1. Bridge over troubled water 2. El condor pasa 3. Cecilia 4. Keep the customer satisfied 5. So long Frank Lloyd Wright 6. Boxer | 7. Baby driver 8. Only living boy in New York 9. Why don't you write me 10. Bye bye love 11. Song for the asking |
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Written on: 28/07/2008
This album is quintessential Simon & Garfunkel, with the title track holding it's rightful place as the best song of the 20th century. It was a musical signpost of a turbulent time in the world and somehow excapsulated the pain, fear, worry, sorrow, anger and hope we felt at the time. But beyond that, it's an amazing recording, a mix of the carefully engineered sounds of songs like "The Boxer" with the last minute rewrite in the recording in the studio that made the title track a timeless… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/01/2007 by Mindy (82 reviews written)
Bridge Over Troubled Water is an excellent example of early Simon & Garfunkel. It's actually quite dark in places, including tracks such as "Cecilia" and "The Only Living Boy In New York" and these serve to bring down the silly sweetness of some of the lighter songs. I find that when Paul Simon wrote about more serious subjects the songs are extremely memorable, but there's a couple of attempts at jocularity, notably "Bye Bye Love" and "Baby Driver," which grate horribly. On the whole this is… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/01/2007
Quite simply a modern masterpiece, if CD's, records and this album had been around in the era of the Renaissance, I am confident Michelangelo would have painted the album cover on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel(Rome).
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Written by oliverparkin
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Bertie's Response to Mindy's Review
Written on: 30/01/2007
Now if that is available on vinyl Mindy..................