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PLAY QUEUE 1 Getting Ready For Christmas Day		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 The Afterlife		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Dazzling Blue		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 Rewrite		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 Love And Hard Times		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Love Is Eternal Sacred Light		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Amulet		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Questions For The Angels		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Love And Blessings		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 So Beautiful Or So What		save

MOG Editorial Review

Even though he's just shy of 70, Paul Simon still creates music with the sense of adolescent wonder that made him famous in the first place, and So Beautiful Or So What brings his late-career revival to new heights. Though plenty of the electronic components from 2006's Brian Eno-produced Surprise remain in tact here, Simon opts for a more upbeat, less contemplative sound, even invoking some of the afro-pop sound that made his classic Graceland so special. Opener "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" captures bits of an old preacher to capture this vintage sound perfectly, while the chaotic "Love Is Eternal Sacred Light" gives it an electronic update. Regardless of whether the sound is old or new, Simon's comforting voice is the highlight as always, and while he's justifiably looking at the past on this record, he's not doing so in a way that will stop his good times here in the present.
AMG Review of So Beautiful or So What

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Touted as Paul Simon’s return to traditional songwriting -- Simon writing alone with a guitar and a pen instead of constructing songs around rhythmic loops the way he’s done since Graceland -- So Beautiful or So What doesn’t feel like a return to the ‘70s. From the moment the record kicks in with the heavy blues stomp and samples of “Getting Ready for Christmas Day,” it’s evident that while Simon may have changed his style of composing, he’s not abandoning his method of record-making, which is distinctly engaged with the present. When Bob Dylan sings about Alicia Keys he does so with an old-fashioned swing, but when Simon writes a verse about Jay-Z he does it within the context of an album anchored in polyrhythms, chattering guitars, and digital loops, where the handful of delicate acoustic numbers function as a counterpoint to the clean bustle of the rest of the record. Certainly, So Beautiful or So What isn’t as reliant on soundscapes as its Brian Eno-produced predecessor, but it is no rejection of texture, just as it is in no way a repudiation of the musical sensibility of Graceland, whose rhythms are as firmly felt here as on any record he’s made since. Rather, So Beautiful elegantly touches upon each of Simon’s solo signatures within a compact 38 minutes, its brevity indicating the precision of Simon’s focus. There are no wasted sounds or words here, and if he offers some of his simplest, prettiest tunes in years (“Love & Hard Times,” “Amulet”) and spends a considerable chunk of the record dwelling on spiritual matters, the album is neither steeped in nostalgia nor haunted by death. Paul Simon is remarkably clear-eyed in assessing the modern world and his place in it, not shying away from contemporary sounds -- if anything, the production is occasionally a tad too brittle, like so many digital-age recordings -- but not chasing after youth either. He’s merely living in his time and reporting, returning with an album that’s vivid, vibrant, and current in a way none of his peers have managed to achieve.