Still Crazy After All These Years
1975 studio album by Paul Simon
Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on October 25, 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.
Recording
"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.
Notable cover versions
Herbie Hancock recorded a version of "I Do It for Your Love", featuring Paul Simon, on his 2005 album Possibilities.
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