Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years [Bonus Tracks]

Title: Still Crazy After All These Years [Bonus Tracks] Artist: Paul Simon Release Date: 7/13/2004 Label: Paul Simon, Rhino, WEA International, Warner Bros. Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 081227890124, 081227890155, 4943674065233, 081227890162 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock Moods: Calm/Peaceful, Earnest, Poignant, Reflective, Reserved, Wistful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Bittersweet, Cheerful, Melancholy, Organic, Restrained, Sentimental, Soothing, Witty, Cerebral, Detached, Intimate, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Autumnal, Delicate, Exuberant, Fun, Happy, Nocturnal, Plaintive, Playful, Quirky, Reverent, Rousing, Summery, Sweet, Whimsical, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow, Literate, Precious Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 10 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Still Crazy After All These Years
2. My Little Town
3. I Do It for Your Love
4. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
5. Night Game
6. Gone at Last
7. Some Folks' Lives Roll Baby
8. Have a Good Time
9. You're Kind
10. Silent Eyes
11. Slip Slidin' Away [#][*][Demo Version]
12. Gone at Last [Original Demo][#][*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Paul Simon 2006 CD WEA International 278901 2006 CD Warner Bros. 12414 2004 CD Rhino 78901

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The third new studio album of Paul Simon's post-Simon & Garfunkel career was a musical and lyrical change of pace from his first two, Paul Simon and There Goes Rhymin' Simon. Where Simon had taken an eclectic approach before, delving into a variety of musical styles and recording all over the world, Still Crazy found him working for the most part with a group of jazz-pop New York session players, though he did do a couple of tracks ("My Little Town" and "Still Crazy After All These Years") with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section that had appeared on Rhymin' Simon and another ("Gone at Last") returned to the gospel style of earlier songs like "Loves Me Like a Rock." Of course, "My Little Town" also marked a return to working with Art Garfunkel, and another Top Ten entry for S&G. But the overall feel of Still Crazy was of a jazzy style subtly augmented with strings and horns. Perhaps more striking, however, was Simon's lyrical approach. Where Rhymin' Simon was the work of a confident family man, Still Crazy came off as a post-divorce album, its songs reeking of smug self-satisfaction and romantic disillusionment. At their best, such sentiments were undercut by humor and made palatable by musical hooks, as on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," which became the biggest solo hit of Simon's career. But elsewhere, as on "Have a Good Time" (written for but not used in the film Shampoo and perhaps intended to express the shallow feelings of the main character), the singer's cynicism seemed unearned. Still, as out of sorts as Simon may have been, he was never more in tune with his audience: Still Crazy topped the charts, spawned four Top 40 hits, and won Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Vocal Performance. [In 2004, Warner Strategic Marketing reissued Simon's studio albums as remastered editions with bonus tracks, packaged in a cardboard digipack. Like the other Simon reissues in this series, the remastering is excellent. Still Crazy has the fewest number of bonus tracks out of any of the reissues -- just two previously unreleased cuts, one a loose and appealing demo of "Slip Slidin' Away" (later released on the compilation Greatest Hits, Etc.), the other a demo of "Gone at Last" recorded with the Jessy Dixon Singers that plays up the song's gospel origins quite expertly.] ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Anthony Maggioro Cover Design April Milek Project Assistant Art Garfunkel Vocals, Producer Barry Beckett Piano (Electric), Piano Bill Inglot Remastering, Reissue Supervisor Bob James String Arrangements, Piano (Electric), Woodwind Arrangement Bob James & Creations String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement Brian Kehew Project Assistant Burt Szerlip Engineer Chicago Community Choir Vocals (Background) Cory Frye Project Assistant Dan Hersch Remastering Dave Matthews Horn Arrangements David Hood Bass David McLees Reissue Supervisor David Sanborn Saxophone Eddie Daniels Saxophone Edie Baskin Cover Photo Ginger Dettman Project Assistant Glenn Berger Engineer Gordon Edwards Bass Grady Tate Drums Greg Allen Reissue Art Director, Design, Reissue Design Hugh Brown Project Assistant Hugh McCracken Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) Jerry Friedman Guitar (Electric) Jerry Masters Engineer Jessy Dixon Singers Vocals (Background) Joe Beck Guitar (Electric) Joey Helguera Project Assistant John Berg Cover Design John Strother Project Assistant John Tropea Guitar (Electric) Karen LeBlanc Project Assistant Ken Asher Organ, Piano (Electric) Leon Pendarvis Piano Marc Salata Project Assistant Mark McKenna Project Assistant Michael Brecker Saxophone, Soloist Mike Engstrom Project Assistant Patti Austin Vocals (Background) Paul Simon String Arrangements, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Horn Arrangements, Guitar (Electric), Producer Pete Carr Guitar (Electric) Phil Ramone Engineer, Producer Phil Woods Saxophone, Soloist Phoebe Snow Vocals (Background), Vocals Ralph MacDonald Percussion Randy Perry Project Assistant Richard Tee Piano Robin Hurley Reissue Supervisor Roger Hawkins Drums Simon & Garfunkel Vocals Sivuca Accordion, Soloist, Vocals Steve Gadd Drums Steve Woolard Project Assistant Steven Chean Project Assistant Ted Hughes Author Tim Scanlin Project Assistant Tony Levin Bass Toots Thielemans Harmonica Valerie Simpson Vocals (Background) Vanessa Atkins Project Assistant