One Trick Pony [SOUNDTRACK]

Paul Simon

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002KLN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #63,205 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Late in the Evening

2. That's Why God Made the Movies

3. One-Trick Pony

4. How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns

5. Oh, Marion

6. Ace in the Hole

7. Nobody

8. Jonah

9. God Bless the Absentee

10. Long Long Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack is some of Paul Simon's best work., November 21, 2000

By	Carol Alaniz (near Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you're looking to start (or add to) your collection of Paul Simon music, this album is a great choice. This is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, written by, directed by and starring Simon. The movie is just a B movie, but this album is anything but. The title track, 'Late in the Evening' appears for the first time on this album, (later on other CD's and re-arranged for the Concert in the Park CD, 1991) and is a wonderful, uptempo latin-style song with a throbing bass line and a full brass section. Other great songs are 'How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns' and 'Jonah'. The whole album is smooth and features the great Steve Gadd on drums and the late Richard Tee on keyboards.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant album, November 1, 2000

By	Eric V. Moye (New York, by way of Dallas) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

One of Paul Simon's best. The movie may have been mediocre, but the soundtrack was a phenom. The title cut was a smooth groove with a great instrumental background. "Late In The Evening" is a joyously happy piece, and I defy anyone to hear it without tapping feet, fingers, and whatever else moves to a great beat. Ditto "Ace In The Hole".

There is rock-solid backing by drummer (and occasional vocalist) Richard Tee and a fantastic jazz guitarist, Eric Gale.

The album also has a softer side, with gentle songs like "Nobody", "That's Why God Made Movies" and "Long, Long Day". Like the rest of Simon's really fine body of work, it moves from exuberant, happy danceable songs to thought provoking lyrics, and songs wonderfully easy on the ears.

Great and regularly thought provoking songwriting. Here, combined with some great instrumentals and fine vocal work. Call him whatever you want, but Paul Simon is no One Trick Pony.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Warm, weary, intimate, March 26, 2000

By	Robert Powers (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

On a cold, grey winter's afternoon or bleak windy night, curl up by the fire with a blanket, a book, a cup of hot chocolate, and this album. Most of the music has a distinctly 1970s sound to it (as did several tracks on Simon's preceding solo albums), with lots of background strings, but there's a weariness to the album's many ballads that transcends being dated. "How the Heart Approaches What it Yearns", "Johah", "Nobody", and most of all "Long Long Day" are beautiful, quiet, intimate songs in the same spirit as the title track of HEARTS AND BONES -- but without the boring fluff-pop songs that are found scattered on that album. This is probably the most musically cohesive album from Simon's early solo years, and it's my second-favorite of his solo work (GRACELAND takes top honors. :]