''Breakaway'' is the second solo studio album by

Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 h ...

. It was released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It was produced by

Richard Perry Richard Van Perry (born June 18, 1942) is an American record producer. He began as a performer in his adolescence while attending Poly Prep, his high school in Brooklyn. After graduating from college he rose through the late 1960s and early 1970 ...

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 "I Only Have Eyes for You" is a romantic love song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written for the film ''Dames'' (1934) when Dick Powell introduced it. Several successful recordings of the song were made in 1934; later, there we ...

" (US #18, UK #1), " Break Away" (US #39) and the Simon & Garfunkel reunion duet, "

My Little Town "My Little Town" is a 1975 song by the American duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was written by Paul Simon, who produced the track along with Art Garfunkel and Phil Ramone. The song was included on the 1975 solo releases from both Simon ('' Still Crazy ...

" which peaked at #9. " 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.

Album cover

The cover consists of a Norman Seeff photograph taken at a staged photo shoot at Dan Tana’s Restaurant at 9071

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in Hollywood. On the left is Helena Kallianiotes, Garfunkel in the middle, and on the right Laurie Bird. There has been speculation that the art was inspiration for Leonard Cohen's Death of a Ladies' man (album) cover, but there has never been confirmation by either artist, nor their photographers.

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

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. The LP version was encoded in the SQ matrix format. The album was reissued in the UK in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion on the

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format. This edition contains both the stereo and quadraphonic mixes.

Track listing

Personnel

* Art Garfunkel – vocals *

Toni Tennille Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl Dragon; their signature song is " Love Will Keep Us ...

David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...

, Jon Joyce – backing vocals * Stephen Bishop – acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Steve Cropper,

Pete Carr Jesse Willard "Pete" Carr (April 22, 1950 – June 27, 2020) was an American guitarist. Carr contributed to successful recordings by Joan Baez, Luther Ingram, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, The Staple Singers, ...

– electric guitar * Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

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– acoustic guitar, ukulele, piano, electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, backing vocals *

Nicky Hopkins Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...

– piano, Fender Rhodes *

Bruce Johnston Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin; June 27, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who is a member of the Beach Boys. Johnston also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher (his bandmate in Bru ...

– piano, backing vocals, whistle *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Dow ...

Rick Shlosser Rick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has been a member of Van Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer. Discography 1970s * Andy Pratt - ''Records Are Like Life'' (1 ...

, Jim Gordon,

John Guerin John Payne Guerin (October 31, 1939 – January 5, 2004) was an American percussionist. He was a proponent of the jazz-rock style. Biography Guerin was born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego. As a young drummer he began performing with Buddy De ...

Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Dan F ...

, Roger Hawkins, Denny Seiwell – drums * Louis Shelton, Lon Van Eaton – acoustic guitar *

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in ...

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– piano * Max Bennett, Lee Sklar, Joe Osborn, David Hood, Reinie Press,

Klaus Voormann Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer. Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, including " You're So ...

– bass guitar * Joe Clayton – percussion * David Katz – violin, orchestra contractor *

Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon & ...

– piano, Fender Rhodes * Ralph MacDonald - percussion *

Del Newman Derrick Martin "Del" Newman (5 October 1930 – 10 August 2020) was a British conductor, orchestral arranger and music producer. His orchestral arrangements appeared on songs by many rock and pop artists from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Ca ...

– 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 William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated an ...

– remix (stereo and quadraphonic) * Doug Sax – mastering * John Brogna – design * Ron Coro – design * Norman Seeff – photography * Larry Emerine – photography (inner sleeve)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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