Portrait Gallery (album)

Portrait Gallery
Studio album by Harry Chapin
Released	September 27, 1975
Recorded	Connecticut Recording Studios, Inc. of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Genre	Folk rock
Length	47:42
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul Leka
Harry Chapin chronology
Verities & Balderdash (1974) Portrait Gallery (1974) Greatest Stories Live (1975)

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Portrait Gallery is the fifth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1975.

Track listing

All songs written by Chapin unless otherwise noted.

1. "Dreams Go By" – 4:46
2. "Tangled Up Puppet" (Harry Chapin/Sandy Chapin) – 3:45
3. "Star Tripper" – 4:19
4. "Babysitter" – 4:36
5. "Someone Keeps Calling My Name" – 6:30
6. "The Rock" – 4:16
7. "Sandy" – 2:48
8. "Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails" – 3:48
9. "Bummer" – 9:55
10. "Stop Singing These Sad Songs" – 2:59

Trivia

An early version of "Someone Keeps Calling My Name", done in a folk-rock vein reminiscent of The Byrds, appeared on the obscure 1966 album Chapin recorded with his brothers, Chapin Music!. The main guitar riff (and entire arrangement) in this version is strikingly similar to The Blue Things' equally obscure 1966 track "Doll House."

The album artwork was designed and illustrated by Milton Glaser.

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