Negotiations and Love Songs is a compilation album of songs by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released in 1988 by Warner Bros. Records. It consists of songs released from 1971 to 1986. The title of the compilation is taken from a line in the song "Train in the Distance".
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Released | October 18, 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1971–1986 | |||
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Genre | Folk rock, folk, worldbeat | |||
Length | 67:58 (LP) 63:07 (CD) | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Paul Simon, Russ Titelman, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section | |||
Paul Simon chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Robert Christgau | (B) |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
All tracks are written by Paul Simon, except "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes", co-written by Joseph Shabalala
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Mother and Child Reunion" | Paul Simon (1972) | 2:48 |
2. | "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" | Paul Simon | 2:41 |
3. | "Something So Right" | There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) | 4:28 |
4. | "St. Judy's Comet" | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | 3:17 |
5. | "Loves Me Like a Rock" | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | 3:18 |
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Kodachrome" | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | 3:32 |
2. | "Have a Good Time" | Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) | 3:23 |
3. | "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" | Still Crazy After All These Years | 3:31 |
4. | "Still Crazy After All These Years" | Still Crazy After All These Years | 3:24 |
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Late in the Evening" | One-Trick Pony (1980) | 3:55 |
2. | "Slip Slidin' Away" | Greatest Hits, Etc. (1977) | 4:43 |
3. | "Hearts and Bones" | Hearts and Bones (1983) | 5:38 |
4. | "Train in the Distance" | Hearts and Bones | 4:22 |
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War" | Hearts and Bones | 3:43 |
2. | "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" | Graceland (1986) | 5:46 |
3. | "You Can Call Me Al" | Graceland | 4:39 |
4. | "Graceland" | Graceland | 4:48 |
Weekly charts edit
Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP)[7] | Gold | 100,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |