Simon and Garfunkel’s Concert In Central Park 1981

After about 11 years of being broken up, Simon and Garfunkel finally launched on a successful show and following tour of the 1980s. The starting point was this album, a rather well-rounded selection ofSimon and Garfunkel and solo hits from each artists. Some of the favorite cuts include the rather fast “Mrs. Robinson,” the lullaby-like “Scarborough Fair,” “Slip Sliding Away,” “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover,” “Kodachrome,” “The Boxer,” a beautiful and haunting version of “The Sound of Silence” and one of the best sunshine-amidst-the-darkness takes of the classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” The two singers may have differences on how they think their performance on this CD was, ranging from the bright, to “disaster (Art Garfunkel),” all this reviewer hears is golden bliss of two singers in top form. This record hit number 7 on the charts in 1982 and sparked the public’s interest in the duo’s work again, prompting the two to do a world tour throughout 1982-83. An album was even started, though it was never finished, due to drastic artistic differences. This album was later released as a Paul Simon album by the name of “Hearts and Bones.”