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日本でも1960年代当時から大人気を得ていたサイモン&ガーファンクルの、代表曲をほぼ網羅した、彼らのベスト盤。ドラマなどで使われ、現在でも若年層にリバイバルで注目されたりしているが、シンプルで奥深く、聴けば聴くほどに染み入る彼らの音楽は、やはり時代を超えて人に愛される、エヴァー・グリーンの輝きをもったもの。出世作「Sound of Silence」、政治的なメッセージが込められているとは思えない、天上の音楽のように美しい名曲「Scarborough Fair/Canticle」、渋谷系にも愛された「Hazy Shade of Winter」、アグレッシブなアコースティック「At the Zoo」、世紀の名曲「Only Living Boy in New York」など。(麻路 稔)
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Augmenting 1972's
Greatest Hits with additional tracks,
Best of... now stands as the preeminent one-disc introduction to the music of Simon & Garfunkel. Containing everything
Greatest Hits offered except for the live version of "59th Street Bridge Song" (the original studio hit resurfaces here) and the incandescent "Kathy's Song," the updated retrospective boasts 20 tracks, in contrast to its predecessor's 14 selections. Added to the mix are the likes of "Hazy Shade of Winter," "The Only Living Boy in New York," "Song for the Asking," and "My Little Town," a one-off the twosome did five years after they ended their phenomenally successful partnership. Remastered from the original source tapes,
Best of... also boasts far superior sound to the earlier hits collection.
--Steven Stolder