Hear all songs now! well.. 30 seconds of each


sounds good so far.


http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/p...#ancinhalt

I Paul Simon!

I've been waiting for a moment like this in his music.. though i never thought i would happen..

alright ... i gotta do this today ... i am afraid i do not have speakers at work ... so i forget about doin this ... when i get to my home office ... i am gonna listen to this !!!

SnidelyWhiplash said:

you got the whole thing yet?

no..... did u ???

SnidelyWhiplash said:

workin on it.. should be leaked within a few days

i dig the samples.. a few are hard to adjust to, but get better with each listen

Personnel: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Adrian Simon, Jesse Dixon Singers (vocals); Vincent Nguini (acoustic guitar); Bill Frisell (electric guitar); Herbie Hancock (piano); Gil Goldstein (harmonium, keyboards); Alex Al (bass instrument); Abraham Laboriel, Pino Palladino (bass guitar); Leo Abrahams (fretless bass); Robin DiMaggio, Steve Gadd (drums); Jamey Haddad (percussion); Brian Eno (electronics).

As a master craftsman of song, Paul Simon takes his time between albums. SURPRISE arrived six years after its 2000 predecessor YOU'RE THE ONE, but proved to be well worth the wait. In the realization of a process that was already beginning on that earlier album, SURPRISE fully assimilates the international influences of GRACELAND and RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS into a style that's equally polyrhythmic yet indebted to no lone cultural tradition. It doesn't hurt that this is a historic collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who's been delving into pan-ethnic waters since 1981's MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS.

For his part, Eno adds more electronics to the mix than Simon has ever employed before, but like the former's trademark, they're of a warm, organic nature. Ultimately, they add as much propulsion to the tunes as Simon's world-music percussionists of yore did, and they're fully integrated with Simon's own graceful acoustic guitar patterns. A continually evolving artist, Simon leaves structural convention ever further behind; the vocal syncopations and poetic imagery are unmistakable, but they consistently flout expectation. Lyrically, SURPRISE makes its post-9/11 and post-Katrina allusions clearly but subtly, joining with the electro-acoustic musical approach in making this an album of, but not bound to, its time.

i did finally get a chance to listen to some of the songs .... via your link ... thanks alot !!! ... i am psyched for this --- but the combination of Paul Simon and ... Brian Eno ... proves that good music is still out there !

may 9th.. please come soon


im in need of this

SnidelyWhiplash said:

This album does look to be a good release.
I've come to appreciate Paul Simon but I've always dug Brian Eno and most of the artists he works with.
And yes Snidley, there is still good music out there but you have to hunt it down.
To be honest, I find out about cool music a lot of the times by being on message boards like these.

leakleakleakleakleakleakleak


please!

its at no. 9 on the top sellers at amazon.com

Paul Simon is great.

Looking forward to hearing this album.

WillyWonka said:

me too.. i think its gonna contain a lot of substance.. those samples are killer.

let me ask a dumb question .... per your link above ... that has 4 songs .... in their entirety i presume??? whats to stop me .... apart from knowing it is illegal ... but ... cant someone just store or burn these songs ??? even tho one wouldnt have the whole album ... ???(sorry i am really young and naive about this whole cd burnin thing lol)

to answer your question, Yes they can.. Its easy to do, and its already been done.. in great quality..

You see, I think they realize this since the actual promo was of the four songs.. they realize that those songs were gonna get leaked anyway.. and i think its okay.

www.paulsimon.com

site has been updated to preview those four songs right now.. new website too!

Sweeny79 said:

http://music.barnesandnob...K=11118648

Another set of 30 second samples.. totally different from the other ones..


Enjoy!


gonna be a great record.

hey! this thing is fixing to get released in america..


they have done a good job of not getting it leaked...

Been listenin to There Goes Rhymin Simon to get into the swing of things for the new album


great album

9 more days???? still gonna be may 9??

SnidelyWhiplash said:

Yes.. so far thats what its planned..


I think releasing it first in America has eliminated the album being leaked...early that is
[Edited 5/1/06 22:51pm]

http://entertainment.circ...Oid=-13220


Samples at Circuit City

just leaked!

wowowowowowowowoowowooww

what a great album...

This album gettin my vote for Best of 06' so far...


great great great record.

yeaaa

so you are saying it is ... leaked ... thru the circuit city website??? thru that u can listen to all of the songs i presume ...