Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Remastered) (1973/2023) [SACD-Rip 24/88]

Sourced from the Original Analog Master Tapes: Hybrid SACD Reveals "Those Nice Bright Colors". Demonstrating a deep-seated flair for soul and R&B, Paul Simon recruited gospel backup singers and traveled to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios to further refine the vibrant sounds he desired for There Goes Rhymin' Simon. His instincts proved correct. Many rightly consider the iconic singer-songwriter's third album a masterpiece – one that, per critic Robert Christgau, "suggests a new grace and flexibility for the mass-pop mode, and invests small subjects and emotions with an almost luminous wit and awareness."

In the early '70s, Paul Simon sounded old before his time: while his harder-rocking peers were hanging on to themes of youthful rebellion and romantic obsession, Simon, already a pop veteran who'd notched records since his teens, focused on the smaller details and defining quirks of real life. His second solo album finds him regarding the passage of time and the fragility of relationships with his usual mix of smart-aleck observations and gentler, more deeply felt melancholy. "Kodachrome" was a breezy delight upon its release that now sounds prescient in its backwards glance at myths of youth, "An American Tune" sustains its mood of graceful maturity against a Bach-inspired guitar arrangement that's still gorgeous, and "Something So Right" remains Simon's most luminous declaration of love. Actually produced in varied studios with shifting session bands (including the chameleons in the Muscle Shoals Sound section), the set also introduced the Roches and notched Simon's first plunge into gospel on "Loves Me Like A Rock."

Tracklist:
01. Kodachrome
02. Tenderness
03. Take Me To The Mardi Gras
04. Something So Right
05. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor
06. American Tune
07. Was A Sunny Day
08. Learn How To Fall
09. St. Judy's Comet
10. Loves Me Like A Rock



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