2 DISC SET ILLUMINATES SIMON'S EVOLUTION FROM 1960S TO PRESENT
Songwriter is a selection of songs, chosen by the composer, as the best of his decades-long creative output. Some of these are well-known hits and others more obscure works, but all bear the distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature of Paul Simon, one of the great composers of popular song in the last 50 years. As Simon has said, I think of myself as a songwriter first, the recording artist and performer in me follow in the writer's footsteps."
Simon brought his own unique perspective on the nuances of his catalog in the assemblage of Songwriter. The album includes an emotionally resonant rendition of The Sound of Silence," from Simon's 2011 concert at New York's Webster Hall, Aretha Franklin's transcendent studio take on Bridge Over Trouble Water" and other selections from the artist's critically-acclaimed catalog of songs.
Selecting the individual songs for Songwriter, from the hundreds he's written and recorded, presented Paul Simon an opportunity to reflect over the entirety of his career. The collection showcases the individual songs best-exemplifying the high-points in his conversations with the muses, from his early work with Simon & Garfunkel to his ruminations on 2011's So Beautiful or So What.
Disc 1:
Songwriter is a selection of songs, chosen by the composer, as the best of his decades-long creative output. Some of these are well-known hits and others more obscure works, but all bear the distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature of Paul Simon, one of the great composers of popular song in the last 50 years. As Simon has said, I think of myself as a songwriter first, the recording artist and performer in me follow in the writer's footsteps."
Simon brought his own unique perspective on the nuances of his catalog in the assemblage of Songwriter. The album includes an emotionally resonant rendition of The Sound of Silence," from Simon's 2011 concert at New York's Webster Hall, Aretha Franklin's transcendent studio take on Bridge Over Trouble Water" and other selections from the artist's critically-acclaimed catalog of songs.
Selecting the individual songs for Songwriter, from the hundreds he's written and recorded, presented Paul Simon an opportunity to reflect over the entirety of his career. The collection showcases the individual songs best-exemplifying the high-points in his conversations with the muses, from his early work with Simon & Garfunkel to his ruminations on 2011's So Beautiful or So What.
Disc 1:
- The Sound Of SilenceLive at Webster Hall
- The BoxerLive at Central Park
- Bridge Over Troubled WaterAretha Franklin
- Mother And Child Reunion
- Tenderness
- Peace Like A River
- American Tune
- Kodachrome
- Something So Right
- Late In The Evening
- Train In The Distance
- Hearts And Bones
- Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
- Still Crazy After All These Years
- Diamonds On The Sole Of Her Shoes
- The Boy In The Bubble
- Graceland
Disc 2:
- Obvious Child
- Further To Fly
- The Cool, Cool River
- Spirit Voices
- Born In Puerto Rico
- Quality
- Darling Lorraine
- Look At That
- Senorita With A Necklace Of Tears
- That's Me
- Another Galaxy
- Father And Daughter
- Rewrite
- Love And Hard Times
- So Beautiful Or So What