Surprise (Paul Simon album)

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Surprise
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	May 9, 2006
Recorded	2005 - 2006
Genre	Rock
Length	45:16
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Being There link Cluas link Enjoy the Music link Music Box Magazine link Pitchfork Media link Rolling Stone link
Paul Simon chronology
You're the One 2000 Surprise 2006 The Essential Paul Simon 2007

Surprise is an album released in 2006 by Paul Simon.

Recorded in collaboration with producer Brian Eno, this is Paul Simon's first studio album since You're the One in 2000. Eno is not credited as producer but as provider of "sonic landscape".

[edit] Track listing

1. "How Can You Live In the Northeast" – 3:42
2. "Everything About It Is A Love Song" – 3:57
3. "Outrageous" – 3:24 (Paul Simon, Brian Eno)
4. "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" – 3:57
5. "Wartime Prayers" – 4:49
6. "Beautiful" – 3:07
7. "I Don't Believe" – 4:09
8. "Another Galaxy" – 5:22 (Simon, Eno)
9. "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean" – 3:55 (Simon, Eno)
10. "That's Me" – 4:43
11. "Father and Daughter" – 4:11

All compositions by Paul Simon, except as indicated.

A 2006 tour was formed in the same name "The Surpise Tour". it went from June to November 2006

[edit] Personnel

• Paul Simon - Vocals, Guitar
• Adrian Simon - Vocals
• Jesse Dixon Singers - Vocals
• Vincent Nguini - Acoustic guitar
• Bill Frisell - Electric guitar
• Herbie Hancock - Piano
• Gil Goldstein - harmonium, keyboards
• Alex Al - Bass
• Abraham Laboriel - Bass
• Pino Palladino - Bass
• Leo Abrahams - Fretless bass
• Robin DiMaggio - Drums
• Steve Gadd - Drums
• Jamey Haddad - Percussion
• Brian Eno - Electronics, Sound landscape
• Andy Smith - Recording & programming
• Tchad Blake - Mixing

[edit] External links

• A Psychic Meltdown, Joined in Progress - brief analysis of "Everything About It Is a Love Song" by Tom Moon for NPR's Song of the Day.