength of Simon's songwriting is clear and evident. A classic.

Album no. 4/1001 Excellent, a classic. Less keen on the one with the news sampling, but in general, great, relaxed, good music.

I love this album. I have an old Japanese pressing I got at a record store like 10 - 15 years ago. It’s got a whole vibe to it.

Beautiful album. Musically superior. Iconic. Godfathers of modern folk

Long time fan

One of the finest albums ever produced. There is a magic in the harmony and pure artistry in the composition. Scarborough Fair may not be the best song ever written, but is one of the most beautiful ever recorded. Every song has a story worth hearing, even oft maligned A Simple Desultory Philippic is a commentary on the self proclaimed enlightened of the time. This album was released before I was born and still speaks to me.

Simon & Garfunkel are both GOATs and frankly this is just such an incredible album. Their sound is full of comfort, nostalgia, and more and they are in their prime here. Scarborough Fair is one of my favorite songs of all time and

A classic. Great for a lazy afternoon.

This is a great album and Simon & Garfunkel are an amazing duo. They can produce the most beautiful harmonies that stir you to tears and can get you grooving. My favorite album is still The Sounds of Silence, but this one is good too!

Beautiful

Awesome!

Surprisingly loved this

Nice to listen to the entire album instead of one song from time to time.

This is in my top 3 S&G albums, though not my favorite of theirs.

One of the best records ever recorded

Love this album! Lots of old favorites.

This is the third studio album from Simon & Garfunkel, and arguably their masterpiece. This collection of songs has the pair's characteristic harmonies, with beautiful orchestrations. Simon's passionate lyrics place these songs in the social upheaval of the sixties, and among the most influential of the folk rock albums of popular music.

A beautiful album.

Nice

From appearing on The Muppet Show to many appearances on SNL, I've always loved my vertically challenged hero, Paul Simon who also was respsonsible for writing the most popular S and G songs. Garfunkel...he was there too I guess. I really like this. I've always loved Scarborough Fair and Homeward Bound, but there really wasn't a song I disliked. It's hard for me to give anything a 5/5, but this is a really, REALLY good album.

grew up listing to these guys since i was in diapers in 66

Were good late listening vibes

9.1

I am firmly in the ‘Paul Simon is a songwriting genius’ and the ‘Simon and Garfunkel’s harmonies are without equal’ camps.

One of the greatest

Finally this one! The first 4 western spices I got introduced to! They really sound like bringing songs from Decameron to life. Dreamy, classic, disciplined.

Peaceful. That's the only word capable enough to describe the album

An excellent sound, the mashup between folk/country music and the celtic type-of-singing it feels really amazing. You see it on the album cover with that kind of calligraphy that reminds me of when I studied texts from Ancient England in English classes.

Paul Simon is a bona fide musical genius. Garfunkel was a nice voice, but an otherwise unnecessary appendage.

First song is beautiful. Harmonies throughout the album are A+. Classic Simon & Garfunkel/60s.

Didn't even have to listen to this to know it was getting 5 stars. Simon and Garfunkel are one of my favourites and I've been listening to them for years.

This should be docked marks for the awful cover but aside from this, Paul Simon is one of the very very few absolute greats. The shortlist of outstanding songwriters that there is no doubt about. What an incredible set of songs.

A classic.

Top 5 best duos in music history

Loved this album, great folk sound

Standout Songs: Patterns A Simple Desultory Phillipic The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine

Love this song, reminds me of my childhood

Melodic

Beautiful album from start to finish and the lead single songs are absolute diamonds. Love homeward bound.

Simply beautiful listening A stunning album.

This album is wonderful, I enjoyed it a lot. It’s just pure folk rock and is consistently solid. It has 12 songs and is only 28 minutes long, so it went fast and was over so quickly. I finished feeling like I wanted more, but maybe that’s ok sometimes. Homeward Bound is probably the most well known song and it’s great, but there’s a lot more here too. Any song that sincerely tells me it’s “feeling groovy” works for me, and I loved the vibes on 59th Street Bridge Song. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her sounded like a Bon Iver song before its time. And I was familiar from the Phoebe Bridgers cover/update already, but I also love 7 O’clock News / Silent Night. I think it’s a brilliant song and somehow works outside of a Christmas album. Great album and I know this won’t be the last Simon and Garfunkel to look forward to. Favorite song: 7 O’clock News / Silent Night Other: Cloudy, Homeward Bound, The 59th Street Bridge Song, The Dangling Conversation, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

I tend to think of this album as amongst the saccharine sweet folk albums of the 60s, but it's so much better than that. Yes, the sweetness is there, but so is Paul Simon's quirky and original songwriting. I can see how this must have really wowed listeners at the time. It is a step above the Mamas and the Papas or the Byrds in mind. Absolutely worthy of its place on the list and worth listening to more frequently. 5/5

Great album by one of my favorite groups.

Great record, loved every track.

Really enjoyed this album. Lots of good songs. Nice and short too

A gorgeous poetic tapestry. For all their discord offstage, Paul and Art conjure something special on record few other duos ever have.

Making a positive of not wanting to be at Widnes Station.

28 minutes and still a tour of classical choir, intimate folk, Dylan-satire folk rock, and a news broadcaster overlaid with a Christmas carol. There really is not a single miss on this one, and the vocal harmonies are to die for - Simon's guitar playing likewise.

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Listened 8-17-23, added to Notion database of albums.

Just wooowiii

The sound of my youth. Thanks, Mom!

A masterwork of folk pop. A couple of weak tracks that are more than forgiven due to the track the album gets it title from and the very haunting 7 O'clock news

AHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS ALBUM AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hard to give this five stars only because I listened to Bridge Over Troubled Water immediately after, an album that absolutely clears. Objectively five stars tho Favorite tracks: Homeward Bound, Silent Night

not a lyric is wasted. the imagery and emotion are expertly crafted with beautiful melodies that never go overstay their welcome. the longest song here is 3:09, yet these songs take you on a journey that seem to last a lifetime. wow. the peaks and valleys of this album keep it interesting too. the silent night cover with the news overlayed…that’s hilarious. such a clever album. TWELVE SONGS yet it’s only 28 minutes?! that’s how it’s done folks.

Simon and Garfunkel RARELY miss, and this is no exception. Phenomenal album, the only thing wrong with it is that it’s not longer.

Really enjoyed this - I think I was only really familiar with "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" going into it, and it's such a great track - so delightfully mellow! Really liked the Dylan pisstake "A Simple Desultory Philippic" too. Kinda annoyed with the people reviewing this saying "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a cliche 🤨 -pretty sure this kind of sound collage was pretty damn fresh in 1966, so if it seems a cliche now it's because it spawned so many imitations! Oh, plus there's an awesome Phoebe Bridgers cover of it that's well worth checking out... in December, maybe. Fave tracks - as well as the ones already mentioned, I really dug "Patterns" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"

Let me put it this way... The first song alone is enough to give this album 5/5.

Literally short n' sweet, some interesting and hooks & lyrics/concepts. BT - Scarborough Fair - Homeward Bound - Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall - For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - A Poem on the Underground Wall

I mean, this is an album named after some herbs, performed by someone called Garfunkel, with a track called "Feelin' Groovy," so it would be pretty easy to dismiss it as the height of 1960s cheesiness. But there's a lot more going on here; the album is permeated with a haunting aurora that lingers long after you've finished.

I just listened to this album the other day. From the perspective of the variety of styles this might be the best album of that iconic duo, especially with the highly politicised last track. An absolute classic!

For the second time this week, I own this on vinyl! I just like being able to say that. But as it usually goes, when I own it on vinyl it is going to get a very high rating. And in this case it will get a 5. It maybe isn't this iconic duo's best album, but they didn't ever put out a bad one. This is still a fantastic album and this is like the third time I've listened to it this year and certainly won't be the last time. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "Homeward Bound", and "The Dangling Conversation" are three of the best songs from the duo and catapult this album right to a 5 star album. I also love any album that insults both Robert McNamara and Bob Dylan in the same song, two people I hate for very different reasons, but I love to see them both put down. The abstract ending of "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is just such a wonderful way to end an album so deeply ingrained but oft overlooked in the counter cultural movement of the mid 1960s. All in all a very very good album that I love listening to.

I love there gentle voices damnit. They take you to another place.... "The 60s" I think it's what is called. Where love and kindness are what we're all after. Flowers never bend was new to me and it's an instant favorite. That song captures my view on life and death, albeit a simplified one. These songs are so short and fleeting. I wonder why they chose to never draw it out? They believe in their message and no need to belabor it, I guess. So good.

I actually didn’t think I would do this but a 3rd 5/5 to Simon and Garfunkel!

Lovely 60's folk

I've been a lifetime Simon & Garfunkel fan. This album however had taken a back seat in my life for some reason. I forgot how good this was. I mean... Homeward Bound, Feelin' Groovy, and A Simple Desultory Philippic are legendary to me. I am sorry I've dismissed this album for so long.

Simon and Garfunkel have always struck me as a product of their time and ahead of their time simultaneously. No matter what time they’re from, of this album all I have to say is WOW. I came into the album with high expectations and they were excessively exceeded. Although I knew Simon and Garfunkel could be political I was impressed with the finesse with which they express their opinions. The album could not have been any better. 10/10

amazing

One of my favorites

Great album, no bad tracks

Fullkomið. Vinalegt og kósí og róandi.

Banger album. All good stuff.

I don't think I've ever listened through this album in full. I am finding that my take on S&G was skewed by what was popularized. I assumed this album would just be acoustic guitar and harmonizing, but there's lots going on on this album and I'm here for all of it. 4.5/5

I’ll concede that Bridge Over Troubled Water is probably better, but this is my favorite S&G compositions. Full of pretentious material maybe, but also gorgeous songwriting and performances throughout. Art especially pulls off some of his best vocals. A

Welcome to the house that harmonies built. I love the beautiful way Simon and Garfunkel's voices blend together, they truly are a dynamic pair. I can feel the thematic whiplash here though, the struggle Simon had songwriting is quite obvious. But the soft sweet singing and phenomenal instrumentation carry this album through all of that, so the tectonic lyrical and thematic shifts are forgiven. It's just such a nice record. Put it on to feel serene. Put it on to feel amused. Put it on to be entertained and delighted.

Classique de simon et garru kel, un 5 facile pour moi. Je me suis meme fait prendre par la chanson paarodie de dylan , wow.

I hadn’t listened all the way through to this before. It’s now one of my favourite albums.

10/10 beautiful album not really much more to say their music kinda speaks for itself

Genre: Folk rock Review: Beautiful, gentle and soulful music that'll last forever. Paul Simon's lyrical prowess struck me on this latest listen, especially with the magnificent "For Emily, Whenever You May Find Her". Other tracks like "Scarborough Fair", "Homeward Bound" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song" are very nice as well. My post-lunch walk was infinitely elevated thanks to the sunshine, the sakura trees in full bloom and this wonderful piece of music to accompany me. Rating: 9/10

I can see why this is on the list of "1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die". I knew a few of the songs even though this released a few years before I was born. "Scarborough Fair" and "Homeward Bound" are two that are recognizable to most. This album is clearly melodically pleasing. There was one song that caught my attention pretty quickly that I had never heard before. "Patterns" is such a well told story it really struck a chord with me. Even the songs I "recognized" were better appreciated listening with intent. Simon & Garfunkel are truly gifted poets. The stories told are beautiful and the instrumentation suited each song perfectly. If you are looking for extremely well-crafted music, Simon & Garfunkel are a duo to be explored, and this album is a MUST hear! This was the 1st song on my journey, and it made an excellent launch into this trip!

Brilliant, pure simplicity.

great folk sound mixed with some modern stylistic elements

So good!

Oh I love this album. Not all time fave but it's one of the great S&G albums. It has their warm familiar jangly instrumental sounds. Homeward Bound is a corker also Feelin Groovy has a beautiful sentiment and I think I know it so well it's in my bones. The title track is such a classic and reminds me of the film The Graduate which is one of my all time faves. It's got amazing variation and the unique soft unusual vocals with harmonies and unexpected parts of humming and la-ing. All of the lyrics conjure up such good feelings for me and yet they're not all just happy. Some are beautifully melancholy and mournful like The Dangling Conversation, woah if you really listen to it, where the fuck did they pull those lyrics from? So gorgeous. Not my fave S&G tracks but still incredible and I appreciate this opportunity to find new love for these songs. So relaxing and interesting too, I'm so curious about the creative process behind writing these songs.

Just lovely and jubbly

Calm music

Fantastic album - found a new fave: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall. What a chorus, almost other-worldly.

The RNG gods must be smiling upon me today, as I’ve been generated another Simon & Garfunkel album to listen to. After only recently hearing Bridge Over Troubled Water in full, I’m excited to listen to this one. Songs I already knew: Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound Favourites: Scarborough Fair, Patterns, The Big Green Pleasure Machine Firstly, Homeward Bound was apparently written in Widnes train station, which is about 15 minutes away from where I live. Anyone that has visited Widnes can relate, as they also want to be Homeward Bound. Anyone that lives in Widnes might relate more to Anywhere-Else Bound. Now that we have that out of the way, we have another fantastic album. I especially liked the first two tracks, which wouldn’t have sounded out of place being sang by a bard in a tavern. The harmonies and the composition is just as interesting as I hoped. I also enjoyed that this isn’t a case of every song sounding the same - Simon & Garfunkel clearly have their own sound, but they aren’t shy about exploring other genres too, and always sound fantastic doing so.

I am back baby in order to defend the righteousness of this breakthrough album! It’s a masterpiece! It’s one absolute banger after the next: Scarborough Fair followed by Patterns and then Cloudy. How can we ask for more?! Scarborough Fair is a beautiful song, sure. But have you heard Patterns or A Poem on the Underground Wall?! “And the pattern never alters, until the rat dies!” The 59th street Bridge Song can’t be looked over either. What a classic! Great for when you’re walking to work in the rain and need a little pick-me-up. The Dangling Conversation is one of my all time favorite Simon and Garfunkel songs. I think it captures something beautiful—what happens at the boarders of our lives and without our relationships. Oh man, I got lost in this album and now am late to a meeting, but it was all worth it. 5/5, will listen over and over.

Oh hell Yeah! Been waiting for some Paul and Andrew! I already know Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound and Feelin' Groovy, guranteed four stars even if the rest aren't worth it. A Simple Desultory Philippic is a hilarious Dylan impression and I love it. Wow. I did not expect 7 O'clock News/Silent Night to come in so hard. Geez. 5 Star album.

So glad this gem showed up. Groovy.

Classic. One of the iconic soft folk albums from the period, filled with thoughtful songwriting and lush, synchronous harmonies of two guitars and two voices. A reflection of a different time.

Scarborough Fair - Know and dig already. Powerful closing. Own someday

Not sure if familiarity plays a factor, but the album was phenomenal, cleverly produced and written.

This shit whimsical as fuck

Me gustó mucho al volver a escucharlo. Fue una grata sorpresa. Mas que recomendable

4.5/5 liked it

Great album,

Just a great album. Scarborough fair is a perfect opener, follow-up patterns has something special as well. Cloudy and homeward bound are absolute bangers, as well as the dangling conversation. Last few songs are less special imo, but all and all still a terrific album.

Has this on cassette tape when I was a kid and listened to it quite a bit. Has always stayed with me. So many iconic, timeless songs here.

I was surprised to find I liked this album so much! I really am! I even added a few songs off of it to my playlist! I really liked this one!

Loved

I want Homeward Bound played at my funeral

Hard to get the flight of the Conchords episode out of my head when listening to this. Never has a glockenspiel been played more earnestly. I really like it but it seems to be the epitome of what post irony was challenging. I think post irony feeds into the definition of cool conversation. Let's talk more. Ultimately five stars for being one of my favourite album titles of all time.

One thing this generator is doing is causing me to realize that there are so many classic albums I’ve never listened to. Happy to be changing that now. This was a delightful 28 minute addition on my Saturday night walk. I don’t think there is anything more to say.

It's hard to take Paul seriously as a poet laureate when he's greeting a lamppost like it's a long lost friend. And he doesn't even allow the lamppost to respond to what exactly it is that it's knowing because Paul doesn't give a shit, he's just come to watch..."your flowers growing"? No wonder he wore one of Seinfeld's puffy shirts while lurking behind Artie on the cover, insisting that only half of his face appears with the other half hidden. It's good for mystique, you see. It doesn't matter, because as usual, Artie gets the standout vocal performance (For Emily, Whenever I Might Find Her). But we do get one of the duos quintessential songs in "Homeward Bound", some fun shade thrown at Dylan (which must have just seemed insane at the time), and the majestical final mashup of a newscast with a gorgeous version of "Silent Night". This album may not be as overall satisfying as their final two albums, or even "The Graduate" soundtrack (which, to be fair, includes Scarborough Fair). But flowers never bend with the rainfall, or so we're told here, and I'll take this over any of Paul Simon's solo work. Congratulations, Artie and Paul. You ran the table here, meriting a 5 rating for each one of your three albums on the list.

timeless classic

Haunting rendition of Silent Night.

So many classic songs! Just as sweet and folk-y , but with more trippy embellishments than I remember.

I am familiar with Simon & Garfunkel's hits, but never delved far into any of their records, so this was a great listening exercise today. I always had a preconceived notion that Simon & Garfunkel were a band that only the highly educated, and hipsters listened to, but man was I wrong. I love the harmonies that Paul and Art can create, and those layers of harmony laid over soft acoustic guitar make for fantastic easy listening folk. There are songs on this album that touch on hard hitting issues (the song "7 O'clock News/Silent Night" has news excerpts about hard hitting issues of 1966 (mainly the Vietnam War) laid over the Christmas carol Silent Night. The news starts low and slowly builds and builds throughout) and they also inject humour (A Simple Desultory Philippic is a comical jab at Bob Dylan and his style of music writing and delivery). All in all, a fantastic album!! Favourite songs: A Simple Desultory Philippic, Homeward Bound, The 59th Street Bridge Song, The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine Least favourite songs: if forced to pick, Cloudy, The Dangling Conversation 5/5

Amazing

I don't know if I like this as much as Bookends or Bridge, but it's good. Really good.

I just really like it.

Nice songs!

OK, so I didn't have a premonition that this would be the album of the day, but I was JUST thinking about a scene in Fear Of A Black Hat where this group of women, who are in a group called Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme are dissing Salt 'n Pepa – "they're only two spices... we're four!" So yeah, Nostra Calilhanus strikes again. My guess for today... Peter Gabriel... OK, that aside... 12 songs in 28 minutes. What is this, punk? As familiar as we all are (as humans) with Simon & Garfunkel, it's possible I've never listened to an entire album from the duo. And yes, it's great. Well written, beautifully sung, great arrangements, everything you could ask for. And it's an interesting blend of songs. For whatever reason, I'm trying to talk myself out of awarding my third "5-star" rating in a row, and after the hour-plus effort of Tusk, can a 28-minute album warrant the same? Well, yes, I suppose it can.

Great Album!

Absolutely love this song and Simon & Garfunkel. The vibes are perfect and it is everything I want in an album.

Feeling groovy :)) Also +1 for Carmel reference

forever a slut for paul simon

Was starting to get a bit scunnered with the singer-songwriter genre. While these artists often contributed indisputable classics to the canon of popular music, their sonic palette often remains too circumscribed to my ear (not a criticism per se, but a simple reality of the genre). That categorically was NOT the case with this album. 28 minutes of pure pop genius (with the exception of the drudgery of “Scarborough Fair”). Paul Simon is a songwriting juggernaut and this album is a perfect showcase of that. In spite of its brief run time, this record leaves a considerable impression, moving between sombre folk to almost Velvet Underground like chugging rockers - Simon’s versatility is incredible. Loved this record, definitely going to get it on vinyl.

MILU tiesi tas ko vajadzeja

Calming, happy, warm, and cozy. Makes you feel good while listening to it.

Really enjoyed this, I wouldn’t have played it in a million years, but some absolutely classic S&G!

My brother is always banging on about Bridge Over Troubled Water, I gave in an listened a few months ago and thought it was good, but, you know, not amazing. So I was a bit surprised to enjoy this as much as I did. Simon not quite decided on his sound, between the absolutely gorgeous folk, and the somewhat sub-Dylan stompers (Simple Desultory...), it's also somehow steeped in the politics of the time. Scarborough fair is just absolutely lush. Obviously Homeward Bound is one of the best songs ever written. But besides this, everything is gorgeous, even Feelin Groovy's slightly twee sound in 2022 doesn't spoil the mood. The juxtaposition of Silent Night and the swirling chaos of the mid 60s news is particularly effective. A flawed masterpiece.

Oh, the harmony. LOVE it!

This album is so comforting and calm

For those who have been Mailered, Taylored, O'Hara'd, McNamara'd, Stoned, Beatled, Ayn Randed, Spectored, Adlered, Sadlered, Jaggered, silver daggered and Garfunkeled all while being nearly branded a left-handed Communist for learning the truth from Lenny Bruce and mixing up Dylan's Bob and Thomas, this album is for you. For close to half an hour, Simon & Garfunkel command your attention with their ever flawless vocal combination and attention to musical detail all the while combing through the increasingly complex and challenging landscape that was America in the mid to approaching late Sixties. To think that they would continue peaking all the way to troubled waters is quite captivating stuff.

A great folk album by a great duo.

I'm so glad that this album dropped on a Friday. It's a masterpiece, every song is a infatuating as the last. From the soft opening Scarbrough Fair/Canticle and For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her to the up-tempo Homeward Bound and A Simple Desultory Philippic providing brilliant highlights. This album has been played constantly since it was generated. 95/100gecs.

It managed to put a smile on my face on a bad day. It's beautiful. I am glad I got to listen to it for the first time :) 5/5

p94. 1966. 5 stars A perfect time capsule of the mid 60s, capturing all the hope and fears of the era in 28 minutes. 50 years on this is still an example of why Paul Simon is one of the greatest songwriters ever, and why Art Garfunkel is one of the greatest vocalists ever. Classic.

This feels like peak Simon and Garfunkel, ui grew up to some of these songs (always on compilations) and they make me feel calm and safe. I listened as my plane took off on the way to holiday. Soothed.

When you've always loved Simon & Garfunkel, but never listened to any albums other than greatest hits... This was a joy.

Well, they’re no Rogers and Clarke, but these boys do have a special something.

Perfect.

I’ve listened to this long ago, but didn’t remember a lot of the album so it felt a bit new through a lot of it. Really lovely music. Lots of really great songs beyond the monster hits that come from this. I found “A Simple Desultory Philippic…” just a tad odd at first with the Dylan-style delivery, but I enjoyed it and the interesting cultural references throughout. This doesn’t eclipse my favorite Simon & Garfunkel album, but still easily a 5!

this album was amazing. i loved every second of it. truly a no skip album. i love simon and garfunkel.

Straight banger

Scarborough Fair/Canticle is such a pretty song, I've always loved the tune and hearing Simon + Garfunkel sing it is beautiful. Absolutely sublime piece of music, and a fantastic start to an album. I love how it shifts suddenly to such a different vibe with Patterns. The drums are mesmerizing, as are the winding voices. What a gorgeous song. Cloudy is such a sweet-sounding song. I really appreciate how different everything feels on this record. Homeward Bound feels so full of love. Literally no idea why this album is getting me as much as it is! I'm having a wonderful *wonderful* time with it. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine is fantastic. Is it a little on the nose and unsubtle? Perhaps, but I also watch Star Trek and listen to punk. Unsubtle and on the nose are my cup of tea. When I first heard The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), I thought it was a cover. I'm deeply surprised to know that this is the original Feelin' Groovy! The instruments are fantastic on The Dangling Conversation, and I know they're not the focal point of this record, but I really loved them on this song. Another cute little song, Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall. It's very upbeat, like the rest of the album, and I love the harmonizing on it. Don't have much to say about this song sadly. Wow, the opening of A Simple Desultory Philippic is *different*. I love it! It reminds me of Subterranean Homesick Blues, another favorite song. For Emily, Whenever I Find Her is very soft and honestly a little too sappy for me as a love song. No idea why I'm not as into this as I am Robert Smith's sappy love songs, but I'm just not as enamored! A Poem on the Underground Wall's got some really wonderful instruments behind the vocals. I'm a huge fan of the imagery in the lyrics. What a beautiful song. 7 O'Clock News / Silent Night is a great closer to the album, tying in parallel with the opener. What a tour-de-force of an album. Absolutely blew me out of the water.

I will always love everything by this group and Paul Simon. 4/5 big songs, great run time, amazing vocal display from both individually and collectively, beautiful arrangement. This folk I adore.

Mi è piaciuto molto, pensavo fossero più noiosi/sbrodolosi, invece no, son ganzi.

I'm so used to their greatest hits, that it was a bit startling to realize that some of their stuff.....sucked. And so it goes. These guys still created some of my favorite music. Soundtrack of my childhood....yada yada yada..

Patterns* - symbolic worldview at it's basic level _________________________ наша музыка, можно слушать

Simon & Garfunkel é talvez uma das duplas mais relevantes da música ocidental. A musicalidade e a poesia que eles conseguem expressas no folk rock é quase uma experiência transcendental. Destaque que esse álbum az um paralelo com a cidade de New York e a idade medieval. Sou apaixonado na canção Cloudy, quando eles trazem o verso "My thoughts are scattered and they're cloudy,They have no borders, no boundaries,They echo and they swell,From Tolstoy to Tinker Bell", demosntram que dominar figuras de linguagem e brincar com trocadilhos não é exclusivo das línguas latinas

A glatte 5. Jedes Lied eingängig durch wunderschöne Melodien. Bestimmt auch spitzen Texte, aber darauf hör ich nicht so drauf ... der Stille Nacht/ News Mash up is arg

Was für ein großartiger Songwriter ist doch Paul Simon. Bin gebiased - geht bei mir einfach ins Herz.

Seriously, every song is good. I could listen to this over and over. Calm and folksy.

One my all time faves

I had this album as a child and I played it to death; I was obsessed with it. I even choreographed a dance to Poems on the Underground Wall. It's familiar like a shoe but I still love it. It's timeless..

Folky, bob vibes

Classic.

Soothing melodies throughout. Very pleasant.

Ah, just... pure serenity. I'll get this in a record one day. The whole album was really cute. Listening to the 7 o clock news / silent night was also really touching. My dad dodged the vietnam draft (because he didn't want to cut his hair) and part of me is so grateful as I don't think he would've been the same human today, in fact, I know he wouldn't have been the same human today.

Great album, the harmonies and song writing are sublime

Excellent

Put it in your pocket full of cupcakes

Classic album, had not listened to it for quite a while - one of the few albums I could play any time.

I am more inclined towards basil and cilantro, but still, this was a very good album with beautiful songs. The right kind of gentle, pleasant music. And because I'm feeling groovyyyy I'll give it 5 stars.

These boys can do no wrong in my ears. Does not contain my all time favorite S&G tracks, but it is still loaded with hits. Hit just right.

Yup perfect. Thanks.

Childhood memories abound. One of many albums on rotation in a big old cabinet with turntables and built in speakers.

a couple low points in the album but still amazing overall. 5

Not the strongest of theirs, but "Scarborough Fair" and "Homeward Bound", as well as the lush, almost dramatic strings and melodic elements elevate this. Bonus points for the interesting take on "Silent Night", interspersed with contrasting news lines.

It’s waaaay too much on this list but it’s a classic

liked the satirical bob dylan dig that is: A Simple Desultory Philippic

These two always had great harmony. It was Garfunkel that shines on this album. Makes you wonder why Paul Simon went in to have a better solo career.

These sage storytellers kick things off with the traditional English ballad "Scarborough Fair." The haunting harmonics of the Simon and Garfunkle combined with the ancient sound of the harpsicord makes this time cautionary tale stand out and one to pay attention to. Great opening to the second track "Patterns" with a heavily plucked acoustic guitar with a fun driving rhythm. However, it was surprising how quickly the tone changed to a steady percussion (bongo maybe?) helping us zero in on the story of his life's reflection with impactful lyrics like, "Impaled on my wall, My eyes can dimly see, The pattern of my life, And the puzzle that is me." "Homeward Bound" is fun tune riding the melody up and down like being on wavy backcountry hills. Serious tones followed up with upbeat and liveliness whenever they sing about going home. From the steady bass, rhythmic snare drum, and vocal playfulness, "Feeling Groovy" should put everyone in a good mood. Simon and Garfunkel seem to go back and forth between highs and lows. After such a fun song as "Feeling Groovy," they embark on "The Dangling Conversation" with a heaviness and feeling of dread with lyrics like "I cannot feel your hand, You're a stranger now unto me." However, I did enjoy the cleverness lyrically/musical with "Like a poem poorly written, We are verses out of rhythm, Couplets out of rhyme In syncopated time" while they sing in syncopation with the last line." Sad, but very well put together song. Musically, lyrically, and a mirror we should all hold up to ourselves, I think this is my favorite song on the album. I pray my marriage never experiences the dangling conversation. Not sure it was a dig on Bod Dylan, but I enjoyed the guitar and guitar riffs in "A Simple Desultory Philippic." Didn't really enjoy "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her." Too depressing and not a fun or clever listen. "A Poem on the Underground Wall" was a curious and upbeat song. It left me hanging wondering what the four-letter poem was he wrote on the wall. The last song feels timeless with so much hopelessness in the world and a longing to be saved.

<3

De forma paralela con el anterior álbum del dueto, este tiene menos forma, menos objetivo. Se nota aún esa composición y tendencia al perfeccionismo que luego en su último álbum lo hace sobresalir. Una lírica poética, amorosa, política y profundamente literaria. No decepciona.

The kings of harmonizing. The album kicks off with several bangers in a row before lulling a bit. The front half of the album is much catchier to me. It's a very good album though. It doesn't overstay its welcome and pleasant to listen to throughout. Lyrically it's quite good, and ends with a statement on "7 'O Clock News / Silent Night" Other standouts are "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" "Patterns" and "Homeward Bound" This one's a solid 4/5 for me.

These were very sweet melodies that were very soothing to listen to.