WEEK OF THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE

Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Audio)

From Paul Simon's first true solo breakthrough, more determined than ever to prove that the singer-songwriter could surround himself with great musicians without their presence overshadowing the essence of his compositions, with arrangements often lavish but always serving his increasingly introspective and profound lyrics. This practice that he would continue from then on, always with musicians of remarkable resonance and technique. Here, for the record, we have Mr. Steve Gadd on drums, Tony Levin on bass, John Tropea on guitar, and the harmonies are in the capable hands of Phoebe Snow, Patti Austin, and Valerie Simpson. Well then. It was the grace year of 1975.