One-Trick Pony
by Paul Simon
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Paul Simon bestography
One-Trick Pony is ranked 13th 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 10,425.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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One-Trick Pony track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
One-Trick Pony rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 04:46 | brent13 | 2,128 | 67/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 12:07 |  AAL2014 | 4,037 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 02:59 |  RockyRaccoon | 7,121 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 12:35 | Pluto11 | 12,228 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:39 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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sszwalbenest 05/22/2021 19:43 | #269992 | TOP COMMENT
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Some great tracks, but a little inconsistent. It makes sense that his commercial success started to come off the wheels a bit during this period.
Highlights: Late in the Evening, How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns, Ace in the Hole, Jonah
Lowlights: Oh Marion, God Bless the Absentee
One trick pony, is actually a soundtrack album to the film of the same name. The movie stars Paul Simon and as far as rock stars playing rock stars in movies, it's not bad at all, certainly better than hearts of fire, or, give my regards to broad street. As for the album itself, it isn't one of Simon's best, it's okay, but only, late in the evening, is grade A Paul Simon. Best of the rest though is the live recording, ace in the hole, that's why God made the movies, and, the title track. The rest is fine, Simon is always worth listening to, but it feels a little short on inspiration. Not bad.
A well crafted but ultimately unsatisfying slice of pop pie.
Some gorgeous songs! Very classy stuff. A little too polite to make much of an impact in 1980, but has stood the test of time really well. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, just unfashionable.
junodog4 07/16/2012 04:09 | #46521 | TOP COMMENT
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Paul Simon's weakest, but actually not that bad. A testimony to how listenable he is.
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