Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album)

Breakaway is the second solo studio album by Art Garfunkel. It was released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It was produced by Richard Perry who has produced albums for other artists such as Carly Simon and Ringo Starr. It includes three Top 40 singles: "I Only Have Eyes for You" (US #18, UK #1), "Break Away" (US #39) and the Simon & Garfunkel reunion duet, "My Little Town" which peaked at #9. "I Only Have Eyes For You" is noted also for being Garfunkel's first #1 single in the UK. Breakaway has proven to be Garfunkel's most successful solo album; although peaking at number 7 in the United States, which was lower than his first album Angel Clare (US #5), it has been certified platinum by RIAA.

Breakaway
Studio album by Art Garfunkel
Released	October 14, 1975
Recorded	1975 at A&M Studios, The Record Plant, Village Recorders and Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles; The Record Plant, The Hit Factory and A&R Recording, New York City; AIR Studios and Marquee Studios, London; Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama[1]
Genre	Soft rock
Length	36:46
Label	Columbia
Producer	Richard Perry (except "My Little Town" produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel and Phil Ramone)
Art Garfunkel chronology
Angel Clare (1973) Breakaway (1975) Watermark (1977)
Singles from Breakaway
"I Only Have Eyes for You" Released: August 1975 "Break Away" Released: December 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	(Mixed)[3]

Album cover

A Norman Seeff photograph, taken at a staged photo shoot at Dan Tana’s Restaurant, on Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood. On the left is Helena Kallianiotes, Garfunkel in the middle, and on the right Laurie Bird.[4][5][6]

Release history

In addition to the usual 2-channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia Records in 1975 in a 4-channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape. The LP version was encoded in the SQ matrix format.

The album was reissued in the UK in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both the stereo and quadraphonic mixes.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)"	Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright	3:47
2.	"Rag Doll"	Steve Eaton	3:03
3.	"Break Away"	Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle	3:31
4.	"Disney Girls"	Bruce Johnston	4:32
5.	"Waters of March"	Antônio Carlos Jobim	3:34

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"My Little Town"	Paul Simon	3:51
7.	"I Only Have Eyes for You"	Al Dubin, Harry Warren	3:36
8.	"Looking for the Right One"	Stephen Bishop	3:20
9.	"99 Miles from L.A."	Albert Hammond, Hal David	3:29
10.	"The Same Old Tears on a New Background"	Bishop	3:42
Total length:			36:46

Personnel

• Art Garfunkel – vocals
• Toni Tennille, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Jon Joyce – background vocals
• Stephen Bishop – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Steve Cropper, Pete Carr – electric guitar
• Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Andrew Gold – acoustic guitar, ukulele, piano, electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, background vocals
• Nicky Hopkins – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Bruce Johnston – piano, background vocals, whistle
• Jim Keltner, Rick Shlosser, Jim Gordon, John Guerin, Russ Kunkel, Roger Hawkins, Denny Seiwell – drums
• Louis Shelton, Lon Van Eaton – acoustic guitar
• Barry Beckett, Reinie Press, John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Max Bennett, Lee Sklar, Joe Osborn, David Hood, Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
• Joe Clayton – percussion
• David Katz – violin, orchestra contractor
• Larry Knechtel – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Del Newman – conductor
• Bill Payne – piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, mellotron
• New World Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
• Helena Kallianiotes – cover model

Production

• Richard Perry – producer
• Art Garfunkel – co-producer
• Kathie Carey – production coordinator
• Brooks Arthur – recording engineer
• Bill Schnee – remix [Stereo And Quadraphonic]
• Doug Sax – mastering
• John Brogna – design
• Ron Coro – design
• Norman Seeff – photography
• Larry Emerine – photography (inner sleeve)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975–76) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 26 Canadian RPM Albums Chart[8] 6 Dutch Mega Albums Chart[9] 16 New Zealand Albums Chart [10] 31 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[11] 18 Swedish Albums Chart[12] 21 UK Albums Chart [13] 7 U.S. Billboard 200 [14] 7

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position Canadian Albums Chart[15] 64 Chart (1976) Position Canadian Albums Chart[16] 53 U.S. Billboard Year-End[17] 50 Certifications Region Certification United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Gold United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum

References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Art-Garfunkel-Breakaway/release/3655586
2. Ruhlmann, William. Breakaway at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
3. Marsh, Dave (1975-12-04), "Music Reviews : Breakaway by Art Garfunkel", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 2008-04-14, retrieved 2008-04-14
4. Morsch, Mike. "Art Garfunkel at McCarter Theatre". centraljersey.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
5. Hepworth, David. "Breakaway cover". David Hepworth's blog. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
6. Hoffman, Steve. "Breakaway LP photo". Steve Hoffman. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 121. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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14. "allmusic ((( Breakaway > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
15. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975". RPM. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
16. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976". RPM. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
17. "Top Pop Albums of 1976". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
18. "British album certifications – Art Garfunkel – Breakaway". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Breakaway in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
19. "American album certifications – Art Garfunkel – Breakaway". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.