Still Crazy After All These Years
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| Studio album by Paul Simon | ||||
| Released | October 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 36:25 (original album) 45:32 (2004 CD reissue) |
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| Label | Columbia, then Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Paul Simon, Phil Ramone | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B)[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[3] |
Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth studio album by Paul Simon. Recorded in 1975, the album produced four US Top 40 hits, "Gone at Last" (#23), "My Little Town" (#9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (#1) and the title track (#40). It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1976. In Simon's acceptance speech for the Album of the Year award, on February 28, he jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder, who had won the award the two previous years for Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale, for not releasing an album that year [4]. (Wonder won the award again for Songs in the Key of Life in 1977.)
The liner notes for "My Little Town" contain this quote from "Crow" by Ted Hughes:
- To hatch a crow, a black rainbow
- Bent in emptiness
- over emptiness
- But flying
"My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partner Art Garfunkel on record for the first time since 1970.
Simon credits studio drummer Steve Gadd with creating the unique drum beat that became the hook for "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover".
Simon came up with the phrase "Still Crazy After All These Years" for the title track. He then created a story to go with it. The song's unusual chord changes were inspired by bassist and composer Chuck Israels with whom Simon was studying with at the time.[citation needed] The title track has been recordeded by Rosemary Clooney (on 1993 album Still on the Road), Ray Charles (on his 1993 album My World), Karen Carpenter (on her self-titled solo album released posthumously in 1996), and Willie Nelson (on the Soundtrack of the 2000 motion picture Space Cowboys).
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs were written by Paul Simon.
- Side one
- "Still Crazy After All These Years" – 3:26
- "My Little Town" – 3:51
- "I Do It for Your Love" – 3:35
- "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" – 3:37
- "Night Game" – 2:58
- Side two
- "Gone at Last" – 3:40
- "Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy" – 3:14
- "Have a Good Time" – 3:26
- "You're Kind" – 3:20
- "Silent Eyes" – 4:12
- Bonus tracks (2004 remaster)
- "Slip Slidin' Away" (Demo) – 5:30
- "Gone at Last" (Original Demo) w/ The Jessy Dixon Singers – 4:38
[edit] Personnel
- Paul Simon - vocals, guitar
- John Tropea - electric guitar
- Patti Austin - background vocals
- Art Garfunkel - vocals on "My Little Town"
- Phoebe Snow - background vocals, vocals on "Gone at Last"
- Joe Beck - electric guitar
- Michael Brecker - saxophone soloist
- Bob James - electric piano
- David Sanborn - saxophone
- Grady Tate - drums
- Pete Carr - electric guitar
- Sivuca - accordion, vocals
- Ralph MacDonald - percussion
- Chicago Community Choir - background vocals
- Barry Beckett - electric piano
- Eddie Daniels - saxophone
- Gordon Edwards - bass
- Jerry Friedman - electric guitar
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Roger Hawkins - drums
- David Hood - bass
- The Jessy Dixon Singers - background vocals
- Tony Levin - bass
- Hugh McCracken - guitar
- Leon Pendarvis - piano
- Valerie Simpson - background vocals
- Richard Tee - piano
- Toots Thielemans - harmonica
- Phil Woods - saxophone
- Kenny Ascher - organ, electric piano
- Dave Matthews - horn arrangements
[edit] Charts
[edit] Chart positions |
[edit] Year-end charts
[edit] Certifications
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[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ “”. "18th Grammy Awards Album Of The Year". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkA_qT0KSqI. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0646119176.
- ^ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-12
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years" (in Dutch) (ASP). dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+Simon&titel=Still+Crazy+After+All+These+Years&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006) (in Finnish). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ (in Japanese) Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4871310779.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+Simon&titel=Still+Crazy+After+All+These+Years&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon" (ASP). http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+Simon&titel=Still+Crazy+After+All+These+Years&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). Sverigetopplistan. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+Simon&titel=Still+Crazy+After+All+These+Years&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=37997. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ Allmusic - Still Crazy After All These Years> Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?file_num=nlc008388.6489a&brws_s=&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5175&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ "Top Pop Albums of 1976". Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20070926234354/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=855691. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Still+Crazy+After+All+These+Years&sa=Paul+Simon&smt=0.
- ^ "British album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Enter Still Crazy After All These Years in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ^ "American album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Still+Crazy+After+All+These+Years%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
| Preceded by Rock of the Westies by Elton John |
Billboard 200 number-one album December 6 - December 12, 1975 |
Succeeded by Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits by Chicago |
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