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Everything Waits to Be Noticed (2002)

Where the lyrics of Everything Waits to Be Noticed take you, and where it was really made.

Garfunkel's debut as a songwriter came on an album that failed to chart.

Key places

Recorded at OmniSound Studios (2002)

Recording site OmniSound Studios — The album was recorded at OmniSound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, according to the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Everything Waits to Be Noticed is the ninth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel
• It is a collaboration with singer-songwriters Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock
• Credited to "Art Garfunkel With Maia Sharp & Buddy Mondlock"
• It is Garfunkel's debut as a songwriter, with six songs co-written
• Produced by Billy Mann
• Released on 8 October 2002
• Thirteen tracks, plus one Japan-only bonus track

Background

• It is Garfunkel's first release on Blue Note Records
• Before this, he recorded for years with Columbia Records
• The Japanese edition was released under the title 心の散歩道
• The Japan-only bonus track is an acoustic version of "Perfect Moment"

Recording

• The album was recorded at OmniSound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Billy Mann produced the album
• Herb Tassin was the engineer and Joey Turner the assistant engineer
• George Massenburg did the mixing
• Bob Ludwig mastered the album at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine
• Tony Harrell played keyboards on most tracks
• Guitars and bass were played by Larry Beaird, Jeff King, George Marinelli and Mark Hill, among others
• String players appear on tracks 5 and 13

Cover

• Photography by Andrew Eccles
• Art direction by Burton Yount and Friederike Paetzold
• Creative direction by Gordon H. Jee
• Styling by Randall Tang
• Liner notes by Jann Wenner

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Arthur Ira Garfunkel, born November 5, 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
• Met Paul Simon in sixth grade at PS 164, both cast in an elementary school play, Alice in Wonderland.
• Performed as Tom & Jerry in the late 1950s, imitating the Everly Brothers' close two-part harmony; "Hey, Schoolgirl" reached number 49 on the pop charts in 1957.
• Studied at Columbia University, earning a bachelor's in art history in 1965 and a master's in mathematics education in 1967.

Career

• Simon & Garfunkel reformed in 1963; "The Sound of Silence" reached number one on the Billboard pop charts in 1965 after producer Tom Wilson added electric backing.
• Hits included "Mrs. Robinson" (written for The Graduate, 1967), "Scarborough Fair", "The Boxer" and "Bridge over Troubled Water".
• The duo split after Bridge over Troubled Water (1970), then reunited occasionally, including for "My Little Town" (1975) and The Concert in Central Park (1981).
• Solo: Angel Clare (1973), Breakaway (1975), Watermark (1977), and Fate for Breakfast (1979), which gave him his first UK number one with "Bright Eyes".
• Acted in Mike Nichols films Catch-22 (1970) and Carnal Knowledge (1971); nominated for a Golden Globe for the latter.
• Earned eight Grammy Awards in total, and he and Simon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
• Reunited with Simon for a 2003 world tour, followed by a 2004 free concert at the Colosseum in Rome.
• Released Father and Son with his son Art Garfunkel Jr. in 2024; on April 10, 2023 he cancelled his remaining concert dates.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released on 8 October 2002 as Garfunkel's ninth solo studio album
• First release on Blue Note Records after years with Columbia Records
• Garfunkel's first release as a songwriter, co-writing six songs
• Credited to Art Garfunkel With Maia Sharp & Buddy Mondlock
• Thirteen tracks in the standard listing, plus one Japan-only bonus track
• Opening track "Bounce" was written by Graham Lyle and Billy Mann
• Longest track "Turn, Don't Turn Away" runs 5:02
• "Every Now and Then" was written by Garth Brooks and Buddy Mondlock
• "Crossing Lines" was written by Gary Burr, Dan Haseltine and Maia Sharp
• Richard Julian wrote "Young and Free"

Records

• The album failed to chart
• Discogs lists "The Thread" and "Perfect Moment" among the singles tied to this release
• Credits list Billy Mann as producer, Herb Tassin as engineer and George Massenburg as mixer
• Bob Ludwig handled mastering at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine
• Jann Wenner wrote the liner notes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• The album is credited to "Art Garfunkel With Maia Sharp & Buddy Mondlock" rather than to Garfunkel alone.
• A Japan-only acoustic version of "Perfect Moment" was added as a bonus track.
• "Every Now and Then" was written by Garth Brooks and Buddy Mondlock.
• Mastering was done by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine.
• The Italian Wikipedia entry gives 2002 as the release year.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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