Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme | ||
Studio album by Simon and Garfunkel | ||
Released | October 10, 1966 | |
Recorded | December 1965 - August 1966 |
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Genre | Folk rock | |
Length | 29:14 | |
Label | Columbia Records | |
Producer(s) | Bob Johnston | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Simon and Garfunkel chronology | ||
Sounds of Silence (1966) |
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) |
The Graduate (soundtrack) (1968) |
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is an album by Simon and Garfunkel released October 10, 1966. Its name comes from the second line of the album's first track, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle". It peaked on the U.S. charts at #4. Produced by Bob Johnston. Columbia Records LP CL 2563 (mono); CS 9363 (stereo); CD CK 9363; Remastered CD CK 66001.
The album can be seen as having a protest element in it: the closing song, "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night", contained clips of a news broadcast about the Vietnam War. Based on the fact that the broadcast carries the news of the death of comedian Lenny Bruce that day, it can be dated from 3 August 1966.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 201 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1]
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[edit] Personnel
- Paul Simon – lead vocals, guitar
- Art Garfunkel – lead vocals, piano
- Joe South, guitar
Most tracks were recorded in Nashville with resident musicians.
All songs by Paul Simon except track 1 which was arranged by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, track 3 which was written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley, and track 12 which is by Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber.
[edit] Trivia
Cloudy makes memorable mention of Berkeley and Carmel, of central California.
[edit] Track listing
- "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" – 3:10 SAMPLE
- "Patterns" – 2:42
- "Cloudy" – 2:10
- "Homeward Bound" – 2:30
- "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" – 2:44
- "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 1:43
- "The Dangling Conversation" – 2:37
- "Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall" – 2:10
- "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" – 2:12
- "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – 2:04
- "A Poem On The Underground Wall" – 1:52
- "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" – 2:01
Bonus tracks:
- "Patterns" (Demo)
- "A Poem On The Underground Wall" (Demo)