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Some Enchanted Evening | 
 enlarge | Artist: Art Garfunkel
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 42730
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 74851
UPC: 081227485122
EAN: 0081227485122
ASIN: B000KN7BJA
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | I Remember You - Art Garfunkel, Mercer, Johnny | | • | Someone to Watch Over Me - Art Garfunkel, Gershwin, George | | • | Let's Fall in Love - Art Garfunkel, Arlen, Harold | | • | I'm Glad There Is You - Art Garfunkel, Dorsey, Jimmy | | • | Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) - Art Garfunkel, Jobim, Antonio Carl | | • | Easy Living - Art Garfunkel, Robin, Leo | | • | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face | | • | You Stepped Out of a Dream | | • | Some Enchanted Evening | | • | It Could Happen to You | | • | Life Is But a Dream | | • | What'll I Do | | • | If I Loved You |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The angelic half of Simon & Garfunkel may seem predictable in following Rod Stewart and other Baby Boomers on a romp through the Great American Songbook, but Art would have us think his foray is more inspired, more poetic than that, as he sprinkles the inside of his CD jacket with a series of confessional statements. In the first, he informs us he made the album under the "sway" of Chet Baker and Johnny Mathis, and in the second gives even pretentious novelist Jeanette Winterson a run for her money: "It wasn't Monet, it was France; It's not what we say, but the dance we're in." All right, then, but Some Enchanted Evening should also come with a warning sticker: Do not play while operating heavy machinery. In a cotton-soft voice, Garfunkel moves through works by Johnny Mercer, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, and Rodgers and Hammerstein as if he's the spokesperson for Prozac Nation. One may applaud his Everyman's approach to material "owned" by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Rosemary Clooney, but he has tried to build a bridge over... well, not troubled, but complex and emotionally swirling waters, and in this framework, he simply hasn't the phrasing or the interpretative moxie to pull it off. When he sings "I'm so in love" on "Easy Living," he's so passionless he might as well be wooing a canary; likewise, his take on "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" sounds positively lobotomized. Producer Richard Perry (Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Garfunkel's own 1975 Breakaway) tries to compensate by updating the approach--employing synth strings, for example, instead of an orchestra--and tweaking the arrangements with contemporary fusion. But even that is wrong-headed: A pedal steel guitar should not be in the same universe with a clarinet. What were they thinking? --Alanna Nash
Album Description
On this album, this legendary vocalist lends his artistry to some of the best loved and most sophisticated selections in the American popular songbook.
Album Description
First new solo album from Art Garfunkel since 2002. .... The legendary tenor interprets thirteen classics of the American popular songbook. Art Garfunkel is one of the most distinctive voices in all of contemporary music, and his sublime high tenor is one of its finest instruments. As half of Simon & Garfunkel, he's responsible for many of the most memorable recordings of his era; as a solo artist, his classic singles include the Top 40 hits 'All I Know' and 'Break Away.' On his first new solo album in five years, this legendary vocalist lends his artistry to some of the best loved and most sophisticated selections in the American popular songbook. Perfect for every day of the year the result is an exquisitely refined and delightfully romantic celebration of immortal composers including Lerner & Loewe, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, George & Ira Gershwin, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Finally, a new genre for a great voice June 3, 2008
I was never a great Simon and Garfunkel fan, but I really liked the material Art did solo. My "AG" collection only included vinyl records, until this CD, that's how long it has been since I had any interest in him. This new CD captures the essence of his melodious voice in a genre (jazz ballads) that has been overlooked for decades. Art's recent sold-out show in Maryland proves that I am slow on the uptake. Do yourself a favor, buy this CD.
 Exquisite! February 5, 2008
Smooth, lovely, romantic,touching, timeless . . . there are not enough words to describe this CD. To me a great CD not only entertains me, but moves me to a different time and space. This CD transcends my mood from the start. It's hard to pick a favorite, but 'I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face' is right up there.
Exquisite December 7, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
By now I think we are all highly suspicious of single-star reviews among the five-star!
Normally I tire of ANY CD after playing it for a month, but I haven't yet tired of this after three months. I play it in the car and at home. The album works beautifully as a cohesive whole, where all songs, old and new, meld together to form of lovely, laid-back-mood-inducing soundtrack for your calmer moments, or those you're attempting to make so.
Do not hesitate to buy this great set of songs. For my money, the best Garfunkel set since the "Breakaway' album thirty years ago.
 Uh oh September 9, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
When Art Garfunkel came out to sing when Paul Simon was honored recently at the Warner Theater in Washington, he didn't have it anymore. One of the loveliest, soaring, angelic voices of our times had, probably because of age, lost its amazing range and authority. He battled bravely, halting, croaking, through Bridge Over Troubled Water, but it was unnerving to watch after the wonder of the Old Friends tour. This new album, I'm also sad to say, is dreck. If this cornerstone artist's name was not on it, who, exactly would be buying this? His "Easy Living" and "Life is But a Dream" are both bathed in some of the most painfully banal and atrociously processed production I have heard in ages. It is maudlin and it is awful. Garfunkel never engages the listener, but rather sends out an aural Quaalude. I know what it's like to be a fan with such deep connection to an artist, that you all but must forgive even their worst. This is likely his worst and I see no recovery in sight. But Art Garfunkel could make ten more bad albums and it wouldn't matter. His place in history and hearts and record collections is secure for a long, long time. If you buy this, don't expect to find it in heavy rotation. File and forget.
 I did not receive the product I asked to purchase August 28, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've reviewed this before. And quite unfavorably I might add. In fact, I was outraged!
While the product I purchased came in the correct box, the unmarked CD itself that was inside was not Art Garfunkel, but some pop group I'm not able to identify instead.
That is to say, while I did pay for it, I did not receive Art Garfunkel's "Some Enchanted Evening." I've written to the seller's customer service department at least a week ago and have received no reply from him/them. Is this common with this seller?
I am still waiting for an answer/a proper replacement, or if that is not possible, I believe that my money should be refunded so that I can buy "Some Enchanted Evening" elsewhere.
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