One half of the legendary duo Simon and Garfunkel, Paul Simon, is about to score his first number one on the UK charts in almost 30 years as his newest album Stranger to Stranger shoots to the top. The album was released on Friday June 3rd.
If he continues to climb the charts, this will be his sixth number one in his overall music career following the number ones he achieved with Art Garfunkel, which are Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water, as well as his solo number ones, Graceland, his self-titled album and The Rhythm of The Saints. The last of the five was released back in 1990, meaning that it has been 26 years since he conquered the UK charts.
According to NME, the current results of album sales say that this will put Drake’s VIEWS in second place, while Catfish and the Bottlemen, who are currently in first place, shoot down to number five.
In an interview with Vox, he described this album as having no theme and instead being “more about attention span, sound changes.”
“It’s really about the way we think and what grabs your attention,” he continued. Drawing on the fact that the album is quite short (only 37 minutes), he tells Vox that it’s best to focus on the “Americana beat” rather than the lack of theme or the lyrical compositions.
“The lyrics are, well, they’re like the lyrics in most of my albums. They’re like what we’re thinking during the day and what’s going on in the world and what’s going on in your life and what’s going on with your kids — just the general observations,” he said.
Hear the lead single from the album Wristband below to see what he means.
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