The final Simon & Garfunkel album, and the duo went out with a bang. The book mentions the Beatles breakup having been rather messy by comparison, which seems an appropriate comparison as this album sounds incredibly Beatles-esque. The title track has the Let it Be/Phil Spector sound to it, 'Baby Driver' having a mid era Beatles sound to it, and a number of the other tracks being more upbeat and 'bouncy' than previous Simon and Garfunkel albums. 'Cecilia' almost seems to hint at future directions that solo Simon would take.
A couple of the songs are thought to be aimed squarely at Garfunkel in the lead-up to the break up, with "the Only Living Boy in New York" in particular being in reference to Garfunkel heading off to Mexico to act in the film adaption of 'Catch-22', leaving Simon in NY to work on the album by himself.
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