The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel: Tales From New York

by Simon & Garfunkel

The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel: Tales From New York cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:55:37
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Jorge Milchberg, Boudleaux, Daniel A. Robles, Ian Campbell, David Halberstam, P. Simon, Paul Simon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A career survey of Simon & Garfunkel's Columbia recordings, from the folk duo format of 1964 to the orchestral scale of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. The selection balances the hit singles with album tracks, presenting Paul Simon's songwriting and the pair's close-harmony singing as a single body of work.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, harmonies, acoustic, duo, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. The Sound of Silence (single version) (3:07)
  2. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (2:15)
  3. The Sun Is Burning (2:48)
  4. Peggy-O (2:26)
  5. Benedictus (2:39)
  6. He Was My Brother (2:50)
  7. We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin' (1:59)
  8. Homeward Bound (2:30)
  9. I Am a Rock (2:51)
  10. Kathy's Song (3:19)
  11. April Come She Will (1:51)
  12. Leaves That Are Green (2:22)
  13. Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (2:11)
  14. The Dangling Conversation (2:38)
  15. Scarborough Fair / Canticle (3:12)
  16. Patterns (2:47)
  17. Cloudy (2:23)
  18. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (2:06)
  19. Save the Life of My Child (2:50)
  20. 7 O'Clock News / Silent Night (2:03)
  21. A Hazy Shade of Winter (2:19)
  22. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (1:54)
  23. At the Zoo (2:24)
  24. Fakin' It (3:19)
  25. Punky's Dilemma (2:14)
  26. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies (2:20)
  27. Mrs. Robinson (4:04)
  28. Old Friends / Bookends Theme (3:57)
  29. The Boxer (5:09)
  30. Baby Driver (3:16)
  31. Keep the Customer Satisfied (2:36)
  32. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (3:42)
  33. Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:52)
  34. Cecilia (2:56)
  35. The Only Living Boy in New York (3:59)
  36. Bye Bye Love (2:50)
  37. Song for the Asking (1:50)
  38. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (3:07)
  39. America (3:36)
  40. My Little Town (3:51)

Credits

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