Negotiations and Love Songs

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Negotiations and Love Songs
Greatest hits album by Paul Simon
Released October 18, 1988
Recorded 1971-86
Genre Folk rock, folk, worldbeat
Length 63:07
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee
Paul Simon chronology
Graceland
(1986)		 Negotiations and Love Songs
(1988)		 The Rhythm of the Saints
(1990)

Negotiations and Love Songs is a collection of Paul Simon's songs from 1971-1986. The title of the compilation is taken from a line in the song "Train in the Distance".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
Robert Christgau (B)

Contents

Track listing [edit]

Notably for a compilation album, the tracks are grouped in the chronological order of their original source.

LP side Track Title Time Source album Release year
One 1 Mother and Child Reunion 2:48 Paul Simon 1972
2 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard 2:41
3 Something So Right 4:28 There Goes Rhymin' Simon 1973
4 St. Judy's Comet 3:17
5 Loves Me Like a Rock 3:18
Two 6 Kodachrome 3:32
7 Have a Good Time 3:23 Still Crazy After All These Years 1975
8 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover 3:31
9 Still Crazy After All These Years 3:24
Three 10 Late In the Evening 3:55 One-Trick Pony 1977
11 Slip Slidin' Away 4:43 Greatest Hits, Etc. 1980
12 Hearts and Bones 5:38 Hearts and Bones 1983
13 Train in the Distance 4:22
Four 14 Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War 3:43
15 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes 5:46 Graceland 1986
16 You Can Call Me Al 4:39
17 Graceland [1] 4:48

All songs composed by Paul Simon, except "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" co-written by Joseph Shabalala.

Charts [edit]

Chart positions [edit]

Chart Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[2] 27
New Zealand Albums Chart [3] 5
UK Albums Chart [4] 17
United States Billboard 200[5] 110

Year-end charts [edit]

Chart (1988) Position
UK Albums Chart[6] 94

Certifications [edit]

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ The track Graceland only appears on the double LP edition of the album.
  2. ^ "australian-charts.com Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-01-25. 
  3. ^ "charts.org.nz - Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 
  4. ^ "Chart Stats - Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
  5. ^ Allmusic - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986 > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  6. ^ "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  7. ^ "British album certifications – Paul Simon – Negotiations and Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry.  Enter Negotiations and Love Songs in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Paul Simon – Negotiations and Love Songs". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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