Editing Simon & Garfunkel (section)

==Critical reception and legacy==
Simon & Garfunkel received criticism at the height of their success. In 1968, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic Arthur Schmidt described their music as "questionable&nbsp;... it exudes a sense of process, and it is slick, and nothing too much happens."<ref>{{Citation |last=Schmidt |first=Arthur |date=May 25, 1968 |title=''Bookends'' |location=New York City |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/bookends-19680525 |access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> ''New York Times'' critic Robert Shelton said that the duo had "a kind of Mickey Mouse, timid, contrived" approach.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/paulsimonlife0000elio|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/paulsimonlife0000elio/page/45 45], 46|date=2010|author=Marc Eliot|title=Paul Simon: A Life|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn= 978-0-470-43363-8}}</ref> According to [[Richie Unterberger]] of [[AllMusic]], their clean sound and muted lyricism "cost them some hipness points during the [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]] era ... the pair inhabited the more polished end of the folk-rock spectrum and was sometimes criticized for a certain collegiate sterility."<ref name="AM" /> He noted that some critics regard Simon's later solo work as superior to Simon & Garfunkel.<ref name="AM" />

In 2003, ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list included ''[[Bridge over Troubled Water]]'' at number 51,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/bridge-over-troubled-water-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|title=Bridge over Troubled Water ranked no. 51|publisher=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902081012/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/bridge-over-troubled-water-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme]]'' at number 201,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|title=Parsley ranked no. 201|publisher=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902072834/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]'' at number 233,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/bookends-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|title=Bookends ranked no. 233|publisher=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902072541/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/bookends-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits|Greatest Hits]]'' at number 293.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/greatest-hits-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|title=Greatest Hits ranked no. 293|publisher=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902075639/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/greatest-hits-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2011}}</ref>  And in 2004, on their [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] list, ''Rolling Stone'' included "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]" at number 47, "[[The Boxer]]" at number 105, and "[[The Sound of Silence]]" at number 156.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spotirama.blogspot.com/2015/04/rolling-stone-500-greatest-songs-of-all.html|title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time(compiled in 2004)|date=April 30, 2015|publisher=Sportirama|access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>