So Beautiful Or So What (studio album)
by Paul Simon
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Paul Simon bestography
So Beautiful Or So What is ranked 7th best out of 29 albums by Paul Simon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul Simon is Graceland which is ranked number 122 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,765.
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So Beautiful Or So What track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 11/12/2025 04:01 | dhbarrett | 8,191 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 16:10 | cicadelic | 11,398 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 03:27 | mostlymor | 6,760 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2025 22:16 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,499 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2025 14:28 | Pienk | 675 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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NowhereMan 01/29/2025 10:55 | #307302
The production and instrumentation I think is inspired. The song writing less so. For me, one of his weaker efforts.
Paul Simon delivers another excellent record. So beautiful or so what, is Simon still trying different stuff. He uses samples of old blues tracks on a few songs, including the brilliant opener, getting ready for Christmas day. The afterlife, is one of the highlights, about a guy whose just been sent up to heaven. Dazzling blue, is lovely. Simon rock's it up a bit on, love is the eternal sacred light, and the title track. Love and hard times, is a nice acoustic track. All in all, another good album from someone who still is at the top of his game.
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