I didn't make a star next to the album title, even though I know several songs of it, songs that probably everybody knows. I don't have to write about "Scarborough fair", "Homeward bound", "Feelin' groovy" or "For Emily, whenever I may find her", but they're not the only good songs on the album. In my opinion, S&G are best if the songs are mainly acoustic, as in all the mentioned hits, but also in "Cloudy" or "The dangling conversation". If they try to rock, like in "
A Simple Desultory Philippic", it sounds rather awkward. The harmonic singing of the two is absolutely beautiful, their soft voices combine wonderfully, and most songs are strong enough to make something of this quality. The album closes with a beautiful, yet unsettling anti-war statement in the form of a soft rendition of "Silent night, holy night", combined with a recorded newscast about the vietnam war.
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