Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel

Last updated
Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
TalesfromNewYork.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Simon and Garfunkel
ReleasedMarch 28, 2000
Recorded1964–1975
Genre Folk rock
Length115:22
Label Columbia Records
Simon and Garfunkel chronology
Two Can Dream Alone
(2000)		Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
(2000)		 The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970)
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]

Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel is a 40-track expanded version of The Best of Simon and Garfunkel compilation album, and the first 2-CD double album of greatest hits by the duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on March 28, 2000.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "The Sound of Silence"
  2. "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."
  3. "The Sun Is Burning"
  4. "Peggy-O"
  5. "Benedictus"
  6. "He Was My Brother"
  7. "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'"
  8. "Homeward Bound"
  9. "I Am a Rock"
  10. "Kathy's Song"
  11. "April Come She Will"
  12. "Leaves That Are Green"
  13. "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall"
  14. "The Dangling Conversation"
  15. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
  16. "Patterns"
  17. "Cloudy"
  18. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her"
  19. "Save the Life of My Child"
  20. "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"

Disc 2

  1. "A Hazy Shade of Winter"
  2. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
  3. "At the Zoo"
  4. "Fakin' It"
  5. "Punky's Dilemma"
  6. "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies"
  7. "Mrs. Robinson"
  8. "Old Friends/Bookends"
  9. "The Boxer"
  10. "Baby Driver"
  11. "Keep the Customer Satisfied"
  12. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"
  13. "Bridge over Troubled Water"
  14. "Cecilia"
  15. "The Only Living Boy in New York"
  16. "Bye Bye Love"
  17. "Song for the Asking"
  18. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"
  19. "America"
  20. "My Little Town"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [3] 3× Platinum45,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [4] Gold50,000^
Sweden (GLF) [5] Gold40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon & Garfunkel</span> American folk music duo

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo comprising the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music acts of the 1960s. Their most famous recordings include three US number ones—"The Sound of Silence" and the two Record of the Year Grammy winners "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Water"—and "Homeward Bound", "I Am a Rock", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "America", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia".

<i>The Graduate</i> (soundtrack) 1968 soundtrack album by Simon & Garfunkel

The Graduate is a 1968 album of songs and music from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols' movie The Graduate. It includes five songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, including "Mrs. Robinson", a work in progress which Simon adapted to fit the movie, along with several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. Released January 21 on Columbia Masterworks, the album was produced by Teo Macero. In March of the following year, Simon and Grusin won the 1968 Grammy Award for "Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special". "Mrs Robinson" received the Grammy for "Record of the Year", whilst Simon & Garfunkel collected the "Best Contemporary-pop Performance, Vocal Duo or Group" award.

<i>Simon and Garfunkels Greatest Hits</i> 1972 compilation album

Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits is the first compilation album from Simon & Garfunkel, which was released on June 14, 1972, two years after Simon & Garfunkel had parted ways.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Art Garfunkel</span> American singer (born 1941)

Arthur Ira Garfunkel is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland. Their combined presence in music began in the 1950s, and throughout the 1960s the duo of Simon & Garfunkel achieved great chart success with tracks such as "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "Scarborough Fair", "The Boxer" and "Bridge over Troubled Water". The latter song's title also served as the name of Simon & Garfunkel's final album in 1970. Simon & Garfunkel split for personal reasons, but the pair have occasionally reunited in the years since. Both men experienced success in solo careers in the years following the duo's breakup.

<i>Live from New York City, 1967</i> 2002 live album by Simon & Garfunkel

Live from New York City, 1967 is the second live album by Simon & Garfunkel, recorded at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, on 22 January 1967. The album was released on the Columbia Legacy CK 61513 label on 16 July 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bridge over Troubled Water (song)</span> 1970 song by Simon & Garfunkel

"Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was written by Paul Simon and produced by Simon, Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee.

<i>Old Friends: Live on Stage</i> 2004 live/video album by Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel's Old Friends: Live On Stage is the third live album and documentary from their highly successful "Old Friends" reunion concert tour of 2003, with The Everly Brothers as special guests. The "double album" was available as either a 2-CD set or a DVD, separately, or together as a 3-disc package. Both the 2-CD set and DVD were released in December 2004.

<i>The Best of Simon and Garfunkel</i> 1999 greatest hits album by Simon & Garfunkel

The Best of Simon and Garfunkel is the fifth compilation album of greatest hits by Simon & Garfunkel, released by Columbia Records in 1999, containing 20 tracks.

<i>The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970)</i> 2001 box set by Simon & Garfunkel

The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) is the third box set of Simon & Garfunkel recordings, released in 2001 by Columbia Records. This 5-CD set contains all of their studio albums from 1964 to 1970. The CDs are packaged in miniature recreations of the original LP jackets, and an annotated booklet is also included.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)</span> Single by Simon & Garfunkel

"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" is a song by folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon and originally released on their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Cash Box called it a "sparkling, spirited lid".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon & Garfunkel discography</span>

Simon & Garfunkel, an American singer-songwriter duo, has released five studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, four live albums, one extended play, twenty-six singles, one soundtrack, and four box sets since 1964. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel first formed a duo in 1957 as Tom & Jerry, before separating and later reforming as Simon & Garfunkel.

<i>Collected Works</i> (Simon and Garfunkel album) 1981 box set by Simon and Garfunkel

Collected Works is the first box set released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1981. It contains all five of their Studio albums: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., Sounds of Silence, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Bookends, and Bridge over Troubled Water. Originally released in 1981 as a 5-LP box set, it was reissued as a 3-CD set in 1990.

<i>Old Friends</i> (1997 Simon and Garfunkel album) 1997 box set by Simon and Garfunkel

Old Friends is the second box set of Simon & Garfunkel songs, released in November 1997. The three-disc anthology collects most of the duo's best-known works, as well as previously unreleased outtakes. Some of these outtakes later appeared on the reissues of Simon & Garfunkel's five studio albums, as well as the subsequent boxed set The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970).

<i>Sounds of Silence</i> 1966 studio album by Simon & Garfunkel

Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., and later on the soundtrack to the movie The Graduate. Without the knowledge of Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel, electric guitars, bass and drums were overdubbed under the direction of Columbia Records staff producer Tom Wilson on June 15, 1965. This new version was released as a single in September 1965, and opens the album.

<i>Bridge over Troubled Water</i> 1970 studio album by Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love".

<i>The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings</i> 1981 compilation album by Simon & Garfunkel

The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings is the second compilation album of greatest hits by Simon & Garfunkel, first issued in November 1981, 2 months after performing at the landmark The Concert in Central Park.

<i>20 Greatest Hits</i> (Simon & Garfunkel album) 1991 compilation album by Simon & Garfunkel

20 Greatest Hits is the third compilation album of greatest hits by Simon & Garfunkel, released in Australia and Asia in August 1991.

<i>The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel</i> 1991 compilation album by Simon & Garfunkel

The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel is the fourth compilation album of greatest hits by the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in UK & Europe in 1991.

<i>The Concert in Central Park</i> 1982 live album by Simon & Garfunkel

The Concert in Central Park is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on February 16, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded on September 19, 1981, at a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City, where the pair performed in front of 500,000 people. A film of the event was shown on TV and released on video. Proceeds went toward the redevelopment and maintenance of the park, which had deteriorated due to lack of municipal funding. The concert and album marked the start of a three-year reunion of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

<i>Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection</i> 2014 box set by Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection is the fifth box set of Simon & Garfunkel recordings. This 12-CD Set contains all five of their studio albums from 1964 to 1970, as well as the soundtrack album from The Graduate from 1968, the 1972 Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits compilation album, and four previously released live concert recordings. The CDs are packaged in miniature recreations of the original LP jackets, and an annotated booklet is included.

References

  1. ↑ link
  2. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ "RIANZ - Top 50 Albums". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand . Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 950. ISBN   8480486392.
  5. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – Simon and Garfunkel – Tales from New York". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved May 4, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.