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Making his technical debut as a songwriter (technical in that his prose poems serve as a lyric source on several tracks), Art Garfunkel takes top billing in what actually qualifies as a collaboration with two other singer/songwriters, Nashville's Buddy Mondlock and L.A.-based Maia Sharp; producer/songwriter Billy Mann plays an essential creative role as well. For all the diverse input, this remains a Garfunkel project at heart. His airy, delicate singing, remarkably identical in quality to his earliest recordings some 40 years earlier, provides the essential textural reference; Mondlock's vocals uncannily replicate Garfunkel's from the opening moments of "Bounce" and elsewhere throughout the album. Only two of these songs were written by outsiders, and these -- the self-consciously buoyant "Young and Free" and uncomfortably precious "What I Love About Rain" -- don't match the rest in either musical or lyrical accomplishment. Two in particular create near-magical spells, and both are draw from Garfunkel's writing: "The Thread," a wistful chronicle of love lost amidst references to romantic landmarks in New York, and "Perfect Moment," an account of strangers exchanging glances in a theater lobby and achieving, in that timeless second, all the perfection and connection two people might expect. This performance, musically reminiscent of the Simon & Garfunkel classic "For Emily," is exquisitely crafted and impeccably performed -- a high point not only here, but in all of Garfunkel's catalog.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo
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Billy Mann, Composer, Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Lyle, Composer - Buddy Mondlock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, Composer, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Composer, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Gary Burr, Composer - Dan Haseltine, Composer - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Composer, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, Composer, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Composer, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Julian, Composer - Buddy Mondlock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, Composer, MainArtist - Pierce Pettis, Composer - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Composer, Producer - Art Garfunkel, Composer, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Composer, Producer - Art Garfunkel, Composer, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Composer, Producer - Art Garfunkel, Composer, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Composer, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Lisa Aschmann, Composer - Tom Kimmel, Composer - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Mondlock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Brooks, Composer - Buddy Mondlock, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Billy Mann, Producer - Art Garfunkel, MainArtist - Maia Sharp, Composer, Clarinet, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Faizi, Composer - Buddy Mondlock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Manhattan Records
Album review
Making his technical debut as a songwriter (technical in that his prose poems serve as a lyric source on several tracks), Art Garfunkel takes top billing in what actually qualifies as a collaboration with two other singer/songwriters, Nashville's Buddy Mondlock and L.A.-based Maia Sharp; producer/songwriter Billy Mann plays an essential creative role as well. For all the diverse input, this remains a Garfunkel project at heart. His airy, delicate singing, remarkably identical in quality to his earliest recordings some 40 years earlier, provides the essential textural reference; Mondlock's vocals uncannily replicate Garfunkel's from the opening moments of "Bounce" and elsewhere throughout the album. Only two of these songs were written by outsiders, and these -- the self-consciously buoyant "Young and Free" and uncomfortably precious "What I Love About Rain" -- don't match the rest in either musical or lyrical accomplishment. Two in particular create near-magical spells, and both are draw from Garfunkel's writing: "The Thread," a wistful chronicle of love lost amidst references to romantic landmarks in New York, and "Perfect Moment," an account of strangers exchanging glances in a theater lobby and achieving, in that timeless second, all the perfection and connection two people might expect. This performance, musically reminiscent of the Simon & Garfunkel classic "For Emily," is exquisitely crafted and impeccably performed -- a high point not only here, but in all of Garfunkel's catalog.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:57
- Main artists: Art Garfunkel
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Manhattan Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2002 Angel Records ℗ 2002 Angel Records
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