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    Electric Elle Bishop liked and reviewed Sounds of Silence
    
    This album has some of S&G’s most meaningful songs lyrically. We hear about Simon’s perception on the philosophy of life, running away from heartbreak, turning to God in times of loneliness, and... more
    
    This album has some of S&G’s most meaningful songs lyrically. We hear about Simon’s perception on the philosophy of life, running away from heartbreak, turning to God in times of loneliness, and relationships disintegrating in the pattern of the four seasons. Do not be fooled by the few upbeat rhythms and happy folky instruments, they’re actually all extremely depressing songs; it took me a few listens to understand what some of the lyrics actually meant. This album also contains one of my all time favourite songs; The Sound of Silence, words cannot describe how much that song means to me. I have listened and listened, brainstormed and torn the lyrics apart but there are so many beautiful metaphors that could be interpreted every which way, Paul’s dream is beautiful and in the end I will never worship the neon Gods that humanity has created, and brainwashed society into following.
    
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    AdamEyesd liked and reviewed Sounds of Silence
    
    Can remember this like it was yesterday. Another unforgettable song by Simon with unbelievable vocals by Garfunkel.
    
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    Reca de Paula liked and reviewed Sounds of Silence
    
    Music, beautiful music and poetry
    
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    ccqdesigns liked and reviewed Sounds of Silence
    
    I bought this album when it first came out, I think I may have been about 13. I know every work of every song on the album. And still do.
    
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One suspects that Paul Simon cringes a bit when he listens to Simon & Garfunkel's 1966 breakthrough release. Lines from "I Am a Rock" ("For a rock feels no pain / And an island never cries") and the title track ("Fools, said I, you do not know / Silence like a cancer grows") are the essence of sophomoric poetry. And who but a couple of self-serious young men would sequence the suicide odes "Richard Cory" and "A Most Peculiar Man" back to back? That said, every callow couplet found here is counterbalanced by words that are disarmingly guileless. The unabashed romanticism of "Kathy's Song" is truly poignant; it ranks with "For Emily" and "The Only Living Boy in New York" among the duo's most resplendent performances. "April Come She Will" has a similar innocent appeal, while the title track, despite its overwrought moments and Tom Wilson's tacked-on production, is a folk-rock landmark. It's not hard to find fault with The Sounds of Silence, but it's easier still to bask in its inchoate splendor. (The 2001 reissue adds the bonus track "The Blues Run the Game" plus three unreleased 1970 demos.) --Steven Stolder

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By Simon & Garfunkel, 2001

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