There Goes Rhymin' Simon

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There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	May 5, 1973
Recorded	Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Malaco Recording Studios (Jackson, MS), Morgan Studios (London)
Genre	Rock
Length	31:31
Label	Columbia, then Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Paul Samwell-Smith, Roy Halee
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link Rolling Stone (favorable) 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. The album contains songs covering several styles and genres, such as Gospel (Loves Me Like A Rock) and Dixieland (Take Me to the Mardi Gras). The album featured two U.S. #2 hits: "Love Me Like a Rock" and "Kodachrome".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Re-issued on CD 3 Personnel 4 Miscellaneous

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Simon

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 with four bonus tracks:

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] Personnel

Paul Simon - vocals, guitar

• The Dixie Hummingbirds - vocals
• Bob James - keyboards
• Quincy Jones - string arrangements
• Grady Tate - drums
• Pete Carr - guitar
• Bob Cranshaw - bass
• Airto Moreira - percussion
• Barry Beckett - piano, vibraphone
• Cornell Dupree - guitar
• Don Elliott - vibraphone
• Gordon Edwards - bass
• Alexander Gafa - guitar
• Paul Griffin - piano
• Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion
• David Hood - bass
• Rev. Claude Jeter - falsetto vocals
• Jimmy Johnson - electric guitar
• Rick Marotta - drums
• Del Newman - string arrangements
• Onward Brass Band - horns
• Jerry Puckett - guitar
• Vernie Robbins - bass
• Bobby Scott - piano
• David Spinozza - guitar
• Allen Toussaint - horn arrangements
• Terre Roche - vocals
• James Straud - drums
• Carson Witsett - organ
• Maggie Roche - vocals

[edit] Miscellaneous

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 was not a hit in Britain, where it could not be played on British radio due to its trademarked name.