The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin'

Performer: Paul Simon
Artist: Adrian Belew; Youssou N'Dour; The Everly Brothers; The Oak Ridge Boys
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Initial pressings included a live bonus disc. Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, sitar, horn); Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Milton Nascimento (vocals); Quincy Jones (conductor, arranger); Wallace Wilson (guitar); Dan Duggan (hamered dulcimer); Richard Tee, Larry Knechtel (piano); Neville Hinds (organ); Adrian Belew (synthesized guitar); Jackie Jackson, Tony Levin, Abraham Laboriel (bass); Winston Grennan (drums); Youssou N' Dour (percussion); Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson, Phoebe Snow, The Oak Ridge Boys (background vocals); The Everly Brothers; The Dixie Hummingbirds. Producers: Paul Simon, Roy Halee, The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, Phil Ramone, Russ Titelman. Compilation producers: Jeff Kramer, Eddie Simon, David McLees. Recorded between 1972 & 2002. Includes liner notes by David Wild. What's that? You ask how ON MY WAY differs from the other Paul Simon collection NEGOTIATIONS & LOVE SONGS? Well, for one thing the ensuing 14 years since the initial release of the latter gives this disc a considerable advantage by allowing for the inclusion of material from the Brazilian-inflected THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS and the similarly pancultural-sounding YOU'RE THE ONE, two of the finest albums in Simon's catalog. Naturally, as on NEGOTIATIONS, all the bases of Simon's '70s hits ("Kodachrome," "Loves Me Like a Rock," etc.) are covered, but there's also a bonus disc of previously unreleased live material. Even the much-maligned CAPEMAN project gets a fair hearing on this collection via "Adios Hermanos." So if you don't want to shell out for a box set, ON MY WAY is a pretty damn representative set.

Besides being one-half of pop's legendary duo Simon & Garfunkel would be enough for most people, but Paul Simon went on to reap just as much acclaim and success as a solo artist. In the 1970s, he was at the vanguard of the singer-songwriter movement, marrying brainy lyrics with sophisticated pop music. In the '80s, he was one of the first pop artists to successfully combine world music into his sound, resulting in the South African flavor of Simon's landmark GRACELAND album, and subsequent flirtations with Brazilian and Latin styles.

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