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Track Listing
1. Bookends Theme
2. Save the Life of My Child - (North American Indian)
3. America - (North American Indian)
4. Overs
5. Voices of Old People
6. Old Friends
7. Bookends Theme
8. Fakin' It
9. Punky's Dilemma
10. Mrs. Robinson
11. Hazy Shade of Winter, A
12. At the Zoo
13. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - (rare single)
14. Old Friends - (previously unreleased, demo version)
| Details | | Producer: | Roy Halee | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, acoustic guitar); Art Garfunkel (vocals); Jimmy Haskell (arranger).
Producers include: Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee.
Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.
Recorded between September 7, 1966 and October 16, 1968.
Originally released on Columbia Records (9529).
Includes liner notes by Bud Scoppa.
Simon & Garfunkel's first consistently excellent album, 1968's BOOKENDS is a brief (12 songs in less than 30 minutes) but beautiful song cycle that sums up all of Paul Simon's '60s themes of alienation and identity in a newly orchestrated and elegant style far removed from the skeletal folk-rock of their earlier albums. The entire first half, bracketed by the lovely "Bookends Theme," has a suite-like feel even though it encompasses songs as varied as the chaotic "Save the Life of My Child" and the subtle acoustic reverie "Overs," not to mention the anthemic "America" and Art Garfunkel's audio-verite "Voices of Old People."
The second half is the closest Simon & Garfunkel ever came to rock & roll, featuring not only the classics "Mrs. Robinson" and "Hazy Shade of Winter," but the lesser-known, quirky gems "Fakin' It" and "Punky's Dilemma," two of Simon's weirdest and most playful songs. An eclectic and multi-dimensional album, BOOKENDS is probably Simon & Garfunkel's masterpiece.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...Unfathomably moving...
5 stars out of 5 - ...Their masterpiece...brilliant....no aspiring songwriter should be without a thoroughly-played copy...
Uncut (08/01/2001)
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