Album Info

Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964-2011)

Pop - 2013

Believe it or not, this is the first single-album Paul Simon retrospective to include highlights from both his days as... more

Tracklist

1

The Sound of Silence

3:05 min
2

America

3:34 min
3

The Boxer

5:08 min
4

Cecilia

2:56 min
5

The Only Living Boy in New York

3:58 min
6

Bridge over Troubled Water

4:53 min
7

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

2:44 min
8

Mother and Child Reunion

3:06 min
9

American Tune

3:45 min
10

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

3:38 min
11

Still Crazy After All These Years

3:26 min
12

Slip Slidin' Away

4:45 min
13

Late in the Evening

4:02 min
14

Hearts and Bones

5:40 min
15

Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

5:48 min
16

You Can Call Me Al

4:40 min
17

Spirit Voices

3:56 min
18

That's Where I Belong

3:12 min
19

Everything About It Is a Love Song

3:56 min
20

Love and Hard Times

4:08 min

About Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964-2011)

Believe it or not, this is the first single-album Paul Simon retrospective to include highlights from both his days as Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist. Naturally, 20 tracks is brief for an artist with a 50-year career, but the songs included here are mostly the obvious ones, with only a few later selections being less universally known. Curiously, four of the six S&G tracks are from the Bridge Over Troubled Water album. Of the solo material, “Slip Slidin’ Away” is the only track that never appeared on a proper studio album. (Its first album appearance was as a new track on the now out-of-print Greatest Hits, Etc.) The songs selected from the post-Graceland period are non-hits. For example, “The Obvious Child” and “Born at the Right Time” from The Rhythm of the Saints, are passed over for the beautiful-but-esoteric “Spirit Voices,” while “Love and Hard Times,” from 2011’s So Beautiful or So What, was chosen over the single “Getting Ready for Christmas Day.” Altogether, this makes the case for Simon’s continued artistic mastery and relevance.