Watermark (Art Garfunkel album)

Watermark
Watermark
Studio album by Art Garfunkel
Released	October 25, 1977; January 10, 1978 (reissue)
Recorded	1977
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama); CBS Studios and A & R Studios (New York City, New York); The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California); Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, California); Rudy Records (San Francisco, California); Lombard Studios (Dublin, Ireland);
Genre	Soft rock
Length	36:57
Label	Columbia
Producer	Art Garfunkel (except "Wonderful World" produced by Phil Ramone);
Art Garfunkel chronology
Singles from Watermark
	"What a Wonderful World"; Released: January 1978;

ReleasedOctober 25, 1977
January 10, 1978 (reissue)

Recorded1977

Studio

Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama)
CBS Studios and A & R Studios (New York City, New York)
The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, California)
Rudy Records (San Francisco, California)
Lombard Studios (Dublin, Ireland)

GenreSoft rock

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(Positive)^[2]

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 No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 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.

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Live albums	Across America
Compilation albums	The Art Garfunkel Album Garfunkel Up 'til Now Simply the Best
Singles	"All I Know" "I Shall Sing" "Second Avenue" "I Only Have Eyes for You" "Break Away" "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" "(What A) Wonderful World" "Since I Don't Have You" "Bright Eyes" "A Heart in New York" "So Much in Love" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Crying in the Rain"
Other songs	"Looking for the Right One" "I Will"
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