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Title: Not the One
Review: I had a funny thought when I was listening to this severely disappointing album: this is actually the first truly mediocre release from Paul Simon in a recording career that has now spanned nearly 40 years. But there's simply no denying that YOU'RE THE ONE is riddled with weak, and occasionally shockingly bad, material. For every solid, affecting tune like "Hurricane Eye" there's a clumsy embarrassment like "Pigs, Sheep, and Wolves" to kill the momentum. And the list of horrors doesn't stop there: the title track is pedestrian; "Darling Lorraine" can't decide if it wants to be cute or epic (and so it settles for being a cute epic, which is just as bad it sounds, believe me); and "Old", with it's lyrics lifted straight from the Born Again Cheerleaders Handbook, sounds like Pat Robertson gettin' the funk out. Unbelievable.
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