Negotiations and Love Songs

Negotiations and Love Songs is a compilation album of songs by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released in 1988 and consisting of songs released from 1971 to 1986. The title of the compilation is taken from a line in the song "Train in the Distance."

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Negotiations and Love Songs
Greatest hits album by Paul Simon
Released	October 18, 1988
Recorded	1971-1986
Genre	Folk rock, folk, worldbeat
Length	63:07
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee
Paul Simon chronology
Graceland (1986) Negotiations and Love Songs (1988) The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)

Track listing

All songs composed by Paul Simon, except "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes," co-written by Joseph Shabalala.

LP side	Track	Title	Time	Source album	Release year
One	1	"Mother and Child Reunion"	2:48	Paul Simon	1972
	2	"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"	2:41
	3	"Something So Right"	4:28	There Goes Rhymin' Simon	1973
	4	"St. Judy's Comet"	3:17
	5	"Loves Me Like a Rock"	3:18
Two	6	"Kodachrome"	3:32
	7	"Have a Good Time"	3:23	Still Crazy After All These Years	1975
	8	"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"	3:31
	9	"Still Crazy After All These Years"	3:24
Three	10	"Late in the Evening"	3:55	One-Trick Pony	1980
	11	"Slip Slidin' Away"	4:43	Greatest Hits, Etc.	1977
	12	"Hearts and Bones"	5:38	Hearts and Bones	1983
	13	"Train in the Distance"	4:22
Four	14	"Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War"	3:43
	15	"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"	5:46	Graceland	1986
	16	"You Can Call Me Al"	4:39
	17	"Graceland"	4:48

• "Graceland" appears only on the LP edition of the album.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart Position Australian ARIA Albums Chart[1] 27 New Zealand Albums Chart [2] 5 UK Albums Chart [3] 17 United States Billboard 200[4] 110 Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position UK Albums Chart[5] 94

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales France (SNEP)[6] Gold 100,000^* New Zealand (RMNZ)[7] Platinum 15,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Platinum 300,000^^ United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

1. "australian-charts.com Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
2. "charts.nz - Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
3. "The Official Charts Company - Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986" (PHP). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
4. Allmusic - Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971 – 1986 > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
5. "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
6. "French album certifications – Paul Simon – Negotiations and Love Songs" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
7. "New Zealand album certifications – Paul Simon – Negotiations and Love Songs". Recorded Music NZ.
8. "British album certifications – Paul Simon – Negotiations and Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Negotiations and Love Songs in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
9. "American album certifications – Paul Simon – Negotiations and Love Songs". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.