The Essential Simon and Garfunkel

The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
Greatest hits album by Simon and Garfunkel
Released October 14, 2003
Recorded 1964-1975
Genre Folk rock
Length 97:37
Label Columbia
Simon and Garfunkel chronology
Live from New York City, 1967
(2002)		 The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
(2003)		 Old Friends: Live on Stage
(2004)
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The Essential Simon & Garfunkel is the first double-disc best of compilation by Simon & Garfunkel.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 on November 1, 2003, at number 27. It spent 11 weeks on the chart. It was certified and awarded gold and platinum records on February 5, 2005 by the RIAA.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Paul Simon, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M" (Live)
  2. "Bleecker Street"
  3. "The Sound Of Silence"
  4. "Leaves That Are Green" (Live)
  5. "A Most Peculiar Man" (Live)
  6. "I Am A Rock"
  7. "Richard Cory"
  8. "Kathy's Song" (Live)
  9. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Garfunkel/Simon)
  10. "Homeward Bound"
  11. "Sparrow" (live)
  12. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
  13. "The Dangling Conversation"
  14. "A Poem On The Underground Wall" (Live)
  15. "A Hazy Shade Of Winter"
  16. "At The Zoo"

Disc two

  1. "Mrs. Robinson" (From The Graduate)
  2. "Fakin' It"
  3. "Old Friends"
  4. "Bookends Theme"
  5. "America"
  6. "Overs (Live)"
  7. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"
  8. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
  9. "Cecilia"
  10. "Keep The Customer Satisfied"
  11. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"
  12. "The Boxer"
  13. "Baby Driver"
  14. "The Only Living Boy In New York"
  15. "Song For The Asking"
  16. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Live)
  17. "My Little Town"

Bonus tracks

A version of this album was released in Australia and Europe which contained bonus tracks.[2] All songs composed by Paul Simon except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "The Sound Of Silence"
  2. "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M" (Live)
  3. "Bye Bye Love" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) (Live)
  4. "Bleecker Street"
  5. "I Am A Rock"
  6. "A Most Peculiar Man" (Live)
  7. "Richard Cory"
  8. "Kathy's Song" (Live)
  9. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Garfunkel/Simon)
  10. "Homeward Bound"
  11. "Sparrow" (Live)
  12. "Leaves That Are Green" (Live)
  13. "He Was My Brother"
  14. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (Live)
  15. "The Dangling Conversation"
  16. "A Poem On The Underground Wall" (Live)
  17. "Blessed" (Live)
  18. "Cloudy"
  19. ""Blues Run The Game" (Jackson C. Frank)
  20. "A Hazy Shade Of Winter"

Disc two

  1. "Mrs. Robinson" (From The Graduate)
  2. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
  3. "At The Zoo"
  4. "Fakin' It"
  5. "Old Friends"
  6. "Bookends Theme"
  7. "Punky's Dilemma"
  8. "Overs" (Live)
  9. "A Church Is Burning"(Live)
  10. "America"
  11. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Milchberg, Robles, Simon)
  12. "Cecilia"
  13. "Keep The Customer Satisfied"
  14. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"
  15. "The Boxer"
  16. "Baby Driver"
  17. "The Only Living Boy In New York"
  18. "Song For The Asking" (Live)
  19. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Live)
  20. "My Little Town"

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Review: The Essential Simon & Garfunkel (UK). Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-04-14.
  2. ^ Review of CD as well as track list for Australian release by allmusic
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