Simon & Garfunkel / Paul Simon Bridge Over Troubled Water

Release date: 18-07-2016(originally released in 1970)

 

2016 EU reissue vinyl LP-( 1970 ) 2018 EU reissue 180g LP- Bridge over Troubled Water, their classic album including hit singles: "The Boxer," "Cecilia," "El Condor Pasa," "Bye Bye Love" & the iconic title track which became an instant standard.

 

A1 Bridge Over Troubled Water

A2 El Condor Pasa

A3 Cecilia

A4 Keep The Customer Satisfied

A5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

 

B1 The Boxer

B2 Baby Driver

B3 The Only Living Boy In New York

B4 Why Don't You Write Me

B5 Bye Bye Love

B6 Song For The Asking

 

Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, originally released in January 1970. Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit for the Everly Brothers).

 

With the help of producer Roy Halee, the album followed a similar musical pattern as their Bookends, partly abandoning their traditional style in favor of a more creative sound, combining rock, R&B, gospel, jazz, world music, pop and other genres. After filming Catch-22, 

 

Both critically and commercially successful, the album topped the charts in over ten countries and received two Grammy Awards, plus four more for the title song. It sold around 25 million records and was ranked on several lists, including at number 51 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

180 gram audiophile vinyl

Remastered audio