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Wednesday Morning 3 Am

~ Simon and Garfunkel (Artist)

4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Product Details

Audio CD (Feb 20 2007)
Original Release Date: Aug 21 2001
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony
ASIN: B00005NKKW

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #34,468 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. You Can Tell The World

2. Last night I Had The Strongest Dream

3. Bleecker Street

4. Sparrow

5. Benedictus

6. The Sound Of Silence

7. He Was My Brother

8. Peggy-O

9. Go Tell It On The Mountain

10. The Sun Is Burning

11. The Times They Are A-Changin'

12. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

13. Bleecker Street

14. He Was My Brother

15. The Sun Is Burning

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Simon & Garfunkel would become, in essence, the American folk movement's answer to the Beatles, bridging generations and spanning musical styles--if done with an often-dispassionate air of seeming academic disdain--and a ubiquitous fixture in many a 1960s record collection. Yet, there are precious few hints of what was to come on Simon and Garfunkel's 1964 debut. Though recorded during the first few hectic months of American Beatlemania, the Paul and Art of Wednesday Morning are still firmly rooted in Greenwich Village coffeehouse traditions. Their nasally correct take on Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'," covers of American folk movement standards like "Peggy-O," "He Was My Brother," "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," and buoyant gospel-tinged fare ("You Can Tell the World," "Go Tell It on the Mountain") just can't help sounding tres ironic, especially coming from the mouths of two nice Jewish boys from Queens. The early Simon originals here are cast in much the same mold, with the notable exception of "The Sounds of Silence" (offered here in its first, all-acoustic incarnation), a song that underscores the songwriter's looming ability to wrap even the most dour observations in poetically and musically accessible terms that would be the envy of many a Hallmark staff writer. This new edition has been digitally remastered to good effect and also contains three bonus tracks: spare, heartfelt demos of Simon's "Bleecker Street" and the covers "He Was My Brother" and "The Sun Is Burning." --Jerry McCulley

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5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet snapshot of a bygone era, Jul 14 2004

By	Anyechka (Rensselaer, NY United States) - See all my reviews

(Actually, 4.5 stars)

This is a really sweet acoustic folk album from a bygone era of idealism, folk-singing bards in Greenwich Village coffee shops, and sweeping social change. Even if only five songs on here are originals, it's still sweet soft music, the type you could lull a baby to sleep with. Two of the songs on here, "Sounds of Silence" and the title track, were later reworked for the SOS album; I don't really have a preference between the electric or acoustic version of "SOS," but I like "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" over what later became "Somewhere They Can't Find Me." The genesis of that song is softer, gentler, and seems to emphasis how sad he is over having to leave his girlfriend, whereas "STCFM" focuses more on how he's committed a crime and has to escape before the police find him; there the part about having to leave the girlfriend seems more secondary and not as prominent.

My favourites on here are "Sparrow," the cover of the Dylan song "The Times They Are A-Changin,'" the gorgeous Latin Mass chant "Benedictus" (even if it is sung by two nice Jewish boys), the title track, "Bleecker Street," and "He Was My Brother." You just can't recapture this era in time, before folk music went electric and socially-conscious songs became largely a thing of the past.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Their Weakest Album, Jan 2 2004

By	Josh H. (Toledo, Oh (USA)) - See all my reviews

Simon And Garfunkel were an unrivaled pair. Their divine vocal harmonies and brilliant songwriting have never been surpassed. This, their debut, is the only weak album they ever made.

There are only three good songs on here: "You Can Tell The World" (I usually don't care for country music but this is an awesome song), "Sparrow" (the song that introduces their aforementioned divine vocal harmonies) and the original acoustic version of "The Sound Of Silence". The rest of the album is rather boring.

Thankfully, though, all their other albums would prove to be sheer masterpieces.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A special debut., Dec 30 2003

By	H3@+h (VT) - See all my reviews

This album often gets called good, just not as good as their later stuff. Well, that's mostly true. But, there are a few reasons here why this one is a favorite of mine. Firstly I got into it in my late teens, and therefore have an emotional connection, but also because of the songs of course. The only real hit here is "The Sound Of Silence", and while that's excellent, my two favorites are "Bleeker Street" and "Sparrow". There's just something about those two tracks, and really the whole first side that's amazing. Maybe because they're so simple, I really feel like I'm being read a story, but to music. Anyway, all three of those songs are thankfully on "The Essential Simon And Garfunkel", which is probably best for casual fans. However, all of "Wednesday Morning 3AM" still sounds good 40 years later, especially on vinyl.

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