Still Crazy After All These Years

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Still Crazy After All These Years
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Studio album by
Paul Simon
ReleasedOctober 17, 1975 (1975-10-17) [1]
RecordedMay and June 1975
Studio A&R Recording, New York City [2]
Genre Folk rock, pop rock, soul
Length35:24
Label Columbia
Producer Paul Simon, Phil Ramone
Paul Simon chronology
Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
(1974)		Still Crazy After All These Years
(1975)		 Greatest Hits, Etc.
(1977)
Singles from Still Crazy After All These Years
  1. "Gone at Last"
    Released: August 1975
  2. "My Little Town"
    Released: October 1975
  3. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
    Released: December 1975
  4. "Still Crazy After All These Years"
    Released: March 1976
Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
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Christgau's Record Guide B [6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [8]
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Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
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Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by Paul Simon. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (No. 1), "Gone at Last" (No. 23, credited to Paul Simon/Phoebe Snow), "My Little Town" (No. 9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), and the title track (No. 40). It won two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1976.

Contents

"My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partner Art Garfunkel on record for the first time since 1970, while "Gone at Last" was a duet between Simon and Phoebe Snow. Two tracks featured members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as a backing band.

The title track has been recorded by Rosemary Clooney (on her 1993 album Still on the Road ), Ray Charles (on his 1993 album My World), Karen Carpenter (on her self-titled solo album released posthumously in 1996), Willie Nelson (on the soundtrack of the 2000 motion picture Space Cowboys ), and Robert Ellis (on his 2016 self-titled solo album).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Paul Simon

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Still Crazy After All These Years"3:26
2."My Little Town"3:51
3."I Do It for Your Love"3:35
4."50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"3:37
5."Night Game"2:58
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Gone at Last"3:40
2."Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy"3:14
3."Have a Good Time"3:26
4."You're Kind"3:20
5."Silent Eyes"4:12
Total length:35:24

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [26] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [28] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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