The Paul Simon Songbook

pastemagazine

Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Paul Simon’s proper debut album, which boasts a tracklist of songs that would live stronger lives elsewhere yet make for a vibrant, stripped-down introduction to one of the greatest songwriters of our time.

rollingstone

After Simon and Garfunkel's first album, 1964's Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m., stiffed, a bummed-out Paul Simon packed up and moved to London. There he might have remained, playing coffeehouses, if Wednesday Morning producer Tom Wilson hadn't come up with the clever idea of doctoring the album's "Sounds of Silence" with Byrds-style folk-rock instrumentation. The single […]