Album · Paul Simon
Stranger to Stranger by Paul Simon
Stranger to Stranger is an album by Paul Simon, released in 2016. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wristband”, on 5 lists with a best position of #10.
Stranger to Stranger, Paul Simon's 13th solo studio album, arrived on Concord Records on June 3, 2016, his first release in more than five years, and it's as restless as anything he has made. Simon co-produced it with Roy Halee after writing the songs over several years, tearing them up and rebuilding them until they satisfied him, then dressed them in strange, clattering textures: custom-built instruments devised by the composer and music theorist Harry Partch, and three collaborations with the Italian electronic artist Clap! Clap!.
"Wristband" rides a thumping, rubbery groove, and the whole record crackles with that same sense of an old master still tinkering. Critics loved it, and so did buyers: it gave Simon the highest debut of his career on the Billboard 200, at No. 3, and topped the UK albums chart. The cover is a detail from Chuck Close's 2011 portrait of Simon.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Stranger to Stranger on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wristband | 5 | #10 | – | 2016–2018 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.