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Sounds of Silence by ReleasedJanuary 17, 1966RecordedMarch 1964
April 1965
June 1965
December 1965Length29:09 ()
31:39 (),  chronology
(1964)Sounds of Silence
(1966)
(1966) from Sounds of Silence ""
Released: September 1965 ""
Released: February 1966 ""
Released: May 1966

Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by , released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album , and later on the soundtrack to the movie . Without the knowledge of  or , electric guitars, bass and drums were  by  staff   on June 15, 1965. This new version was released as a single in September 1965, and opens the album.

"" was released on the album in the UK, placed at the beginning of Side 2 before "". It was also released as part of the box set Simon & Garfunkel Collected Works, on both LP and CD. Many of the songs in the album had been written by Paul Simon while he lived in  during 1965.

Solo acoustic versions of "I Am a Rock", "Leaves That Are Green", "April Come She Will", "A Most Peculiar Man", and "Kathy's Song" had appeared on , released in August 1965 in England as had another version of the title track. "Richard Cory" was based on a  by , "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" was essentially a rewrite of the previous album's "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.", "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" had appeared on the b-side of "" a few months before and "" was a cover of an instrumental piece by guitarist  whom Simon had met in England. Hence the only brand new Paul Simon composition on the album was "Blessed".

The album is also included in its entirety as part of the Simon & Garfunkel   and . On March 22, 2013, it was announced that the album will be preserved by the  in the , calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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Track listing

All tracks written by , except where noted.

Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength1."" March 10, 1964 (basic track)
June 15, 1965 (overdubs)3:082."Leaves That Are Green" December 13, 19652:233."Blessed" December 21, 19653:164."Kathy's Song" December 21, 19653:215."Somewhere They Can't Find Me" April 5, 19652:376.""December 13, 19652:17Side twoNo.TitleRecordedLength7.""December 14, 19652:578."A Most Peculiar Man"December 22, 19652:349.""December 21, 19651:5110."We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'"April 5, 19652:0011.""December 14, 19652:50