Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album)


Breakaway is the second solo studio album by Art Garfunkel. It was released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It was produced by Richard Perry who has produced albums for other artists such as Carly Simon and Ringo Starr. It includes three Top 40 singles: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Break Away" and the Simon And Garfunkel reunion duet, "My Little Town" which peaked at #9. "I Only Have Eyes For You" is noted also for being Garfunkel's first #1 single in the UK. Breakaway has proven to be Garfunkel's most successful solo album; although peaking at number 7 in the United States, which was lower than his first album Angel Clare, it has been certified platinum by RIAA.

Album cover

A Norman Seeff photograph, taken at a staged photo shoot at Dan Tana’s Restaurant, on Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood. On the left is Helena Kallianiotes, Garfunkel in the middle, and on the right Laurie Bird.

Release history

In addition to the usual 2-channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia Records in 1975 in a 4-channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape. The LP version was encoded in the SQ matrix format.
The album was reissued in the UK in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both the stereo and quadraphonic mixes.

Track listing

Personnel

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications