Reviews (page 14 of 14)
Exceptional album. Smooth but jaunty, sweet and sad.
Album qui s'écoute très bien! Pièces variées avec différentes influences. Très bons musiciens, j'ai bien aimé la guitare. Pu capable d'entendre "Me and Julio by the Schoolyard" mais ça c'est personnel (une affaire de barista). Belle ambiance de coffeeshop :)
Muy egocéntrico
Enjoying the baseline on Armistice Day Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard is the first song I have heard before. Favorite off the album is Peace Like a River. "Holes in my confidence, holes in the knees of my jeans"
very listenable
I only liked "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Me and Julio DOwn by the Schoolyard"
Paul Simon is great, but his best work was with collaborating with Garfunkel. Solid album and chill vibe. Fun video with Me and Julio Down by the School Yard with all the cameos like Spud Webb.
Je peux quand même pas donner 1 étoile parce que ça s'écoute très bien et c'est agréable, mais l'album a tellement passer dans le beurre pour moi. Aucune chanson m'a vraiment marquée. Hit du cd: Paranoia Blues (unreleased version)
It's good to see Paul Simon's experiments with world music began here. Paul Simon is special to me. I saw his last ever concert in Flushing a few years back. I can still remember dancing around, having spent the day touring Manhattan with my mother. This is like canned joy, like a summer day on the world's greatest city strolling through the different vibrant neighborhoods. His lilting voice and beat poetry are on full display, bright and shiny and catchy as all get out. It's an album for better days, full of hope in rough places. Perfection.
It's hard for me talk about Paul Simon without comparing his work to Bridge Over Troubled Water, one of my favorite albums. He maintains his normal vocal character, but none of the songs capture me as well as any single song on that other album.
Not too bad, folksy but with cool world-music under- and overtones. There are some nice compositions here. Enjoyable throoughout. Will I get back to it? Only time will tell.
3.5
Julio is fine, but I swear to freaking Garfunkel if there’s one more Paul Simon solo record on this list I’m burning it to the ground.
Decent, to be fair.
Surprisingly cheerful in spite of all the hellish imagery, hits the vein of 80s ballad rock right in the middle. Complete with a healthy helping of theatrical cheese.
Masterpiece. Slightly prefer Graceland. 10/10 1. Peace Like a River 2. Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard 3. Mother and Child Reunion
This is Simon's second solo album after breaking up with Garfunkel. The first song is surprisingly good reggae???, and Duncan is a really nice chill song with some world music influences. Overall its a really good album. Probably 4 stars, but close to a 5.
Quite a few 5 star bangers, but rating the overall album.
Me and juliooo down by the schoolyard
Opening with Caribbean sound is a nice touch. Goes into a more folk sound for other songs. Albums ends with more blues numbers. It's like Paul is flexing his musical muscles and trying out more than what he has done over the last 10 years.
solid album, a few enjoyable tracks. a bunch that are just okay
Starts off so so but has a few songs I really enjoyed!
that was great - i didn't realize so many good songs were all on one album
kinda blends into the background after a while
I was a little nervous when he started up with straight up Bob Marley, but it turned around immediately and I ended up liking the album. "Paranoia Blues" stuck out. Also "Everything Put Together Falls Apart" and "Run That Body Down" on second listen. Yeah I like this.
This is one of my very favorite albums and it has one of my very favorite Paul Simon songs: Paranoid Blues.
Way to chill for most situations but it is a very good album
Pleasant listen that makes me want to put on S&G
Great first solo album...sorry, Art
6.5
Production: 16/20 Songwriting: 17/20 Innovation: 14/20 Bangers: 5/20 Emotional response: 15/20 =67 Bloody lovely album. Who needs Art!
Some decent tunes
Julio
Interesting mix of material that is still very reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel (like Duncan or Peace like a River) and that which is markedly different (like the opening track Mother and Child Reunion for example). Most of the rest of the tracks are arranged fairly simply but have a different feel than your average Simon and Garfunkel track; jazzier/more soulful & a little more laid back & personal/conversational.
I think this album is better than Graceland, for me. Also there is a lyric that said "Queen of Corona" and I did a double-take. The songs feel a little more personal/gritty than Graceland. Some neat instrumentation on this album as well. Still nothing I'd personally listen to a lot, but I could see a few of these songs gracing a playlist of mine somewhere.
Surprisingly good despite the missing Garfunkel
JULIO!
More textured and bluesy than I'd expect from Paul Simon. I like the blown out guitars. Tastes like meatloaf.
Tracks 1, 2, 4, and 6 are very good. The rest is occasionally interesting, but mostly tiresome and unfocused. Excellent guitar playing throughout, but far too much filler to be worthwhile. 2.5 stars.
Surprisingly not a fan of this, and I already love Paul Simon...? It feels like a lot of B tracks, and just a weird sound for him. Wasn't impressed.
A great album.
Brilliant..
Ya know, a decent singer/songwriter album.
Quite chill, I like how it sounds. It has the calmness of Bob Dylan but also its own air of confidence. Solid 4 stars.
50% huonompi ja tylsempi versio Simon&Garfunkelista. Toisaalta ei suuremmin ärsyttänytkään. HMV.
Kein richtiger Burner, ich habe Paul Simon aber immer geschätzt. Großer Songwriter.
Meh
Not my favorite Paul Simon album but it was a fun listen
Meh
Couple of tracks I liked but not for me. Can see him move on from Art but not stood the test of time.
This is pleasant enough. Simon writes wonderful lyrics, which I tend to enjoy more than the music itself. Every now and then a great line pops out and stops me getting bored. I likely wouldn't choose to ever listen to this, but it's inoffensive enough. I'd quite like the coat he wears on the cover, so fluffy.
Best songs: Me and Julio, Peace like a river Nice blues guitar riffs Reggae folk Jazzy parts 6/10
Me and Julio. Two thumbs up.
Nice, but not too many songs stood really out. Liked "Peace Like a River"
Great happy vibes! Liked his other album better but this was enjoyable. Not as versatile as graceland
Pretty solid album, lots of good songs, but I can't give 5 cause some songs are bit pouash.
Great!
Some classics in there. Nice chilled vibes to all the songs
famous songs are good (like 2 songs on this album) but the rest is meh
Nowhere near the absolute peak of joy that is Graceland, but it's solid enough. An otherwise 3 star album elevated to 4 stars on the strength of one song (in this case, Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard)
Good stuff. Not much to say here, some really enjoyable pop rock on this album.
Couple catchy songs, but not my cup of tea
Paul Simon is not generally someone I listen to on my own, but I always enjoy his albums. He does every mood well, which provides a real richness to all of his albums 4/5
What a fuckin folky bop my boi!!! Range of sounds and lyrics and all dat. Good stuff.
4/5
A smorgasbord of different sounds. He was either that amazing of a musician or surrounded himself with amazing musicians, or both. Great stuff
Signs of greatness to come
Best song: Duncan; 2nd best song: Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Least fav song: Everything Put Together Falls Apart
This is pretty damned good. A diversity of sounds and styles. And yet it all feels so intimate, honest and bare. Feels like a Saturday afternoon in a hammock. Paul Simon is a treasure.
A pleasant experience. More interesting stories told through lyrics in Paul Simon songs. I don't recall ever hearing Duncan before, but I certainly had it on repeat today.
great Paul Simon album
Meh
Ehhhh. Lot of filler here. The singles are fantastic, and Duncan is a highlight, along with the Hobo duo. But a lot of the rest is just not for me.
Weird
Key Songs: Mother and Child Reunion, Duncan, Run That Body Down, Me and Julio
wussy shit
not bad, but too much singer songwriter type stuff like this on this list
Not that bad.