Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)

Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on October 25, 1975, by Columbia Records. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (No. 1), "Gone at Last" (No. 23, credited to Paul Simon/Phoebe Snow), "My Little Town" (No. 9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), and the title track (No. 40). It won two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1976.

Recording

"My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partner Art Garfunkel on record for the first time since 1970, while "Gone at Last" was a duet between Simon and Phoebe Snow. Two tracks featured members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as a backing band.

Notable cover versions

Herbie Hancock recorded a version of "I Do It for Your Love", featuring Paul Simon, on his 2005 album Possibilities.

Personnel

Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 9), electric guitar (5), string arrangements (7), horn arrangements (7, 9)

Barry Beckett – Fender Rhodes (1), acoustic piano (2)

Bob James – woodwind arrangements (1), string arrangements (1, 3), Fender Rhodes (7, 8)

Kenneth Ascher – Fender Rhodes (3), organ (4)

Sivuca – accordion (3), vocal solo (3)

Richard Tee – acoustic piano (6)

Leon Pendarvis – acoustic piano (10)

Pete Carr – electric guitar (2)

Joe Beck – electric guitar (3, 8, 9)

Jerry Friedman – electric guitar (3)

Hugh McCracken – electric guitar (4, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (9)

John Tropea – electric guitar (4)

David Hood – bass (1, 2)

Tony Levin – bass (3, 4, 5, 7–10)

Gordon Edwards – bass (6)

Roger Hawkins – drums (1, 2)

Steve Gadd – drums (3, 4, 7–10)

Grady Tate – drums (6)

Ralph MacDonald – percussion (2, 3, 4, 6, 8)

Toots Thielemans – harmonica (5)

Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (1), saxophone (7)

Eddie Daniels – saxophone (7)

David Sanborn – saxophone (7)

Phil Woods – alto sax solo (8)

David Mathews – horn arrangements (2, 8)

Art Garfunkel – vocals (2)

Patti Austin – backing vocals (4)

Valerie Simpson – backing vocals (4, 8)

Phoebe Snow – backing vocals (4), vocals (6)

The Jessy Dixon Singers – backing vocals (6)

Chicago Community Choir – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Paul Simon – producer
• Phil Ramone – producer, engineer

Jerry Masters – engineer (2)

• Glenn Berger – recording
• Bert Szerlip – recording
• John Berg – design
• Anthony Maggiore – design
• Edie Baskin – cover photography