There Goes Rhymin' Simon

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There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	May 1973
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock
Length	31:31
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	?
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link
Paul Simon chronology
Paul Simon (1972)	There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)	Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' (1974)

There Goes Rhymin' Simon is a 1973 album by Paul Simon. It was ranked #267 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. On the Billboard 200 charts it reached number 2, in England it peaked at number 4.

On the album, several styles and genres of music are present. For instance, there is Gospel (Loves Me Like A Rock) and Dixieland (Take Me to the Mardi Gras).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Kodachrome"
2. "Tenderness"
3. "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
4. "Something So Right"
5. "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor"
6. "American Tune"
7. "Was a Sunny Day"
8. "Learn How to Fall"
9. "St. Judy's Comet"
10. "Loves Me Like a Rock"

[edit] Re-issued on CD

In July of 2004, the record was re-issued on CD. As a bonus, it had some extra tracks on it:

1. Let Me Live in Your City (work-in-progress)
2. Take Me to The Mardi Gras (demo)
3. American Tune (demo)
4. Loves Me Like a Rock (demo)

[edit] Miscellanea

The song "Kodachrome" is named after the Kodak film of the same name. Kodak required the album to note that Kodachrome is a trademark of Kodak. The song became a major hit in the United States, but it was not a hit in Britain, most likely because the song was unable to be played on British radio due to its trademarked name.