| Still Crazy After All These Years | ||||
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| Studio album by Paul Simon | ||||
| Released | October 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 36:25 (original album) 45:32 (2004 CD reissue) |
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| Label | Columbia, then Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Paul Simon, Phil Ramone | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B)[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[3] |
Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth studio album by Paul Simon. Recorded in 1975, the album produced four US Top 40 hits, "Gone at Last" (#23), "My Little Town" (#9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (#1) and the title track (#40). It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1976. In Simon's acceptance speech for the Album of the Year award, on February 28, he jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder, who had won the award the two previous years for Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale, for not releasing an album that year [4]. (Wonder won the award again for Songs in the Key of Life in 1977.)
The liner notes for "My Little Town" contain this quote from "Crow" by Ted Hughes:
"My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partner Art Garfunkel on record for the first time since 1970.
Simon credits studio drummer Steve Gadd with creating the unique drum beat that became the hook for "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover".
Simon came up with the phrase "Still Crazy After All These Years" for the title track. He then created a story to go with it. The song's unusual chord changes were inspired by bassist and composer Chuck Israels with whom Simon was studying with at the time.
Rosemary Clooney recorded a jazz-flavored version of "Still Crazy After All These Years" for her album Still on the Road (1993).
Karen Carpenter covered the song for her self-titled solo album (1996).
The song was also covered by Willie Nelson on the Soundtrack of the motion picture Space Cowboys (2000).
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All songs were written by Paul Simon.
Bonus tracks 2004 CD reissue
| Year | Country | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | United States | The Billboard Pop Albums | 1 |
| United Kingdom | UK Albums Chart | 6 | |
| Canada | Canadian Albums Chart[5] | 8 | |
| Norway | VG-lista | 8 | |
| Sweden | Swedish Albums Chart | 9 | |
| Holland | Mega Charts | 11 | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Albums Chart | 24 | |
| Finland | Suomen virallinen lista | 29 |
| Preceded by Rock of the Westies by Elton John |
Billboard 200 number-one album December 6 - December 12, 1975 |
Succeeded by Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits by Chicago |
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