Watermark (Art Garfunkel album)

Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, 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.

Watermark
Studio album by Art Garfunkel
Released	October 25, 1977 January 10, 1978 (reissue)
Recorded	1977
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Alabama
Genre	Soft rock
Length	36:57
Label	Columbia
Producer	Art Garfunkel (except "Wonderful World" produced by Phil Ramone)
Art Garfunkel chronology
Breakaway (1975) Watermark (1977) Fate for Breakfast (1979)
Singles from Watermark
"What a Wonderful World" Released: January 1978

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(Positive)[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jimmy Webb; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Crying in My Sleep" – 4:06
2. "Marionette" – 2:36
3. "Shine It on Me" – 3:26
4. "Watermark" – 2:59
5. "Saturday Suit" – 3:16
6. "All My Love's Laughter" – 3:56

Side two

7. "(What a) Wonderful World" (Herb Alpert, Sam Cooke, Lou Adler) – 3:32 (added to the January 1978 reissue, replacing the song "Fingerpaint")
8. "Mr. Shuck'n Jive" – 4:48
9. "Paper Chase" – 2:37
10. "She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional) – 2:45
11. "Someone Else (1958)" – 2:19
12. "Fingerpaint" - 3:55 (removed from the January 1978 reissue, replaced with ("What a) Wonderful World")
13. "Wooden Planes" – 3:13

Personnel

• Art Garfunkel – vocals
• Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, Lead & background vocals on "(What a) Wonderful World"
• James Taylor - acoustic guitar, Lead & 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, Seán 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 – flute

Charts

Weekly charts Chart Position Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 41 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 15 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 18 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 11 UK Albums (OCC)[8] 25 US Billboard 200[9] 19 Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position Canadian Albums Chart[10] 92

Certifications Region Certification Canada (Music Canada)[11] Gold United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver United States (RIAA)[13] Gold

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. Watermark at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. 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
3. "Art Garfunkel Official Website".
4. 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.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5525a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
6. "Charts.nz – Art Garfunkel – Watermark". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
7. "Norwegiancharts.com – Art Garfunkel – Watermark". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
9. "Art Garfunkel Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
10. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976". RPM. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
11. "Canadian album certifications – Art Garfunkel – Watermark". Music Canada.
12. "British album certifications – Art Garfunkel – Water mark". British Phonographic Industry.
13. "American album certifications – Art Garfunkel – Watermark". Recording Industry Association of America.