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Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds Of Silence (VG+/E) – LP, AU
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Sounds Of Silence is an LP by Simon & Garfunkel released on the CBS label.
About this album
Sounds of Silence cemented Simon & Garfunkel’s folk-rock breakthrough and helped turn Paul Simon’s songwriting into major pop culture currency. Issued in 1966, the album built on the surprise success of the title track and refined the duo’s blend of close harmonies, acoustic guitar and lightly electrified backing. Songs such as I Am a Rock, Kathy’s Song and Richard Cory showed Simon’s growing gift for concise, literate storytelling, while the record’s polished arrangements made their sound more accessible without losing its folk roots. It became an important bridge between the duo’s early folk identity and the broader mainstream success that followed.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Simon & GarfunkelLabel: CBS – SBP 233314Format: LP, Album, Reissue, StereoUnits: 1Country: AustraliaGenre: Pop & RockStyle: Classic Rock, Folk RockA1 The Sounds Of Silence
A2 Leaves That Are Green
A3 Blessed
A4 Kathy'S Song
A5 Somewhere They Can'T Find Me
A6 Anji
B1 Richard Cory
B2 A Most Peculiar Man
B3 April Come She Will
B4 We'Ve Got A Groovey Thing Goin'
B5 I Am A Rock