Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" 3:10
2. "Patterns" 2:42
3. "Cloudy" 2:13
4. "Homeward Bound" 2:30
5. "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" 2:44
6. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" 1:49
Side two
1. "The Dangling Conversation" 2:37
2. "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" 2:10
3. "A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" 2:15
4. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" 2:04
5. "A Poem on the Underground Wall" 1:52
6. "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" 2:01
Simon & Garfunkel Band Members / Musicians
Paul Simon – vocals, guitar, harmonica on "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)”
Art Garfunkel – vocals, piano on "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"
Hal Blaine – drums
Joe South – guitar
Carol Kaye – bass guitar on "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" and "Homeward Bound"
John Meszar – harpsichord on "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Eugene Wright – double bass on "The 59th Street Bridge Song"
Joe Morello – drums on "The 59th Street Bridge Song"
Charlie O'Donnell – spoken vocals on "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"
Bob Johnston – production
Roy Halee – producer and recording engineer
Bob Cato – cover photography
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is the 3rd studio album by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on October 24, 1966, in the United States by Columbia Records. Following the success of the re-release of their debut single "The Sound of Silence", Simon & Garfunkel regrouped after a time apart while Columbia issued their second album, a rushed collection titled Sounds of Silence. For their third album, the duo spent almost three months in the studio working on instrumentation and production.
The album largely consists of acoustic pieces that were mostly written during Paul Simon's period in England the previous year, including some numbers recycled from his debut solo record, The Paul Simon Songbook. The album includes the Garfunkel-led piece "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her", as well as "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night", a combination of news reports of the day (the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the death of comedian Lenny Bruce), and the Christmas carol "Silent Night".
Many critics have considered it a breakthrough in recording for the duo, and one of their best efforts. "Homeward Bound" had already been a top five hit in numerous countries and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" performed similarly. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
