Simon & Garfunkel

The first half of S&G's best original album is a complex song cycle about life and love in modern America. The second half offers one great tune after another, including "America," "Mrs. Robinson" and "A Hazy Shade of Winter." A dark and beautiful work that has lost little of its power over the years.

This record is worth getting, if only for the cover, which captures the amazing
resemblance of Simon and Garfunkel to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, respectively. Or
maybe Avedon has merely captured them at their high-fashion best. It is hard sometimes, to
find out who is putting whom on. Someone has succeeded. The music is, for me,
questionable, but I've always found their music questionable. It is nice enough,... More >