| Fate for Breakfast | ||||
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| Released | March 15, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 36:44 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Louie Shelton (except "Bright Eyes" produced by Mike Batt) | |||
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| Singles from Fate for Breakfast | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (Not Favorable)[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
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".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "In a Little While (I'll Be on My Way)" | Dennis Belfield | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Since I Don't Have You" | Joe Rock, Jimmy Beaumont, Lennie Martin, Janet Vogel, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen, Walter Lester | 3:39 |
| 3. | "And I Know" | Michael Sembello, David Batteau | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Sail on a Rainbow" | Stephen Bishop | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Miss You Nights" | Dave Townsend | 3:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Bright Eyes" (Not included on U.S. album release) | Mike Batt | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Finally Found a Reason" | Michael Sembello, David Batteau, Craig Bickhardt, Rick Bell | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Beyond the Tears" | Jeffrey Comanor, Robert Gundry | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Oh How Happy" | Charles Hatcher | 2:41 |
| 10. | "When Someone Doesn't Want You" | Jeffrey Staton | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Take Me Away" | Grant Gullickson, Lance Gullickson | 4:04 |
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