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Stranger To Stranger [音乐] 豆瓣
8.5 (16 个评分) Paul Simon 类型: 民谣
发布日期 2016年6月3日 出版发行: Concord Music Group
'The idea is not to just make another album,' Simon explains. 'The idea is to make something that s really worth a listen.'
For anyone who s been listening to great music during the past half-century, Paul Simon is certainly no stranger. So one of the most remarkable things about his extraordinary new masterpiece, Stranger to Stranger Paul Simon s 13th solo record is that it conjures a vivid and vital new context to his well-established genius as a singer and songwriter. Full of thrilling textures that feel fresh and modern, while still offering subtle and artful allusions to our shared musical past, Stranger to Stranger presents the perfect opportunity to get to know Paul Simon in a new way.
A significant sonic breakthrough on Stranger to Stranger came when Simon wrote the song 'Insomniac s Lullaby,' and found himself reminded of the musical possibilities first suggested by Harry Partch the 20th Century American composer and theorist who created custom-made instruments in microtonal tunings. Besides recording sounds from various Partch instruments, one of the key realizations Simon gathered from Partch was the observation that singing in music is akin to human speech, and Simon started to shape vocal lines on the album that way.
Stranger to Stranger allows the listener to experience Simon s singular voice with the shock of the new. Here, his strong voice and conversational lyrics usher us into a brave new musical world where expectations are defied and exceeded, as they were thirty years ago with another masterpiece, Graceland.
On Stranger to Stranger, Simon worked with old friend and collaborator Roy Halee a name familiar from countless recordings now rightly considered classic. 'It s about getting you to actually hear something in a new way. It s about making music that sounds old and new at the same time; music with a sense of mystery,' says Simon.
Paul Simon s collage of sounds for Stranger to Stranger also includes the Italian electronic dance music artist Clap! Clap!, whose sound he ended up putting on three of the tracks ('The Werewolf,' 'Wristband' and 'Street Angel').
'Sound is the theme of this album as much as it s about the subjects of the individual songs. If people get that, I ll be pleased,' explains Simon.... 'The right song at the right time can live for generations. A beautiful sound, well that's forever.'
The Paul Simon Songbook [音乐] 豆瓣
8.3 (7 个评分) Paul Simon 类型: 民谣
发布日期 2004年3月23日 出版发行: Sony
保羅·賽門,全名保羅·費德瑞克·賽門是美國一位流行音樂歌手、唱作人、吉他手,音樂製作人;也是六十年代著名民謠音樂二人合唱團賽門與葛芬柯其中一員。
The Essential [音乐] 豆瓣
Paul Simon 类型: 民谣
发布日期 2007年6月26日 出版发行: Warner Bros / Wea
In celebration of Paul Simon's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, The Essential Paul Simon brings together all of his hits and favorite tracks in the most expansive, solo career-spanning compilation issued for the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
The Essential Paul Simon [音乐] 豆瓣
Paul Simon 类型: 民谣
发布日期 2007年6月26日 出版发行: Warner Bros / Wea
In celebration of Paul Simon's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, The Essential Paul Simon brings together all of his hits and favorite tracks in the most expansive, solo career-spanning compilation issued for the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
One-Trick Pony [音乐] 豆瓣
Paul Simon 类型: 流行
发布日期 2004年7月13日 出版发行: Rhino / Wea
This energetic 1980 studio release contains many of the songs featured in the film Simon wrote and starred in. Contains the hit single "Late In The Evening," as well as four previously unreleased bonus tracks, including the non-album track "Soft Parachutes" from the film.
Hearts and Bones [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2004年7月13日 出版发行: Rhino Records
Featuring contributions from Nile Rodgers, Phillip Glass, Al DiMeola, and others, 1983's Hearts And Bones is at once personal and ambitious, incorporating jazz fusion into Simon's signature rock/pop/doo wop vocabulary. Includes four previously unreleased bonus tracks.