Have always wanted a chance to share my joy about this album
5
By sophie54
I traveled with 5 friends from Chicago to see this play. We all cried through most of it. We wore out the first cd we had and had to buy another. Paul Simon is a gifted artist who can combine poetry and music to describe human tragedy, I am humbled.
Masterpiece
5
By ARicardoJE
Living at the time in Germany I bought a flight ticket just to watch the musical at Broadway. But the show was cancelled before I went to New York. The CD is definitely a masterpiece and I still hope I can get a video of the musicl to check how the live performance was.
Best Simon Album Ever
5
By levo1972
I have many Paul Simon albums but feel The Capeman is his best ever. I have owned it for several years now and continue to go back to it over and over. I realize the play was a bust but Paul pulls together a very evocative picture of life in the barrio in the Fifties... Adios Hermanos is melancholy but Quality is a real dance tune (especially the sax break). Not every song is a A, but there are no duds ether. Overall, it's definitely a compelling album and you won't regret buying it...
An Amazing Piece of True Genius
5
By Suprasoul
As a Paul Simon fan, I initially shyed away from this album, due to a bad reviews, stigma of the failed play, etc. However, a friend of mine recently introduced me to this album. Fact of the matter, I was wrong not to listen to it earlier. It truly is amazing and an epic musical work. I am irritated with myself for listening to reviews and not giving this album a chance. I have never listened to an album where I could truly visualize the story and "watch" it unfold. It is a cognitive and image-invoking work of art. True genius!!
The sound is golden
5
By thinkman
Paul Simon, in an album that was released some time ago at this point, stretched again and came up with something new; something wonderful. It took me a little time to relate to it, and even more to love it. I know it "bombed" on Broadway, probably for the same reasons I just related from when I first heard it. Back then, and after a few listens, I could not stop listening to it. I could envision the story being played out. There are moments that are so vivid and dynamic, either vocally or musically you could only think of them as stunning!
