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Paul Simon - 2018 - In the Blue Light (HDtracks) [[email protected]]
Artist: Paul Simon
Title: In the Blue Light (HDtracks)
Format: WEB, 10 x files FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 96kHz (HDtracks)
Producer: Paul Simon, Roy Halee
Release Date: September 7, 2018
Recorded: 2018 at Avatar Studios, Power Station at BerkleeNYC, Sear Sound
Label: Legacy Recordings
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, World & Country, Singer-Songwriter
Duration: 43:52
Includes: 12 Page Digital Booklet
Paul Simon:
Wikipedia:
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote nearly all of the pair's songs, including three that reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts: "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge over Troubled Water".
The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity and Simon began a successful solo career as a guitarist and singer-songwriter, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years. In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music, which sold 14 million copies worldwide on its release and remains his most popular solo work. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony (1980) and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman (1998) with the poet Derek Walcott. On June 3, 2016, Simon released his 13th solo album, titled Stranger to Stranger, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Album Chart and the UK charts.
Simon has earned sixteen Grammys for his solo and collaborative work, including three for Album of the Year (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years, Graceland), and a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine named Simon as one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists. In 2015, he was named as one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters by Rolling Stone. Among many other honors, Simon was the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. In 1986, Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.
In the Blue Light:
Wikipedia:
In the Blue Light is the fourteenth solo studio album by American folk rock singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Produced by Paul Simon and Roy Halee, it was released on September 7, 2018, through Legacy Recordings. The album consists of re-recordings of select lesser-known songs from Simon's catalog, often altering their original arrangements, harmonic structures, and lyrics. The songs were recorded with guests including the instrumental ensemble yMusic, guitarist Bill Frisell, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the National's Bryce Dessner. The album's title is a reference to the lyrics in the song "How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns" from the 1980 album One-Trick Pony.
In an interview for CBC Radio, Simon confirmed that more songs were recorded during sessions for the album but ultimately left off the finished record. Outtakes include a number of unspecified songs from You're the One and a re-recording of "The Sound of Silence" with yMusic based on the arrangement of Simon's live version from recent years. If and how those songs will be released remains unknown.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Paul Simon designed In the Blue Light as a way to focus attention on songs of his that he believed never got the acknowledgment they deserved. It's a reflective project, so it's fitting that it arrived in September of 2018, as Simon was in the process of wrapping up a farewell tour. By their nature, farewell tours are exercises in nostalgia, but self-cover albums offer an artist an opportunity to surprise. That's an opportunity Paul Simon seizes on In the Blue Light. Working with a diverse set of collaborators, including Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, and Bryce Dessner of the National, Simon winds up with an elastic, elegant album that plays with jazz and chamber music as much as it does folk and worldbeat. With the exception of "Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy," whose flowing lines now seem abstract thanks to opaque cloisters of piano and saxophone, the arrangements aren't radically different, yet the execution differs wildly from the previous versions. Everything on In the Blue Light is deliberate, gentle, and subtle, placing as much emphasis on the words and melody as the instrumentation, which isn't necessarily the case with the dense original albums. It's possible to enjoy In the Blue Light as high-end background music, but it also rewards close listening, not only because the arrangements invite appreciation of the clever song construction but what the song selection reveals about what Simon thinks of his own work. Taken on that level, In the Blue Light shows he has the same affection for deep tracks as many of his fans -- "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor," "Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy," "René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War," and "Can't Run But," all being the relatively better-known songs that would snag the curious -- but it also shows that he thinks 2000's You're the One is underappreciated. A whopping four songs -- amounting to nearly half of Blue Light -- come from You're the One, including the epic seven-minute "Darling Lorraine," where Simon demonstrably acts out the lyrics. Here, it's possible to hear the lively wit not just in the song but in the performance, revealing that for this singer/songwriter, this is not a collection of confessions: this is craft, through and through.
Tracklist:
01. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor (4:00)
02. Love (4:10)
03. Can't Run But (3:29)
04. How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns (4:30)
05. Pigs, Sheep and Wolves (4:00)
06. René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War (4:43)
07. The Teacher (3:44)
08. Darling Lorraine (7:13)
09. Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy (3:59)
10. Questions for the Angels (4:01)
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