Wednesday Morning 3am – SIMON & GARFUNKEL***

You Can Tell The World/Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream/Bleecker Street/Sparrow/Benedictus/The Sounds Of Silence/He Was My Brother/Peggy-O/Go Tell It On The Mountain/The Sun Is Burning/The Times They Are A Changin’/Wednesday Morning 3am

Wednesday Morning 3am was the debut album from the world's greatest musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. Mainly of historic interest only as the pair would only begin to hit their stride musically and artistically with their next album. (US:30)

"The vocals are the best thing about the album. Otherwise, though, they are jumping on the folkie bandwagon. Unfortunately, that really dates most of this stuff pretty severely. Fortunately, Simon rapidly learned to come up with more universal statements. By far, this is their least essential album."

"Nothing too special here. Aside from the stripped-down version of The Sounds Of Silence and a decent-enough Bob Dylan cover, there's nothing particularly great. S & G didn't get down to what they were going for until their next album."

"Of course, the whole thing is largely samey. No matter that songs like Bleecker Street, The Sounds Of Silence or the title track make a stab at sophistication, the inclusion of tracks like You Can Tell The World, render large parts of this album, really square and even faintly embarrassing. Hints at greater things to come are to be found here for sure, but for all that, this is merely a pleasant little album made by some bookish finger picking folky and his angelic voiced friend."

"Overall this album is not bad, it's pretty decent but really these guys made better stuff. But it's interesting to see how they started out. In the end what makes this album good is their voices. If it wasn't for the fact that they had the most amazing voices this just wouldn't work." "I'm sure Simon would be embarrassed about much of this album now, but he shouldn't be. Its dated innocence is a big part of its timeless beauty."

"This album has a smattering of Paul Simon originals surrounded by cover versions, as was much the fashion at the time. Both American and British influences shine through."