03.01.2007.

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SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)

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When a retrofit of electric guitars transformed "Sounds of Silence" into Simon & Garfunkel's folk-rock entrée, the partners and their label hastily followed with a like-titled album mixing Paul Simon's acoustic folk songs with pled-in bids for radio play. By contrast, this successor, released less than a year later, more coherently and convincingly reveals Simon's broadening horizons as a writer and the duo's nascent studio perfectionism. The title song remains a haunting signature piece, relying on acoustic guitar and harpsichord to carry its contrapuntal marriage of English ballad and antiwar plaint; such acoustic delicacy prevails throughout and as proven more durable than by-the-numbers wattage. The first great S&G album, the set includes "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "Homeward Bound," "Dangling Conversation," and Art Garfunkel's luminous solo piece, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her."

01. Scarborough Fair - Canticle
02. Patterns
03. Cloudy
04. Homeward Bound
05. Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, The
06. 59th Street Bridge Song, The (Feeling Groovy)
07. Dangling Conversation, The
08. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
09. Simple Desultory Philippic,
10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
11. Poem On An Underground Wall, A
12. 7 O' Clock News - Silent Night