Verities & Balderdash

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Verities & Balderdash
Verities & Balderdash cover
Studio album by Harry Chapin
Released August 31, 1974
Recorded ?
Genre Folk rock
Length 43:49
Label Elektra Records
Producer Paul Leka
Professional reviews
Harry Chapin chronology
Short Stories
(1974)		 Verities & Balderdash
(1974)		 Portrait Gallery
(1975)

Verities & Balderdash is the fourth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1974. "Cat's in the Cradle" was Chapin's highest charting single, finishing at #44 for the year on the 1974 Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart. The follow-up single, "I Wanna Learn A Love Song," barely entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Cat's in the Cradle" (Chapin, Chapin) – 3:44
  2. "I Wanna Learn a Love Song" (Chapin) – 4:19
  3. "Shooting Star" (Chapin) – 4:02
  4. "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" (Chapin) – 5:45
  5. "She Sings Songs Without Words" (Chapin) – 3:31
  6. "What Made America Famous?" (Chapin) – 6:53
  7. "Vacancy" (Chapin) – 4:00
  8. "Halfway to Heaven" – 6:10
  9. "Six String Orchestra" – 5:25

[edit] Personnel

Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals