The Rhythm Of The Saints [Remaster] by Paul Simon (CD, 2004, Legacy) *NEW*

Description: The Rhythm Of The Saint by Paul Simon [Remastered] [Bonus Tracks] [CD] Track Listing: 1 The Obvious Child2 Can't Run But3 The Coast4 Proof5 Further To Fly6 She Moves On7 Born At The Right Time8 The Cool, Cool River9 Spirit Voices10 The Rhythm Of The Saints11 Born At The Right Time (original acoustic demo) [Bonus Track]12 Thelma (outtake) [Bonus Track]13 The Coast (work-in-progress) [Bonus Track]14 Spirit Voice (work-in-progress) [Bonus Track]Originally released in 1990, this is a reissue of Paul Simons 2x Platinum album, THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS, which now includes bonus tracks not available on the original release. --- Though he recorded the album's prominent percussion tracks in Brazil, Paul Simon fashioned The Rhythm of the Saints as a deliberate follow-up to the artistic breakthrough and commercial comeback that was the South Africa-tinged Graceland. Several of the musicians who had appeared previously were back, along with some of the New York session players who had worked with Simon in the 1970s, and the overall sound was familiar to fans of Graceland. Further, Simon's nonlinear lyrical approach was carried over: he continued to ruminate about love, aging, and the onslaught of modern life in disconnected phrases and images that created impressions rather than telling straightforward stories. But where Graceland had seamlessly merged its styles into an exuberant whole, The Rhythm of the Saints was less well digested. Those drum tracks never seemed integrated effectively into what had been dubbed over them; at the same time, they tended to lock the songs into musical patterns that reined them in from the kind of excitement the South African music on Graceland generated, making the melodies harder to grasp. Simon also sang his lyrics in a less involved way, which sometimes made them seem like collections of random lines rather than the series of striking observations Graceland seemed to contain. No Paul Simon album could be lacking in craft or quality, and The Rhythm of the Saints was a typically tasteful effort. But this time around, Simon hadn't quite succeeded in bringing the wide-ranging elements together; the album sold about half as many copies as Graceland (that is to say, a none-too-shabby two million), and that's about right -- where Graceland was an adventure, The Rhythm of the Saints was more of an anthropology lesson. ~ William Ruhlmann, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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