★★★★★
Partnering a writer as inspired and evocative as Paul Simon gave Art Garfunkel a glorious platform for one of popular music's sweetest voices but, while his natural tenor has long been anthologised and associated with the duo's iconic records, there's been a tendency to take his other work for granted. Only seven Simon & Garfunkel numbers make the cut for this 34-track release, compiled by the singer himself, leaving plenty of room to marvel at Garfunkel's treatment of other people's songs...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Let's face it: Art Garfunkel is underestimated by practically everybody. It's disturbingly common for people (critics included) to regard Simon and Garfunkel as essentially a Paul Simon solo vehicle. Perhaps the catalyst for these misconceptions is Simon himself, who relinquished the role of lead singer on only his drippiest compositions ("For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", etc.) and otherwise relegated his partner to accessory vocal duties...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-10-04
★★★★★
A rare combination of angelic delicacy and extraordinary power, Art Garfunkel's voice has lent reverie and wonder to songs for nearly 50 years. This two-CD set, lovingly curated by Garfunkel himself, collects 34 examples of his best work, beginning with Simon and Garfunkel classics such as "The Sound of Silence" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and moving through solo standouts like his gossamer version of the Beach Boys' "Disney Girls." It's a revelation from start to finish...
- www.rollingstone.com
2012-08-30
★★★★★
Paul Simon had the songs but Art Garfunkel had the voice. Not that he's used it to much effect on a slew of tedious MOR albums since the duo split in the early '70s. On Everything Wants To Be Noticed he's joined by Buddy Mondlock and Maia Sharp to create some lovely, intimate trio harmonies and, as Rolling Stone head honcho Jann Wenner observes in the liner notes, that voice still sounds "preternaturally young"...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2010-06-19
★★★★★
Glen Campbell is perhaps the best-known interpreter of the songs of Jimmy Webb, but this Webb-produced album has Art essaying some very fine versions of nuggets from the Webb songbook. Where Campbell is manly, square jawed and brooding, Art is light, keening and pure. His version of You Might As Well Smile (called Shine It On Me here) is good enough to stand toe to toe with Glen's, which is saying something indeed, and his take on Crying In My Sleep is exemplary...
- www.mojo4music.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Rod Stewart may have paused in his lucrative march through the greatAmerican songbook, but Garfunkel has picked up the slack with Some Enchanted Evening, his classics-covering 12th solo album. Garfunkel's style is more etherealthan Rockin' Rod's, and his keening version of "Someone to Watch OverMe" is genuinely enchanting, as is a nicely swinging "Let's Fall inLove...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
I first heard Art Garfunkel's third and best solo LP in the living room of the man who wrote ten of its twelve songs. Almost apologetically, Jimmy Webb introduced Watermark as "highly esoteric" before shyly venturing that he considered it a "major work." Well, the encouraging sales figures would seem to indicate that the album isn't as limited in appeal as Webb may have feared. And that's good, because Watermark contains some very worthy pop music...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
It would seem as if Art Garfunkel's latest solo album exists for the sole purpose of showing that he has a sense of humor. The evidence isn't in the music but in the packaging. First, there's that mock-despairing title, Fate for Breakfast, and on the back cover, a subtitle, "Doubt for Dessert." Also on the back is Garfunkel in a tux, grinning with a blacked-out front tooth and gripping an extremely unattractive, half-eaten bone or, uh, some sort of...meat?That's about it for amusement...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Scissors Cut, Art Garfunkel's finest solo album, easily justifies his unfashionable formal approach to pop music by its sheer aural beauty. Garfunkel's idea of arranging and recording pop numbers with a meticulousness that's usually reserved for art songs has always been controversial. After all, how much instrumental weight can even the sturdiest pop tunes support before they start to cave in from too much symphonic seriousness...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
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