This Better Be Good
This Better Be Good | |
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Compilation album by Paul Simon | |
Released | June 1, 2009 |
Recorded | 1972–2009 |
Genre | Rock / Singer/Songwriter |
Label | Starbucks Entertainment |
This Better Be Good is a compilation album by Paul Simon, issued in June 2009 on the Starbucks Entertainment record label in its Opus Collection series (catalog number OPCD-8321). The disc was exclusively available at US branches of the Starbucks stores. The tracks on this album were taken from all of Paul's solo albums (except The Paul Simon Songbook), up to and including the 2006 release Surprise.
The iTunes version of the album included the bonus track, "Questions for the Angels". It was a new track that had not been released in any other form. In 2011, it appeared on Simon's new studio album, So Beautiful or So What. The album was listed on the Billboard 200 in August 2009.[1]
Track listing
- Kodachrome
- Peace like a River
- Loves Me like a Rock
- Late in the Evening
- Slip Slidin' Away
- Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
- Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
- Mother and Child Reunion
- American Tune
- Under African Skies
- Senorita with a Necklace of Tears
- Bernadette
- Train in the Distance
- The Obvious Child
- Father and Daughter
- Sure Don't Feel like Love
- Questions for the Angels (iTunes bonus track; available only on iTunes; not included in the CD version)
Chart performance
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number 60 on July 11, 2009, which was also its peak position. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.
References
- ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard Magazine. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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- Discography
- Songs recorded
- Songs written
- The Paul Simon Songbook (1966)
- Paul Simon (1972)
- There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
- Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
- One-Trick Pony (1980)
- Hearts and Bones (1983)
- Graceland (1986)
- The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
- Songs from The Capeman (1997)
- You're the One (2000)
- Surprise (2006)
- So Beautiful or So What (2011)
- Stranger to Stranger (2016)
- In the Blue Light (2018)
- Seven Psalms (2023)
- Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
- Paul Simon's Concert in the Park
- Greatest Hits, Etc.
- Negotiations and Love Songs
- The Paul Simon Anthology
- Paul Simon 1964/1993
- Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
- Recorded as Jerry Landis
- The Essential Paul Simon
- This Better Be Good
- Over the Bridge of Time
- The Ultimate Collection
- The Paul Simon Special (1977)
- One-Trick Pony (1980)
- Paul Simon in Concert (1981)
- The All-Star Gospel Session (1987)
- Graceland: The African Concert (1987)
- Paul Simon's Concert in the Park (1991)
- Born at the Right Time (1992)
- Classic Albums: Graceland (1997)
- The Capeman (theater, 1998)
- You're The One - In Concert (2000)
- Live at the Tower Theatre 2003
- Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009)
- So Beautiful or So What (Deluxe Limited Edition) (2011)
- Live in New York City (2012)
- Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies (2012)
- The Concert in Hyde Park (2017)
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2023)
- One-Trick Pony Tour 1980
- Never Ending Tour 1999
- On Stage Together Tour