Hearts And Bones
by Paul Simon
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Paul Simon bestography
Hearts And Bones is ranked 6th 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 10,323.
(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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Hearts And Bones track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hearts And Bones rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 13 Music Albums of 1983 | 3/13 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 1983 | 30/77 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Paul Simon: So Far.. | 7/9 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | 16/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 34 Music Albums of 1983 | 9/34 | 4 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1983 | 2/22 | 5 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 92 Music Albums of the 1980s | 27/92 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 130 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 440 | |||
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Hearts And Bones ratings
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| ! | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,518 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2026 23:44 | Mrump | 550 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 04:03 | brent13 | 2,227 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Hearts and bones, was a huge commercial disappointment for Paul Simon, and was mainly written during his breakup with Carrie Fisher. Hearts and bones, had a contemporary sound, and contained some of Simon's greatest songs. The title track, is one of these, a beautiful acoustic song, it is one of Simon's personal favourites. Rene and Georgette Magritte, is another excellent track, another beautiful melody. Allergies, is a good opener, and, train in the distance, is an underrated song. When numbers get serious, and, song about the moon, are two lesser known gems. Think too much(a&b), are okay, cars are cars, is easily the album's worst track, and, the late great Johnny ace, is alright, about the late singer, with a reference to the night John Lennon died. All in all, a good album, but with a few weak moments, Simon was obviously running out of inspiration, a tape of African sounds given to Simon during the recording of this album would change all that. (Edited)
A really underrated album. The songs are brilliantly written. It is better than Graceland.
sszwalbenest 08/07/2013 02:03 | #83366 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid album. While not as good as his earlier work it still had strong songwriting. The title track was the highlight and the Late Great Johnny Ace was also a great song. "Cars Are Cars" was the one filler.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/31/2011 12:38 | #25298 | TOP COMMENT
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his only good solo album. (Edited)
So very underrated, probably his best album close with Rhythm of The Saints, the songwriter is top drawer and it's probably his most interesting musically, total perfection.
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