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" (US #18, UK #1), "
Break Away" (US #39) and the
Simon & 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 (US #5), it has been certified
platinum by
RIAA.
Album cover
The cover consists of a
Norman Seeff photograph taken at a staged photo shoot at Dan Tana’s Restaurant at 9071
Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. On the left is
Helena Kallianiotes, Garfunkel in the middle, and on the right
Laurie Bird. There has been speculation that the art was inspiration for
Leonard Cohen's Death of a Ladies' Man cover, but there has never been confirmation by either artist, nor their photographers.[4][5][6]
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.