Negotiations and Love Songs

Negotiations and Love Songs
Greatest hits album by Paul Simon
Released	October 18, 1988
Recorded	1971-86
Genre	Rock
Length	63:07
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee
Paul Simon chronology
Graceland (1986) Negotiations and Love Songs (1988) The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)

Negotiations and Love Songs is a collection of Paul Simon's songs from 1971-1986. The title of the compilation is taken from a line in the song "Train in the Distance".

Almost all the songs on this compilation are listed in chronological order; track 1 and 2 are taken from Paul Simon (1972), track 3 to 6 are from There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), track 7 to 9 are from Still Crazy After All These Years (1975), track 11 are from his first retrospective Greatest Hits, Etc. (1977), track 10 from the motion picture soundtrack of One-Trick Pony (1980), track 12 to 14 are from Hearts and Bones (1983), and rest of the tracks are from his then-most recent album Graceland (1986).

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Track listing

All songs composed by Paul Simon, except "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" co-written by Joseph Shabalala.

Side one

1. "Mother and Child Reunion" – 2:48
2. "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" – 2:41
3. "Something So Right" – 4:28
4. "St. Judy's Comet" – 3:17
5. "Loves Me Like a Rock" – 3:18

Side two

6. "Kodachrome" – 3:32
7. "Have a Good Time" – 3:23
8. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" – 3:31
9. "Still Crazy After All These Years" – 3:24

Side three

10. "Late in the Evening" 3:55
11. "Slip Slidin' Away" – 4:43
12. "Hearts and Bones" – 5:38
13. "Train in the Distance" – 4:22

Side four

14. "Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War" – 3:43
15. "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" – 5:46
16. "You Can Call Me Al" – 4:39
17. "Graceland" (not included on CD) – 4:48

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