Fate for Breakfast

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Fate for Breakfast
Fate for Breakfast album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Art Garfunkel
ReleasedMarch 15, 1979
Recorded1979
Genre Soft rock
Length36:44
Label Columbia
Producer Louie Shelton (except "Bright Eyes" produced by Mike Batt)
Art Garfunkel chronology
Watermark
(1977)		Fate for Breakfast
(1979)		 Scissors Cut
(1981)
Singles from Fate for Breakfast
  1. "Bright Eyes"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone (Not Favorable) [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released in March 1979 on Columbia Records.

Contents

It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 (charting at 67) and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. Yet the album garnered international success, reaching the top-ten in some European countries. The European release includes "Bright Eyes", which was featured in the film version of the novel Watership Down, and reached the number-one spot in the United Kingdom, becoming the biggest-selling single of 1979 there.

The album was issued in six different sleeves, each with a different shot of Art Garfunkel at the breakfast table. David Sanborn covered "And I Know" entitled "Love Will Come Someday" for his 1982 album As We Speak . Also on the album is a cover of Cliff Richard's 1976 hit "Miss You Nights".

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In a Little While (I'll Be on My Way)"Dennis Belfield3:27
2."Since I Don't Have You"Joe Rock, Jimmy Beaumont, Lennie Martin, Janet Vogel, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen, Walter Lester3:39
3."And I Know" Michael Sembello, David Batteau 3:40
4."Sail on a Rainbow" Stephen Bishop 3:45
5."Miss You Nights" Dave Townsend 3:47
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Bright Eyes" (Not included on U.S. album release) Mike Batt 4:00
7."Finally Found a Reason"Michael Sembello, David Batteau, Craig Bickhardt, Rick Bell2:41
8."Beyond the Tears"Jeffrey Comanor, Robert Gundry3:53
9."Oh How Happy" Charles Hatcher 2:41
10."When Someone Doesn't Want You"Jeffrey Staton3:34
11."Take Me Away"Grant Gullickson, Lance Gullickson4:04

Personnel

Charts

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