Fate for Breakfast

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

Fate for Breakfast
Studio album by
Art Garfunkel
ReleasedMarch 15, 1979
Recorded1979
GenreSoft rock
Length36:44
LabelColumbia
ProducerLouie 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[1]
Rolling Stone(Not Favorable)[2]

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 a different version of the song "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 Batteau3:40
4."Sail on a Rainbow"Stephen Bishop3:45
5."Miss You Nights"Dave Townsend3:47
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Bright Eyes" (Not included on U.S. album release)Mike Batt4:00
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 Hatcher2:41
10."When Someone Doesn't Want You"Jeffrey Staton3:34
11."Take Me Away"Grant Gullickson, Lance Gullickson4:04

Personnel

Charts

References
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