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May-26-2006, 21:46 GMT
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 | The Literate, lilting touch displayed on Paul Simon´s first studio album since 2000´s You´re The One should come as no Surprise to fans of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who is still crafty after all these years. While his latest does´t reach the heights of , say, 1986´s Graceland, this is artful music full of subtle pleasures that don´t just slip and slide away but deepen after each listen. Just check out the rhythmic textures of songs like "Sure Don´t Feel like Love," which nimbly glides across a light jazz-funk groove. Or soak up the soothing, Latin-inflected atmospherics of "Another Galaxy." Elsewhere, on the gospel-tinged "wartime Prayers," Simon offers sweet comfort "for every family scattered and broken."
It was written by Chuck Arnold, Peoples music reviewer in the May 29 issue. He gave it 3 stars out of 4. |