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Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972) is the first compilation album from Simon & Garfunkel. The album was a mix of original studio recordings and Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits is the first compilation album from Simon & Garfunkel, released in June 1972, two years after the duo had split.

The album was a mix of original studio recordings and four previously unreleased live recordings. The remaining ten studio songs comprise nine singles released between 1965 and 1972, "America" being issued as a single several years after its appearance as a track on the Bookends album, and one album track, "Bookends" (without its parent song "Old Friends").

All the singles included, except "America," "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)," and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" made the Top Ten, with the last peaking at #11, and "Mrs. Robinson" topped the chart aided by its appearance in Mike Nichols' hit movie The Graduate. "The Sound of Silence" and "Bridge over Troubled Water" both peaked at #1 as singles in their studio versions, and "The Boxer" peaked as a single at #7.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 293 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

TRACK LISTING:

SIDE A

1. MRS. ROBINSON
2. FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER (LIVE)
3. THE BOXER
4. THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY) (LIVE)
5. THE SOUND OF SILENCE
6. I AM A ROCK
7. SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE

SIDE B

1. HOMEWARD BOUND (LIVE)
2. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
3. AMERICA
4. KATHY'S SONG (LIVE)
5. EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)
6. BOOKENDS
7. CECILIA