A Most Peculiar Man (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1966
From the album Sounds Of Silence (track #8)
A Most Peculiar Man appears on the following album(s) by Simon & Garfunkel:
- Sounds Of Silence (track #8) (this album) (1966)
- Live From New York City, 1967 (track #6) (2002)
- Old Friends (track #44) (compilation) (1997)
- Collected Works (track #20) (compilation) (1981)
- The Complete Albums Collection (track #20) (compilation) (2014)
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80/100  | 08/30/2025 13:22 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
85/100 | 08/13/2025 14:47 | alexandermause | | 85/100 |
70/100 | 06/23/2025 05:47 | brent13 | | 85/100 |
85/100 | 03/24/2025 21:20 | ootsp | | 82/100 |
85/100 | 03/19/2025 03:51 | BurndenAce | | 79/100 |
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Like Richard Cory, a song that has, as one of its themes, suicide, but with the juxtaposition of this time a man of no means rather than the rich man in Richard Cory. The two songs compliment each other well and it was a clever idea putting them next to each other on the album. One of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard
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