This Better Be Good

This Better Be Good was a compilation album by Paul Simon, issued in June 2009 on the Starbucks Entertainment record label in its Opus Collection series (catalog number OPCD-8321). The disc was exclusively available at US branches of the Starbucks stores. The tracks on this album were taken from all of Paul's solo albums (except The Paul Simon Songbook), up to and including the 2006 release Surprise.

Some of Simon's best known songs were left out in favor of lesser known tracks such as "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" (from Surprise) and "Senorita with a Necklace of Tears" (from You're the One). Bigger hits such as "You Can Call Me Al" and "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" were not included.

The iTunes version of the album also included a digital bonus track, "Questions for the Angels". It was a new track that had not been released in any other form. In 2011, it appeared on Simon's new studio album, So Beautiful or So What.

Track listing

1. Kodachrome
2. Peace like a River
3. Loves Me like a Rock
4. Late in the Evening
5. Slip Slidin' Away
6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
7. Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
8. Mother and Child Reunion
9. American Tune
10. Under African Skies
11. Senorita with a Necklace of Tears
12. Bernadette
13. Train in the Distance
14. The Obvious Child
15. Father and Daughter
16. Sure Don't Feel like Love
17. Questions for the Angels (iTunes bonus track; only available on iTunes and not included in the CD version)

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number 60 on July 11, 2009, which was also its peak position. It peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.