Songs From the Capeman

by Paul Simon

Songs From the Capeman cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 November 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:20
  • Community rating: 2.76/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring selections from his Broadway musical, Paul Simon's conceptual album explores urban themes through an eclectic mix of doo-wop and Hispanic American music. The record offers a serious, conscious narrative characterized by warm and highly melodic folk-pop songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, conscious, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Adios Hermanos (4:42)
  2. Born in Puerto Rico (4:54)
  3. Satin Summer Nights (5:54)
  4. Bernadette (3:28)
  5. The Vampires (5:11)
  6. Quality (4:19)
  7. Can I Forgive Him (6:10)
  8. Sunday Afternoon (3:25)
  9. Killer Wants to Go to College (1:51)
  10. Time Is an Ocean (5:23)
  11. Virgil (2:49)
  12. Killer Wants to Go to College II (2:09)
  13. Trailways Bus (5:23)
  14. Shoplifting Clothes - Bonus Track (3:38)
  15. Born in Puerto Rico (Demo with Jose Feliciano) (with Jos茅 Feliciano) - Bonus Track (5:02)
  16. Can I Forgive Him (Original Demo) - Bonus Track (1:56)

Credits

  • Bob Crowley - artwork [cover art]
  • Gabe Pressman - interviewer
  • Derek Walcott - lyrics by [co-author of lyrics]
  • Briz - backing vocals, backing vocals [vox]
  • DeWayne Snype - backing vocals
  • Derrick James - backing vocals
  • Ed Vasquez - backing vocals
  • Karen Bernod - backing vocals

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