Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964-2011)
Liner Note Author: Jesse Kornbluth.Recording information: Columbia Studios, New York; Impressao Digital Studios, Rio de Janeiro; Los Angeles, CA; The Hit Factory, New York, NY.Photographers: Lynn Goldsmith; Don Hunstein; Louis Goldman; Rahav Segev; Mary Ellen Matthews; Yann Gamblin; Isaiah Wyner; Peggy Simon.Released as a companion to Legacy's Complete Album Collection, Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964-2011) condenses a five-decade career into 20 tracks. That's hardly enough to contain all the hits, so the compilers have opted for a mini-biography, tracing Simon's evolution from Simon & Garfunkel to the restless bard of the new millennium. Corners are cut, hits are forgotten -- and not small ones, either; "Mrs. Robinson," "Kodachrome," "Loves Me Like a Rock," "The Obvious Child" are all missing in action -- but Over the Bridge doesn't quite feel as if anything is missing because it does paint a nice overall picture of Simon's career and does have many major