Released May 5, 1973 Label Warner Bros. Records | Length 35:19 Release date 5 May 1973 Genres Rock music, Pop music | |
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Recorded Columbia Studios, New York City,Malaco Recording Studios, Jackson, Mississippi,Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, AlabamaMorgan Studios, London,September 1972 – January 1973 Similar Paul Simon albums, Rock music albums |
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There Goes Rhymin' Simon is the third solo studio album by American musician Paul Simon rush-released on May 5, 1973. It contains songs covering several styles and genres, such as gospel ("Loves Me Like a Rock") and Dixieland ("Take Me to the Mardi Gras"). It received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1974, including Best Male Pop Vocal performance and Album of the Year.
Contents
- Paul simon st judy s comet lyrics
- Let me live in your city paul simon
- Reception
- Track listing
- Side one
- Side two
- Additional tracks
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
As foreshadowed by the feel-good lead single "Kodachrome" (which reached #2 on the Billboard charts, blocked by Billy Preston's "Will It Go Round in Circles"), There Goes Rhymin' Simon proved to be a bigger hit than its predecessor, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200 chart (kept off the top spot by George Harrison's Living in the Material World), and #1 on Cashbox Magazine for one week on June 30, 1973. In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at #4. Subsequent singles were also the #2 single "Loves Me Like a Rock" (knocked off by Cher's "Half-Breed", but reaching #1 on Cashbox on September 29, 1973), and the Top 40 hit "American Tune". Also "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" was released in the UK reaching the Top 20.
The song "Kodachrome" is named after the Kodak film of the same name. Kodak required the album to note that Kodachrome is a trademark of Kodak. The song was not released as a single in Britain, where it could not be played on BBC radio due to its trademarked name. The song "Was a Sunny Day" has an interesting reference to early rock and roll in the line "She called him Speedo but his Christian name was Mr. Earl" which echoes the chorus from the 1955 song "Speedo" by The Cadillacs: "They often call me Speedo but my real name is Mr. Earl," referring to lead singer, Earl "Speedo" Carroll.
Let me live in your city paul simon
Reception
Critical praise was practically universal for this album. The Denver Post's Jared Johnson called it "a brilliantly executed masterpiece, and surely the finest album in three years," citing such 1970 releases as Bridge Over Troubled Water and After the Gold Rush
Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times said, "Combining a variety of musical textures (from a touch of gospel to an infectious trace of Jamaican rhythm to a hint of the old Simon and Garfunkel grandeur), Simon's new album firmly establishes him as one of our most valuable and accessible artists."
But Stereo Review's Noel Coppage found much to complain about. Though he gave it an "excellent" rating, he added that it was "deficient in spontaneity, excitement, strain...I don't know how it could sound so cut-and-dried, having been recorded in four different locations (New York, London, Muscle Shoals, and Jackson, Mississippi), but although the arrangements are clean and sensible, they are oddly predictable."
Track listing
All songs were written by Paul Simon. The melody of "American Tune" was almost note-for-note written by Johann Sebastian Bach (St Matthew Passion), who was not credited on the album. In turn, Bach had imitated the melody of Mein G'mueth ist mir verwirret by Hans Leo Hassler.
Side one
- "Kodachrome" – 3:32
- "Tenderness" – 2:53
- "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" – 3:27
- "Something So Right" – 4:33
- "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" – 3:44
Side two
- "American Tune" – 3:43
- "Was a Sunny Day" – 3:41
- "Learn How to Fall" – 2:44
- "St. Judy's Comet" – 3:19
- "Loves Me Like a Rock" – 3:31
Additional tracks
In July 2004, the album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with four bonus tracks:
- "Let Me Live in Your City" (work-in-progress) – 4:21
- "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (acoustic demo) – 2:31
- "American Tune" (unfinished demo) – 4:03
- "Loves Me Like a Rock" (acoustic demo) – 3:24
Personnel
Songs
1Kodachrome3:33
2Tenderness2:56
3Take Me to the Mardi Gras3:31