release date: Aug. 25, 1986
format: vinyl (92 54471) / cd (2012 remaster - 25th Anniversary Edition)
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,28]
producer: Paul Simon
label: Warner Bros. - nationality: USA
7th solo studio album by Paul Simon following three years after Hearts and Bones (1983). The album is Simon's multi-platinum best-selling album (5 x Platinum in the US, 8 x Platinum in Australia, 7 x Platinum in the UK, and 3 x Platinum in Germany selling a total of more than 16 mio. copies worldwide). Paul Simon and the album won several prizes and it only received very positive reviews and it's rightfully enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone, Blender, The Independent 5 / 5 stars ]
