Bridge Over Troubled Water

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For the song, see Bridge over Troubled Water (song).
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Studio album by Simon & Garfunkel
Released January 26, 1970
Recorded November 1968 – November 1969
Genre Folk rock
Length 36:29
Label Columbia Records
Producer Paul Simon,
Art Garfunkel,
Roy Halee
Simon & Garfunkel chronology
Bookends
(1968)		 Bridge Over Troubled Water
(1970)		 Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[1]
Pitchfork Media (9.4/10)[2]
Robert Christgau B[3]
Rolling Stone 5/5 stars[4]

Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel.[5] Released on January 26, 1970 on both Quadraphonic and Stereo formats, it reached No. 1 on Billboard Music Charts pop albums list. It won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as well as for Best Engineered Recording, while its title track won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in the Grammy Awards of 1971.[5] It has since sold over 25 million copies worldwide.[6]

The album attained a great success in the United Kingdom, enjoying several runs at number one, spending some years in the charts and eventually becoming the country's biggest-selling album of 1970 and 1971.[5] In August 2006, the continued popularity of the album was proven when it charted 7th place in The BBC Radio 2 Music Club Top 100 Albums. In 2003, it was ranked at #51 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. The album won Best International Album at the first Brit Awards in 1977.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Paul Simon except where noted.

[edit] Side 1

  1. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – 4:52
  2. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles, English lyrics by Paul Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) – 3:06
  3. "Cecilia" – 2:55
  4. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" – 2:33
  5. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" – 3:41

[edit] Side 2

  1. "The Boxer" – 5:08
  2. "Baby Driver" – 3:14
  3. "The Only Living Boy in New York" – 3:58
  4. "Why Don't You Write Me" – 2:45
  5. "Bye Bye Love" (live recording from Ames, Iowa) (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:55
  6. "Song for the Asking" – 1:39

[edit] Bonus tracks (2001 CD reissue)

  1. "Feuilles-O" (Demo) (Traditional) – 1:45
  2. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Demo Take 6) – 4:46

[edit] 40th Anniversary Edition

Disc 1

The first disc features digitally remastered version of the original release.

Disc 2

Bonus disc features Live 1969, the album which was previously released as a Starbucks exclusive in 2008.

DVD

  1. Songs Of America - Originally aired on CBS, and unavailable since its 1969 broadcast, this TV special is composed of footage of the 1969 tour, intimate backstage conversations, historic news footage and more. (running time approx 52min 37sec)
  2. The Harmony Game - brand new documentary about the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water, featuring new 2010 interviews with Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee and more key principals involved with the making of the album. (running time approx 1hr 10min 54 sec)

[edit] Outtakes

The songs "Cuba Si, Nixon No", "Groundhog", and the demo "Feuilles-O" (later Garfunkel released "Feuilles-Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon?" as the flip to his "I Shall Sing") were recorded during sessions but not released on the album. "Cuba Si, Nixon No" was later released on a bootleg copy of a November 11, 1969 concert by Simon and Garfunkel at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, while the demo recording of "Feuilles-O" was later released on the Old Friends and The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) box sets.

A remastered and expanded version of the album was released on CD in 2001, also containing "Feuilles-O" and a previously unreleased demo version of "Bridge over Troubled Water".

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Awards and ratings

In the 1971 Grammy Awards' ceremony the album (and its contents) won six Grammys:

  • Record of the Year – "Bridge over Troubled Water" (relates to one track)
  • Album of the Year – Bridge over Troubled Water (relates to the whole album)
  • Best Contemporary Pop Song – "Bridge over Troubled Water"
  • Song of the Year – "Bridge over Troubled Water"
  • Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical) – Bridge over Troubled Water
  • Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) – "Bridge over Troubled Water"

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart Position
Australian Kent Music Report Chart[7] 1
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[8] 1
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[9] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart [10] 1
Italian Albums Chart[11] 4
Japanese Oricon LP Chart[12] 1
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[13] 1
UK Albums Chart[14] 1
U.S. Billboard 200 [15] 1
West German Media Control Albums Chart [16] 1

[edit] Chart positions (40th Anniversary Edition)

Chart (2011) Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [17] 43
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[18] 33
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[19] 29
French SNEP Albums Chart [20] 152
Spanish Albums Chart[21] 70
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[22] 25
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[23] 22
UK Albums Chart [24] 47
U.S. Billboard 200 [25] 167
U.S. Billboard Top Catalog Albums [25] 19

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 1
French Albums Chart[26] 1
Italian Albums Chart[11] 8
Japanese Albums Chart[27] 6
UK Albums Chart[28] 1
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[29] 1
Chart (1971) Position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 23
Japanese Albums Chart[27] 2
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[30] 55
UK Albums Chart[28] 1
Chart (1972) Position
UK Albums Chart[28] 6

[edit] Decade-end charts

Chart (1970–79) Position
UK Albums Chart[28] 1

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification
Austria (IFPI Austria)[31] Platinum
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[32] Gold
France (SNEP)[33] Platinum
Germany (BVMI)[34] Platinum
Canada (Music Canada)[35] 4× Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] Platinum
United States (RIAA)[37] 8× Platinum

[edit] Sales

Country Provider Sales
France Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique 573,500+ [38]
United Kingdom The Official Charts Company 3,047,242[39]
Japan Oricon 441,000+ [40]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ a b c "Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel" (notes), Super Seventies RockSite!/Amazon.com, 2006, webpage: SPSimGarf.
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  7. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0646119176. 
  8. ^ "RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3790&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  9. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in Dutch). Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  10. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste". infodisc.fr. http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  11. ^ a b "Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1970" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1970.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  12. ^ ニュース-ORICON STYLE "O‐ ZONE、18年ぶりの快挙！ (O－ZONE)" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. 2005-08-23. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/4533/ ニュース-ORICON STYLE. Retrieved 2011-11-29. 
  13. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water". http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  14. ^ "Chart Stats - Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=36853. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  15. ^ "allmusic ((( Bridge Over Troubled Water > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17996/charts-awards. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  16. ^ "Album Search: Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in German). Media Control. http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&title=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  17. ^ "ultratop.be Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in Dutch) (ASP). Hung Medien. Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  18. ^ "ultratop.be Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in Dutch) (ASP). Hung Medien. Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  19. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water+%2840th+Anniversary+Edition%29&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  20. ^ "lescharts.com Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition)" (in French) (ASP). Hung Medien. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  21. ^ "Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition)" (ASP). Hung Medien. http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water+(40th+Anniversary+Edition)&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  22. ^ サイモン&ガーファンクル-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition) by Simon & Garfunkel" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/903352/1/ サイモン&ガーファンクル-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  23. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian harts portal". VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2011&date=201135&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  24. ^ "Chart Stats - Album chart for 19/11/2011". The Official Charts Company. http://www.chartstats.com/album_chart.php?week=20111119. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  25. ^ a b "Chart History". allmusic.com. http://www.billboard.com/artist/simon-garfunkel/chart-history/5674?f=305&g=Albums#/album/simon-garfunkel/bridge-over-troubled-water/1482304. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  26. ^ "Les Albums (CD) de 1970 par InfoDisc" (in French). infodisc.fr. http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1970.php. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  27. ^ a b 1970~1974年アルバム年間ヒットチャート "Top-ten of the Japanese Year-End Albums Charts 1970-1974" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1970-74.html 1970~1974年アルバム年間ヒットチャート. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  28. ^ a b c d "1970s Albums Chart Archive". everyhit.com. The Official Charts Company. http://www.everyhit.com/chartalb3.html. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  29. ^ "Billboard.BIZ - TOP POP ALBUMS OF 1970". http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855911?imw=Y. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  30. ^ 1971 Year-end Albums - The Billboard Pop Albums. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=SQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA15&lpg=RA1-PA15&dq=billboard+1971+18+must+pass&source=bl&ots=2qub1sJOki&sig=J5Fifpzh1RzguF3RzjxwCZ2Hkbw&hl=ja&ei=4suJTvrtBe_nmAWG8bUB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  31. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Simon & Garfunkel in the field Interpret. Enter Bridge Over Troubled Water in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  32. ^ "Finnish album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Simon+%26+Garfunkel. 
  33. ^ "French album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1995&type=12. 
  34. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Simon & Garfunkel; 'Bridge Over Troubled Water')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&strInterpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  35. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&sa=Simon+and+Garfunkel&smt=0. 
  36. ^ "British album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Bridge Over Troubled Water in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  37. ^ "American album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  38. ^ "Les Albums Platine". infodisc.fr. SNEP. http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_P.php?debut=750. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  39. ^ "BPI Highest Retail Sales". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/top%2040%20albums.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-26. 
  40. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4871310779. 

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