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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme | 
| Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 55047
Media: LP Record
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 12.2 x 0.2
UPC: 090771523211
EAN: 0090771523211
ASIN: B001EQP9YG
Release Date: October 28, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Scarborough Fair/Canticle | | • | Patterns | | • | Cloudy | | • | Homeward Bound | | • | The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine | | • | The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) | | • | The Dangling Conversation | | • | Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall | | • | A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) | | • | For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her | | • | A Poem on the Underground Wall | | • | 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
When a retrofit of electric guitars transformed "Sounds of Silence" into Simon & Garfunkel's folk-rock entree, the partners and their label hastily followed with a like-titled album mixing Paul Simon's acoustic folk songs with plugged-in bids for radio play. By contrast, this successor, released less than a year later, more coherently and convincingly reveals Simon's broadening horizons as a writer and the duo's nascent studio perfectionism. The title song remains a haunting signature piece, relying on acoustic guitar and harpsichord to carry its contrapuntal marriage of English ballad and antiwar plaint; such acoustic delicacy prevails throughout and has proven more durable than by-the-numbers wattage. The first great S&G album, the set includes "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "Homeward Bound," "Dangling Conversation," and Art Garfunkel's luminous solo piece, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." --Sam Sutherland
Album Description
Simon and Garfunkel's classic album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, released in 1966, marked the duo's emergence as both a brilliant creative force and one of their era's biggest-selling recording acts. The pair's third album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was the first on which they won complete artistic control, and they rose to the occasion brilliantly, delivering an ambitious, autumnal epic that's been described as a folkrock equivalent of the Beatles' Revolver and the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Combining fuzz-tinged pop and pastoral baroque-folk with the duo's heavenly harmonies, Paul Simon's heady wordplay and some imaginatively layered production touches, the album features such Simon and Garfunkel standards as "Homeward Bound," "Scarborough Fair" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)." Sundazed's exact vinyl replica of this harmony-rich classic is sourced from the original stereo master tapes, making this release an essential component of any '60s pop/rock collection.
Album Description
High -Definition 12' Vinyl LP of Simon and Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme released in 1966 was the pair's third album and their first album with complete artistic control. Combining fuzz-tinged Pop and pastoral baroque-folk with the duo's heavenly harmonies, Paul Simon's heady wordplay and some imaginately layered production touches, the album features such Simon and Garfunkel standards as 'Homeward Bound', 'Scarborough Fair' and 'The 59th Street Bridge Song'.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Nice recalling old memories July 24, 2008
Donna J. Knight (El Cajon, CA)
I really enjoyed hearing this CD again. It came out when I was in high school, and I've been getting some of my old favorites in CD form to replace my old LPs.
 Incredible Song Writing! January 6, 2005
a concerned listener
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first listened to this album, I was at a difficult period in my life, hating my home situation and everything around me. At the time it was common for me to sit down and write poetry to get through things. I remember when I first started listening to this album I was amazed by its lyrics and absolutely beautiful song writing. I had never heard anything by Simon and Garfunkel before this, but began exploring their music more and more after listening to this album. Each song, in itself was a jewel to discover; excluding "Simple Desultory Phillippic" and "Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" which are still fun. The two songs that made the biggest impact on me in terms of writing poetry were "Dangling Conversation" and "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her". These two songs changed my life at the time and will always have a place in my heart. However, almost every song on this album is great to listen to and relax with. So whether you can personally relate with this album or Simon and Garfunkel in general, give this album a lsiten. After that, I suggest listening to "Sounds of Silence" and "Bookends" as well as their other material as a group.
Another All Timer for Simon and Garfunkel October 19, 2002
G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This collection is another gem in the cannon of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The vocal harmonies are at an all time high. Everyone loves the title track and the 59th Street Bridge Song but Flowers Never Bend In The Rainfall and Cloudy are hidden gems. Heck almost every song has a beautiful melody. The Poem On The Underground Wall is a possible exception but the lyrics are somewhat captivating. And the Seven O Clock News/Silent Night rings so true with the violence and controvesy of the sixties. With some of the recent issues in the Middle East, it echoes to our troubles today.Anyway, this music has heart, soul, and feeling with a gentle acoustic flair. The second one to get after Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
A Gorgeous Mixture of Folk, Whimsy, and (Then) Topical Song March 3, 2001
James Jones (Clive, IA United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Some of the songs are very tied to the sixties, but at its best it's too beautiful for words. I'm a sucker for "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," which, like Dylan's "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," overlays an antiwar message on a Child ballad (but far more subtly), and "For Emily Whenever I May Find Her." And how can anyone who has been outdoors in the spring under sprays of cirrus clouds not like "Cloudy"?As for pretension...come on, folks, you wouldn't say that Harriet Beecher Stowe favored slavery because Simon Legree was a slaveholder, would you? "Dangling Conversation" makes fun of pretentious, angst-ridden humanities majors, getting so totally over the top with the timpani riffs punctuating "Yes, we speak of things that matter/With words that must be said/Can analysis be worthwhile?/Is the theater really dead?" that it's hard to see how Simon could have sung with his tongue stuck that far in his cheek. He may have counted himself among his targets, but we can chuckle along with him.
A Great Album! What More Can Say! February 22, 2001
J. Bevan (NC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have all of the records released by Simon and Garfunkel. This particular one has to be my second favorite. The opening piece is truly amazing. The way they mixed two songs together is genious. Every track on this record is awsome, I like all of them. If you're looking to get into Simon and Garfunkel then you should definetly start with this one or Bridge Over Troubled Water. If you're a music lover definetly buy this CD. You'll regret it if you don't.
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