Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence - 41m 46s

Tracks & Durations

1. The Sound of Silence	3:09
2. Leaves that Are Green	2:24
3. Blessed	3:17
4. Kathy's Song	3:21
5. Somewhere They Can't Find Me	2:38
6. Angie	2:18
7. Richard Cory	2:59
8. A Most Peculiar Man	2:33
9. April Come She Will	1:52
10. We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'	2:00
11. I Am a Rock	2:59
12. Blues Run the Game	2:55
13. Barbriallen (Demo)	4:06
14. Rose of Aberdeen (Demo)	2:02
15. Roving Gambler (Demo)	3:03

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Review

One suspects that Paul Simon cringes a bit when he listens to Simon & Garfunkel's 1966 breakthrough release. Lines from "I Am a Rock" ("For a rock feels no pain / And an island never cries") and the title track ("Fools, said I, you do not know / Silence like a cancer grows") are the essence of sophomoric poetry. And who but a couple of self-serious young men would sequence the suicide odes "Richard Cory" and "A Most Peculiar Man" back to back? That said, every callow couplet found here is counterbalanced by words that are disarmingly guileless. The unabashed romanticism of "Kathy's Song" is truly poignant; it ranks with "For Emily" and "The Only Living Boy in New York" among the duo's most resplendent performances. "April Come She Will" has a similar innocent appeal, while the title track, despite its overwrought moments and Tom Wilson's tacked-on production, is a folk-rock landmark. It's not hard to find fault with The Sounds of Silence, but it's easier still to bask in its inchoate splendor. (The 2001 reissue adds the bonus track "The Blues Run the Game" plus three unreleased 1970 demos.) --Steven Stolder

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 15, Disk length: 41m 46s

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 14 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 46m 2s (+4m 16s)

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 12 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 31m 56s (-10m 10s)

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 11 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 29m 17s (-13m 31s)

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 11 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 29m 11s (-13m 25s)

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 11 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 29m 10s (-13m 24s)

Sounds of Silence

Tracks: 11 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 28m 35s (-14m 49s)

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