ART GARFUNKEL : ANGEL CLARE [CBS - ESP 1984] LP/RE

Art Garfunkel "Angel Clare" LP

(CBS) 1984 made in Spain

cat. num. S 32076

#folk rock #soft rock #simon&garfunkel

A1.Travelling Boy 5:00

A2.Down In The Willow Garden 4:03

A3.I Shall Sing 3:36

A4.Old Man 3:24

A5.Feuilles-Oh / Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls On Their Way To The Moon? 3:09

B1.All I Know 3:46

B2.Mary Was An Only Child 3:28

B3.Woyaya 3:18

B4.Barbara Allen 5:25

B5.Another Lullaby 3:32

Garfunkel (he was billed without his first name here) had a lot riding on his debut solo album, and Angel Clare, named after a character in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, lived up to the heightened expectations for the man who had sung "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and other Simon & Garfunkel favorites. Garfunkel took no chances, issuing as the first single Jimmy Webb's "All I Know," which was arranged in a similar style to "Bridge" and made the Top Ten. Elsewhere on the record, Garfunkel took a more spirited approach, notably on a version of Van Morrison's "I Shall Sing" that was reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia" and made the Top 40. Certainly, there was enough firepower on the record, which featured guitarists Jerry Garcia and J.J. Cale. But much of it was filled with stately, orchestra-laden ballads, sung by Garfunkel in his naïve, breathy tenor. If Simon & Garfunkel had been the thinking man's Everly Brothers, Garfunkel alone turned out to be the thinking man's Johnny Mathis.