1988 Art Garfunkel – Lefty
Lefty is the seventh solo album by Art Garfunkel, released in 1988. The album features three songs by singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop. The album’s cover photo shows a pre-teen Art Garfunkel holding a baseball bat in the front yard of his childhood home in the Forest Hills section of Queens, New York City. It was taken by his brother Jules. The album title came from the fact that Garfunkel is left-handed, which the picture established.
The album failed to make the Top 100 in the US and hit the bottom half of the UK Top 100. Despite this, it yielded three minor hit singles. The liner notes of the album contain a brief prose text Garfunkel had written in memory of his partner Laurie Bird who had committed suicide in 1979. The album marked a new beginning in Garfunkel’s professional life after becoming somewhat of a recluse following the tragedy.
Tracks
1 This Is The Moment (David Foster, Cynthia Weil, Linda Jenner, Ray Parker Jr) 4:31
2 I Have A Love (Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein) 4:30
3 So Much In Love (George Williams, Bill Jackson, Roy Straigis) 2:24
4 Slow Breakup (Stephen Bishop) 3:46
5 Love Is The Only Chain (Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose, Pat Bunch) 4:08
6 When A man Loves A woman (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) 4:30
7 I Wonder Why (Bill Lovelady, Marita Phillips, Peter Skellern) 3:22
8 King Of Tonga (Stephen Bishop) 3:28
9 If Love Takes You Away (Stephen Bishop) 3:48
10 The Promise (Nick Holmes) 3:54
Biography
Musicians
Bass | Joe Osborn |
Bass | Eddie Gomez |
Drums | Steve Gadd |
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Keyboards | Nicky Hopkins |
Synthesizer | Rob Sabino |
Flute | Jeremy Steig |
Sax | Michael Brecker |
Woodwinds | Del Newman |
Background Vocals | Kenny Rankin |
Background Vocals | Leah Kunkel |
Background Vocals | Ann Kennedy |
Background Vocals | Pam Rose |
Background Vocals | Stephen Bishop |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
Other Musicians
1 This Is The Moment
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Synclavier | Gary Chang |
Synthesizer | David Foster |
Synthesizer | Jay Graydon |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Background Vocals | Clif Magness |
Background Vocals | Jim Haas |
Background Vocals | Jon Joyce |
3 So Much In Love
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Synclavier | Gary Chang |
Synthesizer | David Foster |
Synthesizer | Jay Graydon |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Background Vocals | Clif Magness |
Background Vocals | Jim Haas |
Background Vocals | Jon Joyce |
Liner Notes
Producer – Art Garfunkel, Geoff Emerick (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Producer – Jay Graydon (Tracks 1, 3)
Producer – Steve Gadd (Tracks 8)
Engineer – Geoff Emerick, Stuart Breed (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9, 10)
Engineer – Ian Eales, Jay Graydon, Mick Guzauski (Tracks 1, 3)
Mastered By – Doug Sax, Ron Lewter
Cover – Christopher Austopchuk
Photography – Jules Garfunkel, Caroline Greyshock
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Phonographic Copyright CBS Records Inc
Copyright CBS Records Inc