The Sounds Of Silence (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1964
From the album Wednesday Morning, 3AM (track #6)
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The Sounds Of Silence appears on the following album(s) by Simon & Garfunkel:
- Wednesday Morning, 3AM (track #6) (this album) (1964)
- The Definitive Simon And Garfunkel (track #2) (compilation) (1991)
- The Complete Albums Collection (track #77) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/30/2026 12:50 | Devilwoac | 16 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 04:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,796 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 09:11 | acematt51090 | 3,931 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 18:03 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2025 16:46 | markl73 | 6,225 | 79/100 |
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Squonk007 06/08/2022 16:49 | #286132
This is stunning.
you can't be the first, it's far better than the version on sounds of silence - that version is a disgrace to the masterpiece on here.
I'll be the first to say that I actually prefer this version to 1966's folk rock redo. The reverberating vocals backed with a lone acoustic guitar lend an appropriately solemn, almost sacred quality to the song. Furthermore, the bareness of the arrangement strongly evokes the album cover -- I imagine Simon and Garfunkel playing the song alone in an empty subway, perhaps at the hour of 3 AM.
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