Still Crazy After All These Years

Still Crazy After All These Years
Still Crazy After All These Years
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	October 17, 1975
Studio	A&R Recording, New York
Genre	Jazz pop
Length	35:24
Label	Columbia
Producer	Paul Simon; Phil Ramone;
Paul Simon chronology
Singles from Still Crazy After All These Years
	"Gone at Last"; Released: August 1975; "My Little Town"; Released: October 1975; "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"; Released: December 1975; "Still Crazy After All These Years"; Released: March 1976;

Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Blender	^[5]
Chicago Tribune	^[6]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[9]
The Guardian	^[10]
Record Collector	^[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[12]
Uncut	^[13]

Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on October 17, 1975, by Columbia Records. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (No. 1), "Gone at Last" (No. 23, credited to Paul Simon/Phoebe Snow), "My Little Town" (No. 9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), and the title track (No. 40). It won two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1976.

"My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partner Art Garfunkel on record for the first time since 1970, while "Gone at Last" was a duet between Simon and Phoebe Snow. Two tracks featured members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as a backing band.

The title track has been recorded by Rosemary Clooney (on her 1993 album Still on the Road), Ray Charles (on his 1993 album My World), Karen Carpenter (on her self-titled solo album released posthumously in 1996), Willie Nelson (on the soundtrack of the 2000 motion picture Space Cowboys), and Robert Ellis (on his 2016 self-titled solo album).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Paul Simon

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Still Crazy After All These Years"	3:26
2.	"My Little Town"	3:51
3.	"I Do It for Your Love"	3:35
4.	"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"	3:37
5.	"Night Game"	2:58

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Gone at Last"	3:40
7.	"Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy"	3:14
8.	"Have a Good Time"	3:26
9.	"You're Kind"	3:20
10.	"Silent Eyes"	4:12
Total length:		35:24

Personnel

Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 9), electric guitar (5), string arrangements (7), horn arrangements (7, 9)
Barry Beckett – Fender Rhodes (1), acoustic piano (2)
Bob James – woodwind arrangements (1), string arrangements (1, 3), Fender Rhodes (7, 8)
Kenneth Ascher – Fender Rhodes (3), organ (4)
Sivuca – accordion (3), vocal solo (3)
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (6)
Leon Pendarvis – acoustic piano (10)
Pete Carr – electric guitar (2)
Joe Beck – electric guitar (3, 8, 9)
Jerry Friedman – electric guitar (3)
Hugh McCracken – electric guitar (4, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (9)
John Tropea – electric guitar (4)
David Hood – bass (1, 2)
Tony Levin – bass (3, 4, 5, 7–10)
Gordon Edwards – bass (6)
Roger Hawkins – drums (1, 2)
Steve Gadd – drums (3, 4, 7-10)
Grady Tate – drums (6)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (2, 3, 4, 6, 8)
Toots Thielemans – harmonica (5)
Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (1), saxophone (7)
Eddie Daniels – saxophone (7)
David Sanborn – saxophone (7)
Phil Woods – alto sax solo (8)
David Mathews – horn arrangements (2, 8)
Art Garfunkel – vocals (2)
Patti Austin – backing vocals (4)
Valerie Simpson – backing vocals (4, 8)
Phoebe Snow – backing vocals (4), vocals (6)
The Jessy Dixon Singers – backing vocals (6)
Chicago Community Choir – backing vocals (10)

Production

Paul Simon – producer
Phil Ramone – producer, engineer
Jerry Masters – engineer (2)
Glenn Berger – recording
Bert Szerlip – recording
John Berg – design
Anthony Maggiore – design
Edie Baskin – cover photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975–76)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart^[14]	39
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[15]	8
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[16]	11
Finnish Albums Chart^[17]	29
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[18]	18
New Zealand Albums Chart^[19]	24
Norwegian Albums Chart^[20]	8
Swedish Albums Chart^[21]	9
UK Albums Chart^[22]	6
United States Billboard Pop Albums^[23]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart^[24]	82
Chart (1976)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart^[25]	64
U.S. Billboard Year-End^[26]	14

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[27]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[28]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[29]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "BPI".
^ "New York, New York 1975: Oh What a Year!". mixonline.com. October 2015.
^ MacFarlane, Thomas (September 29, 2016). Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58. ISBN 9781442257696.
^ Ruhlmann, William. "Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon". AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
^ Powers, Ann (November 2006). "Back Catalogue: Paul Simon". Blender. No. 53. New York.
^ Kot, Greg (October 14, 1990). "The Evolution Of Simon's Diverse Solo Career". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
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^ Browne, David (January 18, 1991). "Rating Paul Simon's albums". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ Sweeting, Adam (August 6, 2004). "Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years". The Guardian. London. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ "Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years". Record Collector. London. p. 97. [With] Simon enlisting a crack squad of New York jazz session players for a record that was clearly more personal than anything that had gone before.
^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Paul Simon". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Fireside Books. pp. 736–37. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Torn, Luke (October 2004). "St. Paul's Gospel". Uncut. No. 89. London.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Library and Archives Canada. Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-02-12
^ "dutchcharts.nl Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
^ "charts.nz – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
^ "norwegiancharts.com Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin' Simon" (ASP). Retrieved 2011-08-19.
^ "swedishcharts.com Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
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^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976". RPM. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ "Top Pop Albums of 1976". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
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^ "British album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". British Phonographic Industry.
^ "American album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] "BPI".

[2] "New York, New York 1975: Oh What a Year!". mixonline.com. October 2015.

[3] MacFarlane, Thomas (September 29, 2016). Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58. ISBN 9781442257696.

[4] Ruhlmann, William. "Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon". AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

[5] Powers, Ann (November 2006). "Back Catalogue: Paul Simon". Blender. No. 53. New York.

[6] Kot, Greg (October 14, 1990). "The Evolution Of Simon's Diverse Solo Career". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

[7] Christgau, Robert (1981). "S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[8] Larkin, Colin (2011). "Simon, Paul". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.

[9] Browne, David (January 18, 1991). "Rating Paul Simon's albums". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[10] Sweeting, Adam (August 6, 2004). "Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years". The Guardian. London. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

[11] "Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years". Record Collector. London. p. 97. [With] Simon enlisting a crack squad of New York jazz session players for a record that was clearly more personal than anything that had gone before.

[12] Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Paul Simon". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Fireside Books. pp. 736–37. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[13] Torn, Luke (October 2004). "St. Paul's Gospel". Uncut. No. 89. London.

[auchart-14] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[15] Library and Archives Canada. Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-02-12

[nlchart-16] "dutchcharts.nl Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 2011-08-28.

[FINchart-17] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

[Jachart-18] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

[nzchart-19] "charts.nz – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2011-08-28.

[norcharts-20] "norwegiancharts.com Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin' Simon" (ASP). Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[sechart-21] "swedishcharts.com Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (ASP). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2011-08-28.

[UKchart-22] "The Official Charts Company – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[USchart-23] Allmusic – Still Crazy After All These Years> Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums

[CAYearend75-24] "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975". RPM. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

[CAYearend76-25] "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976". RPM. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[USYearend76-26] "Top Pop Albums of 1976". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-26.

[CanadaPaul_SimonStill_Crazy_After_All_These_YearsalbumCertRef-27] "Canadian album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". Music Canada.

[United_KingdomPaul_SimonStill_Crazy_After_All_These_YearsalbumCertRef-28] "British album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". British Phonographic Industry.

[United_StatesPaul_SimonStill_Crazy_After_All_These_YearsalbumCertRef-29] "American album certifications – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years". Recording Industry Association of America.

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v t e Paul Simon
Discography Songs recorded Songs written
Studio albums	The Paul Simon Songbook (1966) Paul Simon (1972) There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) One-Trick Pony (1980) Hearts and Bones (1983) Graceland (1986) The Rhythm of the Saints (1990) Songs from The Capeman (1997) You're the One (2000) Surprise (2006) So Beautiful or So What (2011) Stranger to Stranger (2016) In the Blue Light (2018) Seven Psalms (2023)
Live albums	Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon's Concert in the Park
Compilations	Greatest Hits, Etc. Negotiations and Love Songs The Paul Simon Anthology Paul Simon 1964/1993 Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar Recorded as Jerry Landis The Essential Paul Simon This Better Be Good Over the Bridge of Time The Ultimate Collection
Film and theater	The Paul Simon Special (1977) One-Trick Pony (1980) Paul Simon in Concert (1981) The All-Star Gospel Session (1987) Graceland: The African Concert (1987) Paul Simon's Concert in the Park (1991) Classic Albums: Graceland (1997) The Capeman (theater, 1998) You're The One - In Concert (2000) Paul Simon in Concert 2003 Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009) So Beautiful or So What (Deluxe Limited Edition) (2011) Live in New York City (2012) Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies (2012) In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2023)
Tours	One-Trick Pony Tour 1980 Never Ending Tour 1999 On Stage Together Tour
Related	Simon & Garfunkel Edie Brickell (wife) Harper Simon (son)

v t e Grammy Award for Album of the Year
1950s	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1958) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959)
1960s	The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1960) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1961) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1962) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1963) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1964) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1965) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1967) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1968) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)
1970s	Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970) Tapestry – Carole King (1971) The Concert for Bangladesh – George Harrison & Friends (1972) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1973) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1977) Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists (1978) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)
1980s	Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1980) Double Fantasy – John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1981) Toto IV – Toto (1982) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1984) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985) Graceland – Paul Simon (1986) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1987) Faith – George Michael (1988) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1989)
1990s	Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and Various Artists (1990) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1991) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1992) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1993) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1994) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1996) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1997) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1998) Supernatural – Santana (1999)
2000s	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists (2001) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2002) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2003) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists (2004) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2005) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2006) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2007) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2008) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2009)
2010s	The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2010) 21 – Adele (2011) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2012) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2013) Morning Phase – Beck (2014) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2015) 25 – Adele (2016) 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2017) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2018) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2019)
2020s	Folklore – Taylor Swift (2020) We Are – Jon Batiste (2021) Harry's House – Harry Styles (2022) Midnights – Taylor Swift (2023)

v t e Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
1950s	"Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como (1958) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959)
1960s	"Georgia on My Mind" – Ray Charles / The Genius of Ray Charles – Ray Charles (1960) "Lollipops and Roses" – Jack Jones (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1962) "Wives and Lovers" – Jack Jones (1963) "Hello, Dolly!" – Louis Armstrong (1964) "It Was a Very Good Year" – Frank Sinatra (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1966) "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell (1967) "Light My Fire" – José Feliciano (1968) "Everybody's Talkin'" – Harry Nilsson (1969)
1970s	"Everything Is Beautiful" – Ray Stevens (1970) "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor (1971) "Without You" – Harry Nilsson (1972) "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder (1973) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976) "Handy Man" – James Taylor (1977) "Copacabana (At the Copa)" – Barry Manilow (1978) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)
1980s	"This Is It" – Kenny Loggins (1980) Breakin' Away – Al Jarreau (1981) "Truly" – Lionel Richie (1982) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983) "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – Phil Collins (1984) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1986) Bring On the Night – Sting (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1988) "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" – Michael Bolton (1989)
1990s	"Oh, Pretty Woman (live 1987)" – Roy Orbison (1990) "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Michael Bolton (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1992) "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – Sting (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1995) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1996) "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (1997) "My Father's Eyes" – Eric Clapton (1998) "Brand New Day" – Sting (1999)
2000s	"She Walks This Earth" – Sting (2000) "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor (2001) "Your Body Is a Wonderland" – John Mayer (2002) "Cry Me a River" – Justin Timberlake (2003) "Daughters" – John Mayer (2004) "From the Bottom of My Heart" – Stevie Wonder (2005) "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer (2006) "What Goes Around... Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake (2007) "Say" – John Mayer (2008) "Make It Mine" – Jason Mraz (2009)
2010s	"Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars (2010)