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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| ! | 04/27/2026 07:41 | Pienk | 83 | 96/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 14:57 | spinout | 41,711 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2026 12:50 | Devilwoac | 21 | 71/100 |
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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. (Edited)
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.
Much more warmer than the 66 version. (Edited)
