Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

by Simon and Garfunkel

Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: June 1972
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:25
  • Community rating: 4.28/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Roy Halee, Joe Osborn, Jimmie Haskell, Art Garfunkel, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon, Hal Blaine, Ernie Freeman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released shortly after the duo's acrimonious split, this compilation seamlessly sequences the most enduring, immaculately harmonized folk-pop anthems of the 1960s. Paul Simon's deeply literate, often melancholic songwriting perfectly captured the cultural anxieties and transitional introspection of a restless American generation. The album includes several previously unreleased live takes, and remains an absolute staple of the classic rock and folk-revival canons.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, soundtrack, melodic, acoustic, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Mrs. Robinson (4:02)
  2. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (2:04)
  3. The Boxer (5:07)
  4. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (1:43)
  5. The Sound Of Silence (3:02)
  6. I Am A Rock (2:50)
  7. Scarborough Fair / Canticle (3:08)
  8. Homeward Bound (2:30)
  9. Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:52)
  10. America (3:34)
  11. Kathy's Song (3:16)
  12. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (3:06)
  13. Bookends (1:16)
  14. Cecilia (2:55)

Credits

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