A Tramp Shining

A Tramp Shining is an album by Richard Harris, released in 1968. Harris teamed with singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb for this album. Although Harris sang many numbers on the soundtrack album to the film musical Camelot in the previous year, A Tramp Shining became his first solo album. Jimmy Webb wrote all the songs, arranged the musicians, and produced the entire album. "MacArthur Park" was one of the biggest singles of that year, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The album as a whole was also highly successful, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Album of the Year" in 1969.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Jimmy Webb.

1. "Prelude" – 0:24
2. "Didn't We" – 2:24
3. "Interlude" – 0:29
4. "Paper Chase" – 2:15
5. "Interlude" – 0:31
6. "Name of My Sorrow" – 3:21
7. "Interlude" – 0:27
8. "Lovers Such as I" – 3:36
9. "In the Final Hours" – 2:45
10. "MacArthur Park" – 7:20
11. "Dancing Girl" – 2:06
12. "Interlude" – 0:19
13. "If You Must Leave My Life" – 3:18
14. "A Tramp Shining" – 2:22

Personnel

• Richard Harris – vocals
• Henry Diltz – photography
• Peter Himmelman – engineer

(original album credits) With in invaluable assistance of:

• Hal Blaine – drums
• Larry Knechtel – keyboards
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Sid Sharp
• Jules Chaikin
• Tommy Tedesco – guitar
• Armen Steiner

and our London engineers, John and Peter

Chart positions