Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon and Garfunkel

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Simon & Garfunkel's third album, arrived on Columbia in October 1966, and it's the sound of the duo finally taking the wheel. Their second record had been a rushed job, thrown together by the label while they were apart, after the reissued "The Sound of Silence" suddenly turned into a hit. This time they spent nearly three months in the studio with producer Bob Johnston, fussing over every arrangement and every layer of the production.

Most of the songs are acoustic, written while Paul Simon was living in England the year before, a few borrowed back from his solo Paul Simon Songbook. Art Garfunkel takes the lead on the tender "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her", and "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" lays the carol over a newscast of Vietnam, civil rights and the death of Lenny Bruce, a chill down the spine. "Homeward Bound" and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" were hits in country after country, the album reached number four, went triple platinum and later entered the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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