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Still Crazy After All These Years

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1975 studio album by Paul Simon
Still Crazy After All These Years
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 1975 (1975-10-25)[1]
StudioA&R Recording, New York[2]
GenreJazz pop[3]
Length35:24
LabelColumbia
Producer
Paul Simon chronology
Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
(1974)		Still Crazy After All These Years
(1975)		Greatest Hits, Etc.
(1977)
Singles from Still Crazy After All These Years
  1. "Gone at Last"
    Released: August 1975
  2. "My Little Town"
    Released: October 1975
  3. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
    Released: December 1975
  4. "Still Crazy After All These Years"
    Released: March 1976
Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[4]
BlenderStarStarStarStar[5]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStar[6]
Christgau's Record GuideB[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[9]
The GuardianStarStarStarStar[10]
Record CollectorStarStarStarStar[11]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStarStar[12]
UncutStarStarStarStar[13]

Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solostudio album by American singer-songwriterPaul Simon, released on October 25, 1975, byColumbia Records. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (No. 1), "Gone at Last" (No. 23, credited to Paul Simon/Phoebe Snow), "My Little Town" (No. 9, credited toSimon & Garfunkel), and thetitle track (No. 40). It won twoGrammy Awards forAlbum of the Year andBest Male Pop Vocal Performance in1976.

Recording

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"My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partnerArt Garfunkel on record for the first time since 1970, while "Gone at Last" was a duet between Simon andPhoebe Snow. Two tracks featured members of theMuscle Shoals Rhythm Section as a backing band.

Covers

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The title track has been recorded byRosemary Clooney (on her 1993 albumStill on the Road),Ray Charles (on his 1993 albumMy World),Karen Carpenter (on herself-titled solo album released posthumously in 1996) andWillie Nelson (on the soundtrack of the 2000 motion pictureSpace Cowboys).

"I Do It for Your Love" was covered byDavid Sanborn on hisself-titled 1976 album, as well asKaren Carpenter, andHerbie Hancock on his albumPossibilities (2005) featuring Paul Simon.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Paul Simon.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Still Crazy After All These Years"3:26
2."My Little Town"3:51
3."I Do It for Your Love"3:35
4."50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"3:37
5."Night Game"2:58
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Gone at Last"3:40
7."Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy"3:14
8."Have a Good Time"3:26
9."You're Kind"3:20
10."Silent Eyes"4:12
Total length:35:24

Personnel

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Production

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  • Paul Simon – producer
  • Phil Ramone – producer, engineer
  • Jerry Masters – engineer (2)
  • Glenn Berger – recording
  • Bert Szerlip – recording
  • John Berg – design
  • Anthony Maggiore – design
  • Edie Baskin – cover photography

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1975–76)Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[14]39
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[15]8
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[16]11
Finnish Albums Chart[17]29
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[18]18
New Zealand Albums Chart[19]24
Norwegian Albums Chart[20]8
Swedish Albums Chart[21]9
UK Albums Chart[22]6
United StatesBillboard Pop Albums[23]1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1975)Position
Canadian Albums Chart[24]82
Chart (1976)Position
Canadian Albums Chart[25]64
U.S.Billboard Year-End[26]14

Certifications

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[27]Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA)[29]Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^"Still Crazy After All These Years".The Paul Simon Official Site. RetrievedNovember 1, 2025.
  2. ^"New York, New York 1975: Oh What a Year!".mixonline.com. October 2015.
  3. ^MacFarlane, Thomas (September 29, 2016).Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion.Lanham, Maryland:Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58.ISBN 9781442257696.
  4. ^Ruhlmann, William."Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon".AllMusic. RetrievedJuly 20, 2012.
  5. ^Powers, Ann (November 2006). "Back Catalogue: Paul Simon".Blender. No. 53. New York.
  6. ^Kot, Greg (October 14, 1990)."The Evolution Of Simon's Diverse Solo Career".Chicago Tribune. RetrievedJanuary 22, 2018.
  7. ^Christgau, Robert (1981)."S".Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies.Ticknor and Fields.ISBN 0-89919-026-X. RetrievedMarch 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  8. ^Larkin, Colin (2011). "Simon, Paul".The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.).Omnibus Press.ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  9. ^Browne, David (January 18, 1991)."Rating Paul Simon's albums".Entertainment Weekly. New York. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2016.
  10. ^Sweeting, Adam (August 6, 2004)."Paul Simon,Still Crazy After All These Years".The Guardian. London. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2020.
  11. ^"Paul Simon:Still Crazy After All These Years".Record Collector. London. p. 97.[With] Simon enlisting a crack squad of New York jazz session players for a record that was clearly more personal than anything that had gone before.
  12. ^Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Paul Simon". InBrackett, Nathan;Hoard, Christian (eds.).The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.).Fireside Books. pp. 736–37.ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  13. ^Torn, Luke (October 2004). "St. Paul's Gospel".Uncut. No. 89. London.
  14. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992.St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  15. ^Library and Archives Canada.Archived 2015-11-18 at theWayback Machine Retrieved 2012-02-12
  16. ^"dutchcharts.nl Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years"(ASP).dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch).MegaCharts. RetrievedAugust 28, 2011.
  17. ^Pennanen, Timo (2006).Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263.ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  18. ^Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese).Roppongi,Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006.ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  19. ^"charts.nz – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years"(ASP).Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. RetrievedAugust 28, 2011.
  20. ^"norwegiancharts.com Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin' Simon"(ASP). RetrievedAugust 19, 2011.
  21. ^"swedishcharts.com Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years"(ASP).Sverigetopplistan. RetrievedAugust 28, 2011.
  22. ^"The Official Charts Company – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years"(PHP).UK Albums Chart. RetrievedAugust 19, 2011.
  23. ^Allmusic – Still Crazy After All These Years> Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  24. ^"RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975".RPM. Archived fromthe original on July 24, 2013. RetrievedOctober 10, 2011.
  25. ^"RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976".RPM. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2014. RetrievedOctober 3, 2011.
  26. ^"Top Pop Albums of 1976". Archived fromthe original on September 26, 2007. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2007.
  27. ^"Canadian album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years".Music Canada.
  28. ^"British album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years".British Phonographic Industry.
  29. ^"American album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years".Recording Industry Association of America.
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