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Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar

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{{Infobox album

| name = Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar

| type = greatest

| artist = Paul Simon

| cover = Greatest Hits Shining Like a National Guitar.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith

| released = May 23, 2000

| recorded = 1972–1997

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk rock, soft rock, worldbeat

| length = 77:06{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Simon/Greatest+Hits:+Shining+Like+a+National+Guitar |title=Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar |access-date=June 28, 2009}}

| label = Warner Music Group

| producer = Paul Simon, Roy Halee, Oscar Hernández, Phil Ramone, Russ Titelman, Muscle Shoals

| prev_title = Songs from The Capeman

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = You're the One

| next_year = 2000

}}

Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar is the fifth greatest hits album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on May 23, 2000{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-shining-like-a-national-guitar-mw0000456095 |title=Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar Review by William Ruhlmann |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 23, 2024}} by the Warner Music Group. Although the album was a chart success across Europe, it was not issued in the United States. The title of the album is taken from the first line of the song "Graceland".

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |edition=4th |isbn=978-0195313734 |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

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William Ruhlmann of AllMusic called it "by far the best [Paul Simon] collection ever released."

Track listing

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! Song

! Year

! Time

1

| "Graceland"

| 1986

| 4:47

2

| "You Can Call Me Al"

| 1986

| 4:41

3

| "Mother and Child Reunion"

| 1972

| 2:59

4

| "The Cool, Cool River"

| 1990

| 4:33

5

| "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"

| 1976

| 3:07

6

| "The Obvious Child"

| 1990

| 4:11

7

| "The Boy in the Bubble"

| 1987

| 3:57

8

| "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War"

| 1983

| 3:43

9

| "Late in the Evening"

| 1980

| 3:54

10

| "Bernadette"

| 1997

| 3:28

11

| "Slip Slidin' Away"

| 1977

| 4:45

12

| "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"

| 1973

| 3:22

13

| "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"

| 1987

| 5:49

14

| "Still Crazy After All These Years"

| 1976

| 3:22

15

| "Kodachrome"

| 1973

| 3:28

16

| "Loves Me Like a Rock"

| 1973

| 3:14

17

| "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"

| 1972

| 2:43

18

| "Hearts and Bones"

| 1983

| 5:38

19

| "Trailways Bus"

| 1997

| 5:15

Certifications

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References

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Category:2000 greatest hits albums

Category:Paul Simon compilation albums

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