Track Listing

1. Bright Eyes
2. Break Away
3. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
4. Disney Girls
5. Miss You Nights
6. She Moves Through The Fair
7. Scissors Cut
8. Since I Don't Have You
9. Watermark
10. What A Wonderful World
11. When A Man Loves A Woman
12. Looking For The Right One
13. I Only Have Eyes For You
14. Crying In The Rain - Garfunkel, Art & JT
15. Another Lullaby
16. 99 Miles From LA
17. Heart In New York
18. Saturday Suit
19. Why Worry
20. Crying In My Sleep

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9775 in Music
• Released on: 1998-08-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

mr garfunkel has more than bright eyes!!!
best know as one half of simon and garfunkel..need i say more! his solo work has been very under-rated! i only knew "bright eyes" one of my all times favourite songs!

for a bargain price i bought the best of...and how it is worth its weight in gold!

the album opens with "bright eyes" a timeless classic...sounding as good as ever!

through the album you have timeless cassic tracks like "what a wonderful world" and "when a man loves a woman" which art reworks to his favour..the stunning cover of "miss you nights" original recorded by cliff richard but this version is stunning!

you have the single releases "breakaway" and "scissors cut" which is my personal favourite on the album and maybe one of my favourite songs of all time!

there is something here to please anyone who loves arts voice...i adore this album!

a nice album, but
Yes, this does contain most of his best tracks, but unfortunately also contains what I call 'stocking filler tracks', which dilutes the overall effect of the album. Still well worth adding to your collection.

Superb voice, brilliant compilation
Art's musical partnership with Paul Simon broke up partly because Art wanted to focus more on acting, although it may be that Paul (who wrote their songs) was jealous of the attention given to Art (whose voice was superior to Paul's) for singing classics such as Bridge over troubled water. Whatever the causes of the split, Art spent much less time in the recording studio after the split than Paul did. Thus, this compilation draws on far fewer albums than a corresponding compilation of Paul's music. Still, there's plenty of quality in the music here.

Originally written in the thirties, I only have eyes for you had been revived very successfully in the fifties by the Flamingos, who had a major American hit with it. Their version didn't chart in the UK but Art took the song to the UK number one spot in 1975. Bright eyes (from Watership down) replaced Gloria Gaynor's anthemic I will survive as UK number one in 1979 and spent six weeks at the top. Art only had one other UK hit as a solo artist (Since I don't have you) - it was the follow-up to Bright eyes, but it was only a minor hit.

Elsewhere on this compilation you can find Art's excellent interpretations of other classic songs. What a wonderful world, which features Paul Simon and James Taylor, caused some to speculate on a reunion with Paul, but although there have been occasional reunions since, this recording was a one-off at the time. Break away, a top ten UK hit for its writers (Gallagher and Lyle) was a hit for Art in some other countries.

There are many other excellent tracks here - some original, some covers, although All I want (a top ten American hit) is not included. It didn't chart in Britain but with only three UK hits, it could easily have been included.

As an overview of Art's solo music, this is excellent for Brits and expatriate Brits but I suspect that Americans will opt for a different compilation - one that includes All I want.