Title: Their only album I can listen to in any mood...
Product review: The cover alone would make one believe that this is merely a by-product of a by-gone era, but PSRT may be the boys' best album, before the overwrought sentimentality of their following releases (but remarkable on their own terms). This one opens with the hypnotic Scarburough Fair/Canticle, a song that was accused of being awash in pot smoke upon it's release. It's still the finest example of S & G's choirboy melodies, which worked best in this format. Elsewhere, when he's not trying to taunting Dylan, Simon first displays the burgeoning whimsy that was to come in songs like Cloudy and Feeling Groovy, 'For Emily' is probably their most aching song ever, and 'Silent Night/7:00 News' is a most effective experiment. This duo had too many good songs to quibble over best album, but this one is a real winner.
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