Still Crazy After All These Years

Still Crazy After All These Years
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 1975 (1975-10-17)
RecordedMay and June 1975
StudioA&R Recording, New York City
GenreFolk rock, pop rock, soul
Length35:24
LabelColumbia
ProducerPaul Simon, Phil Ramone
Paul Simon chronology
Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
(1974)
Still Crazy After All These Years
(1975)
Greatest Hits, Etc.
(1977)
Singles from Still Crazy After All These Years
  1. "Gone at Last"
    Released: August 1975
  2. "My Little Town"
    Released: October 1975
  3. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
    Released: December 1975
  4. "Still Crazy After All These Years"
    Released: March 1976
Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Blender
Chicago Tribune
Christgau's Record GuideB
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The Guardian
Record Collector
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
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Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by Paul Simon. 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), "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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
1."Gone at Last"3:40
2."Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy"3:14
3."Have a Good Time"3:26
4."You're Kind"3:20
5."Silent Eyes"4:12
Total length:35:24

Personnel

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

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


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