Still Crazy After All These Years

Still Crazy After All These Years is the title of an album by Paul Simon.

History

Paul Simon took this album in 1975 and showed five years after the separation of the duo Simon and Garfunkel that he still was one of the outstanding songwriters of the American music business. In the song My Little Town Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel since the separation in 1970 were for the first time in the studio together.

The first single release Gone at Last was destined to be an average success. After the album, however, had reached the top spot on the album charts in the U.S., was able to achieve in 1976 as the second single release also 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover first place in the singles charts. The song was titled 50 tips to leave him by Ulla Meinecke sung in German.

The Grammys 1976 Paul Simon then got a Grammy for Best Album and was named as the singer of the year. Five years after the Bridge over Troubled Water Paul Simon was once again the big winner of the Grammys. A third Grammy Award for best album of the year he was awarded in 1987 for Graceland. At the award ceremony in 1976, he thanked Stevie Wonder, who had released an album this year and therefore did not compete with Paul Simon. Wonder had received the prizes for the best album the last two years and a year later won again for Songs in the Key of Life.

Title list

All songs were written by Paul Simon and composed.

Bonus songs on the CD

In 2004, the album was re-released on CD and added two bonus tracks: a demo version of Slip Slidin 'Away, the first time on the Greatest Hits Etc. Album was released in 1977, as well as a demo version of Gone at Last.