There Goes Rhymin' Simon

There Goes Rhymin' Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	May 22, 1973
Recorded	September 1972 – January 1973
Studio	Columbia Studios, New York City, A&R Recording, New York City, ; Malaco Recording Studios, Jackson, Mississippi,; Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama; Morgan Studios, London
Genre	Pop rock
Length	35:19
Label	Columbia, Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Paul Samwell-Smith, Roy Halee
Paul Simon chronology
Singles from There Goes Rhymin' Simon
	"Kodachrome"; Released: May 1973; "Loves Me Like a Rock"; Released: July 17, 1973; "American Tune"; Released: November 8, 1973; "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"; Released: 1973; "Something So Right"; Released: 1973; "St. Judy's Comet"; Released: 1973;

There Goes Rhymin' Simon is the third solo studio album by American musician Paul Simon released in May 1973. It contains songs spanning several styles and genres, such as gospel ("Loves Me Like a Rock") and Dixieland ("Take Me to the Mardi Gras"). It received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1974, which were for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and Album of the Year.

As foreshadowed by the lead single "Kodachrome" (which reached No. 2 on the Billboard charts, behind Billy Preston's "Will It Go Round in Circles"), There Goes Rhymin' Simon was a bigger hit than its predecessor, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart (behind George Harrison's Living in the Material World), and No. 1 on Cashbox for one week from June 30, 1973.^[1] In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at No. 4. Subsequent singles were also the No. 2 single "Loves Me Like a Rock" (kept out of the top spot by Cher's "Half-Breed", but reaching No. 1 on Cashbox on September 29, 1973), and the Top 40 hit "American Tune". Also, "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" was released in the UK reaching the Top 10.

The song "Kodachrome" is named after the Kodak photographic film of the same name. Kodak required the album to note that Kodachrome is a trademark. The song was not released as a single in Britain, where it could not be played on BBC radio due to its trademarked name.

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