Sniper and Other Love Songs
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| Sniper & Other Love Songs | ||
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| Studio album by Harry Chapin | ||
| Released | October 1972 | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Singer-songwriter | |
| Length | 45:52 | |
| Label | Elektra Records | |
| Producer(s) | Fred Kewley | |
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| Harry Chapin chronology | ||
| Heads and Tales (1972) |
Sniper and Other Love Songs (1972) |
Short Stories (1974) |
Sniper and Other Love Songs is the second studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album's title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman's shootings from the University of Texas at Austin Main Building clocktower in August 1966. In 2004 it was released as a double CD package with "Heads and Tales" featuring several previously unreleased out-takes.
The song "Circle" was a major hit for The New Seekers and became known as the Chapin Anthem. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100. A live version of "Better Place To Be" charted in 1976.
[edit] Track listing
(All songs by Harry Chapin)
- "Sunday Morning Sunshine" – 3:51
- "Sniper" – 9:58
- "And the Baby Never Cries" – 5:09
- "Burning Herself" – 3:30
- "Barefoot Lady" – 3:29
- "Better Place to Be" – 8:36
- "Circle" – 3:24
- "Woman Child" – 5:24
- "Winter Song" – 2:31
