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Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.,Simon & Garfunkel

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Simon & Garfunkel
Released 1964

The Sounds Of Silence
03:05
2,977 plays

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
02:12
1,811 plays

Benedictus
02:36
1,466 plays

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songs

- 1
- You Can Tell The World
- 02:44
- 1,417 plays

- 2
- Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
- 02:08
- 1,421 plays

- 3
- Bleecker Street
- 02:42
- 1,224 plays

- 4
- Sparrow
- 02:46
- 1,460 plays

- 5
- Benedictus
- 02:36
- 1,466 plays

- 6
- The Sounds Of Silence
- 03:05
- 2,977 plays

- 7
- He Was My Brother
- 02:45
- 1,357 plays

- 8
- Peggy-O
- 02:23
- 1,207 plays

- 9
- Go Tell It On The Mountain
- 02:04
- 1,207 plays

- 10
- The Sun Is Burning
- 02:46
- 1,274 plays

- 11
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- 02:50
- 1,141 plays

- 12
- Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
- 02:12
- 1,811 plays

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album review

Wednesday Morning, 3 AM doesn't resemble any other Simon & Garfunkel album, because the Simon & Garfunkel sound here was different from that of the chart-topping duo that emerged a year later. Their first record together since their days as the teen duo of Tom & Jerry, the album was cut in March 1964 and, in keeping with their own sincere interests at the time, it was a folk-revival album. Paul Simon was just spreading his wings as a serious songwriter and shares space with other composers as well as a pair of traditional songs, including a beautifully harmonized rendition of "Peggy-O." The album opens with a spirited (if somewhat arch) rendition of Gibson and Camp's gospel/folk piece "You Can Tell the World." Also present is Ian Campbell's "The Sun Is Burning," which Simon heard on his first visit to England as an itinerant folksinger. But the dominant outside personality on the album is that of Bob Dylan -- his "Times They Are A-Changing" is covered, but his influence is manifest on the oldest of the Simon originals here, "He Was My Brother." Simon's first serious, topical song, it was what first interested Columbia Records producer Tom Wilson in Simon & Garfunkel. By the time the album was recorded, however, Simon had evolved beyond Dylan as an inspiration and developed a unique songwriting voice of his own in the title track, a beautifully sung, half-lovely song. Wednesday Morning, 3 AM is surprisingly ambitious but also somewhat disjointed, mostly because the non-original material, apart from "Peggy-O" and "The Sun Is Burning," comes off so arch. The seeds of their future success were here, however, and took root when the version of "The Sounds of Silence" on this album started getting played on the radio. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide