Paul Simon
by Paul Simon
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Paul Simon bestography
Paul Simon is ranked 2nd 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 10,354.
(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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Paul Simon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Paul Simon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 60 Music Albums of 1972 | 27/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 27 Music Albums of 1972 | 10/27 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 70 Music Albums of 1972 | 23/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1972 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 19 Music Albums of 1972 | 12/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 50 Music Albums of 1972 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 37 Music Albums of 1972 | 11/37 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 22/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 338 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,560 | |||
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Paul Simon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 8 hours ago | duelek | 2,214 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2026 16:00 | AledJames | 1,712 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2026 07:09 |  TescoHomeCooking | 361 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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BestEverAlbums 07/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5365): By amirmishali NowhereMan 09/07/2022 10:26 in What album are you listening to right now?Paul Simon comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/08/2011 22:55 | #32327 | TOP COMMENT
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"mother and child reunion" and "me and julio down by the schoolyard" are both here. This is as good as you'd expect from the chief songwriter and main voice of simon & garfunkel. You still hear the same street-wise, folksy common-folk narratives woven into songs as catchy as he is short. There are some horns on here that "intrude" on the folk/pop aesthetic established by S&G; but otherwise, if you like S&G, dig in to this.
This album needs more recognition. Everyone is caught up in the fact that Garfunkle is not present at all on this album. As much as I love the duo, Paul is one of the best songwriters ever and this album really shows his guitar skills. I love the way the album ends with the electric piano outro.
Paul Simon's ' second' debut album is an uneven affair. It features some of Simon's greatest songs in, mother and child reunion, me and Julio down by the schoolyard, and the brilliant, peace like a river, run that body down, and, Duncan, are also good. But, some of the other tracks are not much more than musical doodles, which can make it a slightly frustrating listen. There's nothing bad here, it's just it seems a little too spontaneous. Maybe, that was the idea, with the shackles of the Garfunkel partnership taken off, Simon just wanted to make something less commercial. Still, half of it is up there with Simon's best.
An excellent album.
Personal favorites:
Run That Body Down
Peace Like a River
followed by...
Mother and Child Reunion
Duncan
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/19/2022 03:27 | #279680 | TOP COMMENT
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I was pretty lukewarm on this album upon first hearing it. But, man, as I’ve returned to it a couple times over I really find myself enjoying it. All sorts of good stuff here from undeniably grooving full band arrangements to solemn and intimate acoustic trance pieces.
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