Heads & Tales
- for Malvina Hoffman book Heads and Tales see Heads and Tales
Heads & Tales | ||||
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Studio album by Harry Chapin | ||||
Released | March 11, 1972 | |||
Recorded |
1971-72 Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Pop/rock | |||
Length | 45:39 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Jac Holzman | |||
Harry Chapin chronology | ||||
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Allmusic |
Heads & Tales is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album contains Chapin's early signature song "Taxi." The album and single both charted successfully for over 6 months, with both the album and single selling over 1 million copies each.
Early LP pressings of Heads & Tales featured a die-cut front cover with a square hole in it, allowing the "cover" photo of Chapin (which is actually on an enclosed poster/lyric sheet) to be seen through the hole, creating a three-dimensional effect.
Despite its length of nearly seven minutes, which made the song unwieldy for AM radio airplay, "Taxi" was released uncut as a 45 RPM single, and charted at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Track listing
Side One
- "Could You Put Your Light on, Please" – 4:30
- "Greyhound" – 5:45
- "Everybody's Lonely" – 4:07
- "Sometime, Somewhere Wife" – 4:58
- "Empty" – 2:57
Side Two
- "Taxi" – 6:44
- "Any Old Kind of Day" – 4:56
- "Dogtown" – 7:30
- "Same Sad Singer" – 4:12
Personnel
- Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
- Steve Chapin - keyboards
- Russ Kunkel - drums, percussion
- Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
- Tim Scott - cello
- John Wallace - bass, vocals
Charts and certifications
Charts
Year | Chart | Position |
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1972 | Billboard 200 | 60 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 57 | |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Sales |
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United States | Gold | 1,000,000 |
Canada | Platinum | 100,000 |
References
- ↑ Eder, Bruce. Heads & Tales at AllMusic
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