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Paul Simon
Released 1983

Train In The Distance
05:12
952 plays

Rene And Georgette Maggritte With Their Dog After The War
03:45
921 plays

The Late Great Johnny Ace
04:46
854 plays

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- 1
- Allergies
- 04:38
- 670 plays

- 2
- Hearts And Bones
- 05:38
- 1,056 plays

- 3
- When Numbers Get Serious
- 03:26
- 426 plays

- 4
- Think Too Much (b)
- 02:45
- 630 plays

- 5
- Song About The Moon
- 04:08
- 457 plays

- 6
- Think Too Much (a)
- 03:05
- 474 plays

- 7
- Train In The Distance
- 05:12
- 952 plays

- 8
- Rene And Georgette Maggritte With Their Dog After The War
- 03:45
- 921 plays

- 9
- Cars And Cars
- 03:15
- 403 plays

- 10
- The Late Great Johnny Ace
- 04:46
- 854 plays

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album review

Hearts and Bones was a commercial disaster, the lowest-charting new studio album of Paul Simon's career. It is also his most personal collection of songs, one of his most ambitious, and one of his best. It retains a personal vision, one largely devoted to the challenges of middle-aged life, among them a renewed commitment to love; the title song was a notable testament to new romance, while "Train in the Distance" reflected on romantic discord. Elsewhere, "The Late Great Johnny Ace" was his meditation on John Lennon's murder and how it related to the mythology of pop music. Musically, Simon moved forward and backward simultaneously, taking off from the jazz fusion style of his last two albums into his old loves of doo wop and rock & roll while also incorporating current sounds with such new collaborators as dance music producer Nile Rodgers and minimalist composer Philip Glass. The result was Simon's most impressive collection in a decade and the most underrated album in his catalog. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide