{"product_id":"surprise-audio-cd-paul-simon-very-good","title":"Surprise [Audio CD] Paul Simon - Very Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"sc-item-remarks\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVery Good - USED - Very Good: A well-maintained video game, CD, or DVD that has been played but remains in excellent condition. The disc is fully functional, plays without interruptions, and does not skip. The box or jewel case, along with the cover art, liner notes, and other inclusions, may show only minor signs of wear. Please note that any included digital codes (if applicable) are not guaranteed to work. USED BOOK: This book is in very good condition, showing only minimal signs of wear. The pages are clean with no markings, and the cover may have slight shelf wear. The spine remains uncreased, and the book appears well cared for. It is a solid copy that presents well and is enjoyable to read. Please note that any included access codes (if applicable) are not guaranteed to work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\nAmazon.ca\n\nSince severing his epochal partnership with Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon's solo career been characterized by restless reinvention. But while it's easy to see such disparate, cross-cultural collaborations as Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints as Simon's quest for new creative partnerships, beneath them lies a more crucial willingness to continually challenge the very assumptions and craft of his own songwriting. Six years after his sublime, underappreciated You're the One Simon has pushed that sensibility into a rewarding, if equally unlikely, partnership with Brian Eno. Yet the former Roxy Music texturalist cum contemporary producer\/sound conjurer supreme (aided by such stellar sidemen as Bill Frisell, Herbie Hancock and Steve Gadd) offers barely half the \"surprises\" here.\nThe playful \"Sure Don't Feel Like Love\" argues Simon can still beckon his more traditional pop muse at will. Yet some of his best work here turns as much on hypnotic, if no less politically pointed, quasi-spoken word pieces (like \"Wartime Prayers\" and the gripping, post 9\/11 rumination \"How Can You Live in the Northeast?\") as traditional songcraft. Eno is credited with providing \"Sonic Landscape\" to Simon's production, but also co-wrote three tracks, infusing \"Another Galaxy\" with contrasting doses of bracing energy and ethereal elegance, while seasoning the more traditional folk musings of \"Once Upon a Time There Was An Ocean\" with infectious electro-funk rhythms. \"Outrageous,\" their best full collaboration, suggests that while Eno and Simon may approach world music - and indeed most pop forms - from polar extremes, the common ground they find is truly elevated. In an era when many of his peers are content to craft mere artistic comebacks, Simon's re-emergence here is a bold, compelling step forward. --Jerry McCulley\n\nProduct description\n\nBrand new\u003cdiv class=\"replacement-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFEATURES\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"replacement-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Warner Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47792749084923,"sku":null,"price":5.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/legendarymedias.com\/products\/surprise-audio-cd-paul-simon-very-good","provider":"Legendary Medias","version":"1.0","type":"link"}