The Best of Simon and Garfunkel is the fifth compilation album of greatest hits by Simon & Garfunkel, released by Columbia Records in 1999, containing 20 tracks.
Shortly after its release, this album was revised and re-issued as an expanded 2-CD version called Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Paul Simon, except where noted. "The Sound of Silence" – 3:07 "Homeward Bound" – 2:29 "I Am a Rock" – 2:52 "The Dangling Conversation" – 2:38 "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Traditional, arranged by Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 3:10 "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 1:55 "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:17 "At the Zoo" – 2:17 "Fakin' It (Mono version)" – 3:12 "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:04 "Old Friends/Bookends" – 3:57 "The Boxer" – 5:10 "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 4:54 "Cecilia" – 2:56 "The Only Living Boy in New York" – 3:59 "Song for the Asking" – 1:52 "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles; English lyrics by Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) – 3:08 "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Live) – 2:22 "America" – 3:37 "My Little Town" – 3:52
Producers: Tom Wilson, Bob Johnston, John Simon, Paul Simon, Arthur Garfunkel, Roy Halee & Phil Ramone
Charts + Chart performance for The Best of Simon and GarfunkelChart (2002)Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 66Japanese Oricon Albums Chart204
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