There Goes Rhymin' Simon

Infobox Album |
Name = There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Type = Album
Artist = Paul Simon


Released = May 5, 1973
Recorded = Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Malaco Recording Studios (Jackson, MS), Morgan Studios (London)
Genre = Rock
Length = 35:19
Label = Columbia, then Warner Bros.
Producer = Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Paul Samwell-Smith, Roy Halee
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mefibkg96akx link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1056&name=Paul+Simon link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulsimon/albums/album/98777/review/5945299/there_goes_rhymin_simon link]
Last album = "Paul Simon"
(1972)
This album = "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"
(1973)
Next album = ""
(1974)

"There Goes Rhymin' Simon" is a 1973 album by Paul Simon. It was ranked #267 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

On the "Billboard" 200 chart it reached number 2 (blocked by George Harrison's "Living in the Material World"), while in the United Kingdom it peaked at number 4. The album contains songs covering several styles and genres, such as gospel ("Loves Me Like a Rock") and dixieland ("Take Me to the Mardi Gras"). The album featured two U.S. #2 hits: "Love Me Like a Rock" and "Kodachrome". Simon received a Grammy nomination for this album in the category Best Male Pop Vocal performance in 1974.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Simon

#"Kodachrome"
#"Tenderness"
#"Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
#"Something So Right"
#"One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor"
#"American Tune"
#"Was a Sunny Day"
#"Learn How to Fall"
#"St. Judy's Comet"
#"Loves Me Like a Rock"

Re-issued on CD

In July 2004, the record was re-issued on CD with four bonus tracks:
#"Let Me Live in Your City" (work-in-progress)
#"Take Me to The Mardi Gras" (demo)
#"American Tune" (demo)
#"Loves Me Like a Rock" (demo)

Personnel

Paul Simon - vocals, guitar
*The Dixie Hummingbirds - vocals
*Bob James - keyboards
*Quincy Jones - string arrangements
*Grady Tate - drums
*Pete Carr - guitar
*Bob Cranshaw - bass
*Airto Moreira - percussion
*Barry Beckett - piano, vibraphone
*Cornell Dupree - guitar
*Don Elliott - vibraphone
*Gordon Edwards - bass
*Alexander Gafa - guitar
*Paul Griffin - piano
*Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion
*David Hood - bass
*Rev. Claude Jeter - falsetto vocals
*Jimmy Johnson - electric guitar
*Rick Marotta - drums
*Del Newman - string arrangements
*Onward Brass Band - horns
*Jerry Puckett - guitar
*Vernie Robbins - bass
*Bobby Scott - piano
*David Spinozza - guitar
*Allen Toussaint - horn arrangements
*Terre Roche - vocals
*James Straud - drums
*Carson Witsett - organ
*Maggie Roche - vocals

Miscellaneous

The song "Kodachrome" is named after the Kodak film of the same name. Kodak required the album to note that Kodachrome is a trademark of Kodak. The song became a major hit in the United States but was not released as a single in Britain, where it could not be played on BBC radio due to its trademarked name.