NewCC0029: Paul Simon
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 05:28
Tags:
- Graceland (86): *****
- Paul Simon (72): **** 1/2
- Still Crazy After All These Years (75): **** 1/2
- Negotiations and Love Songs 1971 - 1986 (88): ****
- There Goes Rhymin' Simon (73): ****
- Greatest Hits Etc (77): ****
- Rhythm of the Saints (90): ****
- Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 (91): ****
- You're the One (00): ****
- Live Rhymin' (74): *** 1/2
- 1964 - 1993 (93): *** 1/2
- Hearts and Bones (83): *** 1/2
- Songs from the Capeman (97): ***
- One Trick Pony (80): ** 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever