Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records. The first single, "Crying in My Sleep", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of "(What a) Wonderful World" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The songs "Watermark" and "Paper Chase" had previously been performed by Richard Harris on his albums A Tramp Shining and The Yard Went On Forever. Watermark is also noted as being the final recording sessions of legendary saxophonist Paul Desmond who died of lung cancer shortly thereafter. Actress Laurie Bird, Garfunkel's girlfriend, made the album cover's photograph.[3] Some promotional copies of the single "Crying in My Sleep", released in advance of the album, referred to the album as Art Garfunkel, suggesting Garfunkel initially planned for the album to be self-titled.
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Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records The first single Crying in My Sleep failed to chart but the follow up a version of What a Wonderful World featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel s old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor reached 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart The songs Watermark and Paper Chase had previously been performed by Richard Harris on his albums A Tramp Shining and The Yard Went On Forever Watermark is also noted as being the final recording sessions of legendary saxophonist Paul Desmond who died of lung cancer shortly thereafter Actress Laurie Bird Garfunkel s girlfriend made the album cover s photograph 3 Some promotional copies of the single Crying in My Sleep released in advance of the album referred to the album as Art Garfunkel suggesting Garfunkel initially planned for the album to be self titled WatermarkStudio album by Art GarfunkelReleasedOctober 25 1977January 10 1978 reissue Recorded1977StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studios AlabamaGenreSoft rockLength36 57LabelColumbiaProducerArt Garfunkel except Wonderful World produced by Phil Ramone Art Garfunkel chronologyBreakaway 1975 Watermark 1977 Fate for Breakfast 1979 Singles from Watermark What a Wonderful World Released January 1978Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Rolling Stone Positive 2 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 3 3 Certifications 4 ReferencesTrack listing editAll tracks composed by Jimmy Webb except where indicated Side one Crying in My Sleep 4 06 Marionette 2 36 Shine It on Me 3 26 Watermark 2 59 Saturday Suit 3 16 All My Love s Laughter 3 56Side two What a Wonderful World Herb Alpert Sam Cooke Lou Adler 3 32 added to the January 1978 reissue replacing the song Fingerpaint Mr Shuck n Jive 4 48 Paper Chase 2 37 She Moved Through the Fair Traditional 2 45 Someone Else 1958 2 19 Fingerpaint 3 55 removed from the January 1978 reissue replaced with What a Wonderful World Wooden Planes 3 13Personnel editArt Garfunkel vocals Paul Simon acoustic guitar Lead amp background vocals on What a Wonderful World James Taylor acoustic guitar Lead amp background vocals on What a Wonderful World Stephen Bishop guitar background vocals Derek Bell harmonica Carol Flamm Alexandra Stavrou Ed Hasselbrink Shelley Hirsch Fred Farell David Crosby Bob Dorough Leah Kunkel background vocals Jay Clayton Voice Group background vocals Paul Desmond alto saxophone Pete Carr Jimmy Johnson Hugh McCracken guitar Tommy Vig vibraphone background vocals Ralph MacDonald Tom Roady Craig Krampf percussion Jimmy Webb keyboards Barry Beckett piano David Campbell arranger Christopher Dedrick arranger Joe Farrell flute English horn oboe Martin Fay Sean Keane fiddle Jimmie Haskell arranger Roger Hawkins Steve Gadd Rick Shlosser drums David Hood Joe Osborn Tony Levin bass guitar Thomas Latondre percussion handclaps Paddy Moloney uilleann pipes tin whistle Oklahoma Uni Chorale background vocals Bill Payne synthesizer Jack Schroer saxophone Richard Tee piano Fender Rhodes Michael Tubridy fluteCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart PositionAustralia Kent Music Report 4 41Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 5 15New Zealand Albums RMNZ 6 18Norwegian Albums VG lista 7 11UK Albums OCC 8 25US Billboard 200 9 19Year end charts edit Chart 1978 PositionCanadian Albums Chart 10 92 Certifications edit Region CertificationCanada Music Canada 11 GoldUnited Kingdom BPI 12 SilverUnited States RIAA 13 GoldReferences edit Ruhlmann William Watermark at AllMusic Retrieved 2011 10 10 Wiseman Rich 1978 05 18 Music Reviews Watermark by Art Garfunkel Rolling Stone archived from the original on 2008 07 24 retrieved 2008 07 24 Art Garfunkel Official Website 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 Top RPM Albums Issue 5525a RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved October 3 2011 Charts nz Art Garfunkel Watermark Hung Medien Retrieved October 10 2011 Norwegiancharts com Art Garfunkel Watermark Hung Medien Retrieved October 10 2011 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved October 10 2011 Art Garfunkel Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved October 10 2011 RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976 RPM Archived from the original on 2014 02 24 Retrieved 2011 10 03 Canadian album certifications Art Garfunkel Watermark Music Canada British album certifications Art Garfunkel Water mark British Phonographic Industry American album certifications Art Garfunkel Watermark Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Watermark Art Garfunkel album amp oldid 1171017730, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
