A Most Peculiar Man (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1966
From the album Sounds Of Silence (track #8)
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/29/2026 13:47 | Siromynian | 19,669 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2026 23:24 |  sssvnnn | 76,489 | 68/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 00:05 | mrmcrook | 12,848 | 78/100 |
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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 (Edited)
