Bookends

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Bookends
Studio album by Simon and Garfunkel
Released	April 3, 1968
Recorded	September 1966, January 1967, June 1967, October 1967 - February 1968
Genre	Folk rock
Length	29:13
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Simon and Garfunkel Roy Halee
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Simon and Garfunkel chronology
The Graduate (soundtrack) (1968)	Bookends (1968)	Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

Bookends is the name of an album and its titular track, both recorded by Simon and Garfunkel, released April 3, 1968. (See: 1968 in music.) It was produced by Paul Simon, Roy Halee and Art Garfunkel.

Bookends was a #1 hit on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart, as well as in the UK. Four singles charted: "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "At the Zoo", "Fakin' It" and "Mrs. Robinson", which peaked at #13, #16 and #3 and #1, respectively.

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Bookends the 93rd greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 233 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Columbia Records LP KCS 9529; CD CK 09529; Remastered CD 66003.

Artists:

• Paul Simon: lead vocals, guitar
• Art Garfunkel: lead vocals

Contents 1 The songs 2 Track listing 2.1 Bonus tracks 3 Personnel 4 Miscellanea

[edit] The songs

The album begins softly, but takes a heavier turn with the second track, "Save the Life of My Child," which uses the sounds of a distorted synthesizer and is a noted departure from the softer sound that was the signature of the duo. The album also features the single "Mrs. Robinson," which was famous for its inclusion in the film The Graduate.

"Overs", "Punky's Dilemma", and "A Hazy Shade of Winter" were also written by Simon for The Graduate soundtrack, but the film's producers rejected them.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Paul Simon, except * by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

1. "Bookends Theme" (Instrumental) – 0:32
2. "Save the Life of My Child" – 2:49
3. "America" – 3:34
4. "Overs" – 2:14
5. "Voices of Old People" * - 2:09
6. "Old Friends" – 2:36
7. "Bookends" – 1:16 sample
8. "Fakin' It" – 3:14
9. "Punky's Dilemma" – 2:10
10. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:02 sample
11. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:17
12. "At the Zoo" – 2:11

[edit] Bonus tracks

• "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" – 2:19
• "Old Friends" (Demo)

[edit] Personnel

• Art Garfunkel - Vocals, Producer
• Paul Simon - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• Hal Blaine - Drums, Percussion
• Joe Osborne - Bass
• Larry Knechtel - Piano, Keyboards
• John Simon - Production Assistant
• Roy Halee - Producer, Engineer
• Jimmie Haskell - Arranger, Arrangement Preparation
• Bob Johnston - Production Assistant
• Jim Marshall - Photography

[edit] Miscellanea

• The Austrian electronica duo Kruder & Dorfmeister posed in a parody of the Bookends cover for the cover of their 1996 album G-Stoned.
• During "Save the Life of My Child", a distorted track of "The Sound of Silence" can be heard playing in the background at points.
• The Bangles covered "A Hazy Shade of Winter" for the Less Than Zero soundtrack.