Scissors Cut

Artist: Art Garfunkel
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074643739221
EAN: 0074643739221
ASIN: B0000025NI

Release Date: 1990-05-29

Scissors Cut

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Tracks:

A Heart In New York
Scissors Cut
Up In The World
Hang On In
So Easy To Begin
Bright Eyes
Can't Turn My Heart Away
The French Waltz
In Cars
That's All I've Got To Say

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Customer Reviews:

it is too bad.......2006-01-16

This album is by far one of my favorites. Some might dismiss it as lyrically and perhaps musically inferior to the Garfunkel sound. This is really quite tragic, as I see the songs on the album a perfect reflection of who and what Garfunkel stand for. I am 24 years old and was not even alive when the album was released so I cannot compare it to pop music of the time--although I never really classified Art Garfunkel as pop---more as Art Music. What I can say is that his voice, the way he chooses to use it, the songs he chooses to utilize it in, and the lyrics he expresses have touched me. He is an artist in this album in the sense that he knows himself and what he wants to say to the listener. If you are looking for the sensitive Garfunkel displaying his usual sensitive tenor voice, then this album is for you. It might even be classified as a concept album as it takes you through the journey of love.

An OK album.......2005-03-30

The only memorable song from this album is A HEART IN NEW YORK by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. This album was released around the spring or summer of 1981. Art Garfunkel performed AHINY live while recording THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK with Paul Simon in 1981. Before the performance,Garfunkel tells the audience that the song was one of the very few that wasn't composed by Simon. The other songs are OK.

Scissors Cut, Hearts Broken.......2005-02-17

Art Garfunkel's 1981 offering is one of his most overlooked pieces of music. It is filled with fairly low-key production, and is certainly far away from what 1981 is famous for. That is, somehow, make it feel all that more special.

Coming closely after the death of his girlfriend, it is natural several songs are related to her ('In Cars', especially, in which Paul Simon adds vocals), and the aspect of lost love, or doubt about love does tend to dominate the album, in fact it is dedicated to his loss.

Having said that, there are some superb tunes here, including the album opener A Heart In New York (of which superb live versions exist on Concert In Central Park and the brilliant Across America) and the ever so sweet Can't Turn My Heart Away.

In Cars is a Jimmy Webb effort, and includes lyrics from Scarborough Fair from years gone by ~ Remember me to one who lives there, She once was a true love of mine ~ As stated earlier, directed at his lost partner, but Jimmy's best effort here is Scissors Cut, a wonderful ballad of two lost lovers.

Some songs on here can sometimes feel a little unnecessary, though The Romance (which rarely appears on this album in the UK or US) is brilliant, featuring soaring vocals from Art, it is unmissable, so if it is not on your album, make sure you find it!

In all, this is not Art's best solo effort, but the theme and general sound can often take you far away from reality ~ And sometimes that is needed! Any Art fan should have this album.

Another Lush,Beautiful Album By Garfunkel.......2004-11-01

"Scissors Cut",released in 1981,went unnoticed by the record-buying public,which is a shame because its is a strong,gorgeous collection of pop ballads sung by the man with the golden voice Art Garfunkel.The hightlights are a plenty including the Jimmy Webb compositions "Scissors Cut","That's All I've Got To Say" and "In Cars"(featuring Paul Simon on backing vocals),plus "The French Waltz","So Easy To Begin",the U.K. chart-topper "Bright Eyes" and the almost-hit "A Heart In New York"(which was featured in the Simon & Garfunkel Central Park reunion concert).While not quite up to the mark of "Angel Clare" or "Breakaway",its still makes for beautiful listening,perfect for candlelight nights.

A real hodge-podge, half a good album.......2003-09-17

Garfunkel's in good voice on this album, but the material often lets him down. Basically, there are five good songs on the album:
Up in the World, Bright Eyes, Can't Turn My Heart Away, French Waltz and That's All I've Got to Say. Of these, three (Bright Eyes, Can't Turn and That's All) rank with the best that Garfunkel has recorded. But the other five? Some real stinkers, even from such normally estimable sources as Jimmy Webb. Heart In New York is pleasant but goes nowhere, Scissors Cut and In Cars, both Webb compositions, are real sleep inducing duds, and Hang on In is the worst kind of vauous stab at being comptemporary circa 1981.

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