My Top 10 1970s Albums (#5 to #1) Check out albums #10 to #6 here #5 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) The famous album cover where Paul Simon's hair looks like Art Garfunkel's mustache. While some of the other artists on this list were just starting to achieve stardom and wider recognition, the Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel duo were heading towards the exit door. Tensions had been increasing between the two and, while debatably not even their best album as a whole (see "Bookends", 1968), it's impressive that they managed to produce this album just before each deciding to go their own way and leaving off to have somewhat successful solo careers (Simon more than Garfunkel). While not the most cohesive album in this list, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" has a bit of everything. We get some of their better-known songs like "Cecilia", "The Boxer" and the eponymous track, a pseudo-live cover of the Everly Brothers...
