One-Trick Pony (album)

One-Trick Pony
Soundtrack album / Studio album by
Paul Simon
ReleasedAugust 12, 1980[1]
Recorded1979–1980
StudioA&R Studios, New York except "Ace in the hole" and "One Trick Pony" recorded live at The Agora Club, Cleveland, Ohio
GenreRock
Length38:25
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerPaul Simon, Phil Ramone
Paul Simon chronology
Greatest Hits, Etc.
(1977) 		One-Trick Pony
(1980) 		Hearts and Bones
(1983)
Singles from One-Trick Pony
  1. "Late in the Evening"
    Released: July 1980
  2. "One-Trick Pony"
    Released: October 1980
  3. "Oh, Marion"
    Released: February 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB−[3]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[4]

One-Trick Pony is the fifth solo studio album by Paul Simon released in 1980. It was Simon's first album for Warner Bros. Records, and his first new studio album since 1975's Still Crazy After All These Years. His back catalog from Columbia Records would also move to Warner Bros. as a result of his signing with the label.

  1. ^ "One-Trick Pony".
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 2016-06-11.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)