Fate for Breakfast

Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released in March 1979 on Columbia Records.

Fate for Breakfast
Studio album by Art Garfunkel
Released	March 15, 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Soft rock
Length	36:44
Label	Columbia
Producer	Louie Shelton (except "Bright Eyes" produced by Mike Batt)
Art Garfunkel chronology
Watermark (1977) Fate for Breakfast (1979) Scissors Cut (1981)
Singles from Fate for Breakfast
"Bright Eyes" Released: 1979

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(Not Favorable)^[2]

It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 (charting at 67) and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. Yet the album garnered international success, reaching the top-ten in some European countries. The European release includes a different version of the song "Bright Eyes", which was featured in the film version of the novel Watership Down, and reached the number-one spot in the United Kingdom, becoming the biggest-selling single of 1979 there.

The album was issued in six different sleeves, each with a different shot of Art Garfunkel at the breakfast table. David Sanborn covered "And I Know" entitled "Love Will Come Someday" for his 1982 album As We Speak. Also on the album is a cover of Cliff Richard's 1976 hit "Miss You Nights".

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In a Little While (I'll Be on My Way)"	Dennis Belfield	3:27
2.	"Since I Don't Have You"	Joe Rock, Jimmy Beaumont, Lennie Martin, Janet Vogel, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen, Walter Lester	3:39
3.	"And I Know"	Michael Sembello, David Batteau	3:40
4.	"Sail on a Rainbow"	Stephen Bishop	3:45
5.	"Miss You Nights"	Dave Townsend	3:47

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Bright Eyes" (Not included on U.S. album release)	Mike Batt	4:00
7.	"Finally Found a Reason"	Michael Sembello, David Batteau, Craig Bickhardt, Rick Bell	2:41
8.	"Beyond the Tears"	Jeffrey Comanor, Robert Gundry	3:53
9.	"Oh How Happy"	Charles Hatcher	2:41
10.	"When Someone Doesn't Want You"	Jeffrey Staton	3:34
11.	"Take Me Away"	Grant Gullickson, Lance Gullickson	4:04

Personnel

• Art Garfunkel – vocals, harmony vocals
• Penny Nichols, Bobby Alessi, Carolyn Dennis, Leah Kunkel, Jimmy Gilstrap, Billy Alessi, Maxine Anderson – background vocals
• Stephen Bishop – guitar, background vocals
• Michael Brecker, Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizer, piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
• Chris Spedding – acoustic guitar on "Bright Eyes"
• Gene Page – arranger
• Simon Phillips, Steve Gadd, Roy J. Morgan, Mike Baird – drums
• Louis Shelton – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Dennis Belfield, Lyle Harper, Les Hurdle, Neil Jason – bass guitar
• Ray Cooper, Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Alan Estes, Lyle Forman – percussion
• Edwin Roxburgh – oboe
• Roland Harker – lute
• Larry Knechtel – piano
• Del Newman – string arrangement
• Lee Ritenour, Richie Zito, Hugh McCracken – electric guitar
• Larry Rolando – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jeffrey Staton – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Richard Tee – piano, Fender Rhodes

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1979) Position Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3] 3 Austrian Albums Chart^[4] 24 Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[5] 66 Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[6] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart^[7] 1 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[8] 9 Swedish Albums Chart^[9] 7 Swiss Albums Chart^[10] 10 UK Albums Chart^[11] 2 U.S. Billboard 200^[12] 67 West German Media Control Albums Chart^[13] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1979) Position Australian Albums Chart^[3] 24 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14] 28 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15] 13 UK Albums Chart^[16] 31 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)^[17] Gold 100,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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