There are many reasons to love this LP. Paul's fourth solo album brought him back with Art Garfunkel on 'My Little Town' and the amazing Phoebe Snow joined him on the bouncing, rollicking 'Gone at Last'. Phoebe was also singing background on the #1 single '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover'. Paul only mentions 5 ways to leave, the other 45 must be left up to the individual !!
The imagery in 'My Little Town' hits home for me. Brought up in the north of England living next to the gasworks, everything was covered in coal dust ..
"And after it rains
There's a rainbow
And all of the colors are black
It's not that the colors aren't there
It's just imagin-ation they lack"
Add my favourite bass player to the mix and this album just gets better and better. Tony Levin appears on 7 tracks including the aforementioned '50 Ways ..' and sprinkles even more magic on the production.
Before this album there was 'There Goes Rhymin' Simon' - and after it came 'Gracelands'. A trifecta of brilliance.
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