Bookends
Studio album by Simon and Garfunkel
Released	April 3, 1968
Recorded	September 1966, January 1967, June 1967, October 1967 - February 1968
Genre	Folk rock
Length	29:13
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Simon and Garfunkel Roy Halee
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link Wireless Bollinger (91/100) link
Simon and Garfunkel chronology
The Graduate (soundtrack) (1968) Bookends (1968) Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

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Bookends was a #1 hit on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart, as well as in the UK. Four singles charted: "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "At the Zoo", "Fakin' It" and "Mrs. Robinson", which peaked at #13, #16 and #23 and #1, respectively. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Bookends the 93rd greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 233 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Releases

• Lp: Columbia KCL-2729 (mono)/KCS 9529 (stereo) -- This was the last S&G album to be released in both mono and stereo. The mono version was pressed in a limited quantity and is considered a rare item amongst record collectors
• CD: Columbia CK 09529; Remastered CD: Columbia 66003

Artists:

• Paul Simon: lead vocals, guitar
• Art Garfunkel: lead vocals

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The songs

The album begins softly, but takes a heavier turn with the second track, "Save the Life of My Child," which uses the sounds of a distorted synthesizer and is a noted departure from the softer sound that was the signature of the duo. The album also features the single "Mrs. Robinson," which was famous for its inclusion in the film The Graduate. Mrs. ... For the novel of the same name, see The Graduate (novel). ...

"Overs", "Punky's Dilemma", and "A Hazy Shade of Winter" were also written by Simon for The Graduate soundtrack, but the film's producers rejected them.

A harder-edged cover of "Hazy" was performed by The Bangles for the soundtrack to the 1987 film Less Than Zero. For the jewelry item, see Bangle. ... Less Than Zero is a 1987 film based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. ...

A 2001 CD reissue of the album includes two bonus tracks: "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" (originally issued as a B-side to the "Fakin' It" single) and a demo version of "Old Friends".

The "Bookends Theme" was featured during the opening scene of the film Girl, Interrupted. Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 drama film about a womans 18-month stay at a mental institution, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. ...

Track listing

All songs by Paul Simon, except * by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

1. "Bookends Theme" (Instrumental) – 0:32
2. "Save the Life of My Child" – 2:49
3. "America" – 3:08
4. "Overs" – 2:14
5. "Voices of Old People" * - 2:09
6. "Old Friends" – 2:36
7. "Bookends" – 1:16 sample
8. "Fakin' It" – 3:14
9. "Punky's Dilemma" – 2:10
10. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:02 sample
11. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:17
12. "At the Zoo" – 2:11

America, a Paul Simon song, was made popular by 1960s folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. ... Mrs. ... At the Zoo was one of Simon and Garfunkels single releases in 1967. ...

Bonus tracks

• "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" – 2:19
• "Old Friends" (Demo)

Personnel

• Art Garfunkel - Vocals, Producer
• Paul Simon - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• Hal Blaine - Drums, Percussion
• Joe Osborne - Bass
• Larry Knechtel - Piano, Keyboards
• John Simon - Production Assistant
• Roy Halee - Producer, Engineer
• Jimmie Haskell - Arranger, Arrangement Preparation
• Bob Johnston - Production Assistant
• Jim Marshall - Photography

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Miscellanea

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• The Austrian electronica duo Kruder & Dorfmeister posed in a parody of the Bookends cover for the cover of their 1996 album G-Stoned.
• During "Save the Life of My Child", a distorted track of "The Sound of Silence" can be heard playing in the background at points.