Fate for Breakfast

Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released in March 1979 on Columbia Records.

It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 (charting at 67) and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. Yet the album garnered international success, reaching the top-ten in some European countries. The European release includes "Bright Eyes", which was featured in the film version of the novel Watership Down, and reached the number-one spot in the United Kingdom, becoming the biggest-selling single of 1979 there.

The album was issued in six different sleeves, each with a different shot of Art Garfunkel at the breakfast table. David Sanborn covered "And I Know" entitled "Love Will Come Someday" for his 1982 album As We Speak. Also on the album is a cover of Cliff Richard's 1976 hit "Miss You Nights".

Personnel

 * Art Garfunkel – vocals, harmony vocals
 * Penny Nichols, Bobby Alessi, Carolyn Dennis, Leah Kunkel, Jimmy Gilstrap, Billy Alessi, Maxine Anderson – background vocals
 * Stephen Bishop – guitar, background vocals
 * Michael Brecker, Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
 * Rob Mounsey – synthesizer, piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
 * Chris Spedding – acoustic guitar on "Bright Eyes"
 * Gene Page – arranger
 * Simon Phillips, Steve Gadd, Roy J. Morgan, Mike Baird – drums
 * Louis Shelton – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
 * Dennis Belfield, Lyle Harper, Les Hurdle, Neil Jason – bass guitar
 * Ray Cooper, Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Alan Estes, Lyle Forman – percussion
 * Edwin Roxburgh – oboe
 * Roland Harker – lute
 * Larry Knechtel – piano
 * Del Newman – string arrangement
 * Lee Ritenour, Richie Zito, Hugh McCracken – electric guitar
 * Larry Rolando – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Jeffrey Staton – acoustic guitar, background vocals
 * Richard Tee – piano, Fender Rhodes