One Trick Pony, Paul Simon, 1980, :38
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
I'm a big Paul Simon fan from way back. I have most of his albums and have seen him in concert at least twice. I never got around to this one, a soundtrack album for a a film that Simon also starred in. It's new to me except for the Afro-Cuban-tinged hit "Late in the Evening." Sadly, aside from that first terrific single, I was disappointed. I hate to give a musical titan like Paul Simon only three stars, but this is a pretty somnolent affair. The reissue of this album includes the funky "Stranded in a Limousine," which made it on his earlier Greatest Hits, Etc. album; it would improved One-Trick Pony. Favorite track: "Late in the Evening," the duet "Ace in the Hole."
