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Title: Simon has lost his touch...
Review: When an artist as popular as Paul Simon takes an ten year hiatus from releasing a proper studio album (disregarding the 1997 debacle "Songs from the Capeman"), you expect the new release to be near perfect. Unfortunately, Simon doesn't deliver. To deliver the lyrical punch of his latest album, it seems that Simon apparently stole a third-grader's rhyming dictionary. On "Old," Simon's preachy three-chord ode to God himself apparently, he rhymes such classics as "old", "mold", "cold", and "sold." Brilliant. Simon has left behind the accessible and interesting songs of yore and opted to offer the listener a disjointed collection of songs that trudge along with no clear direction or variation. The songs on "You're the One" are pleasant enough if you're using them for background music, just don't think about them too hard or they'll drive you nuts.
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