Don McLean (album)
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Don McLean | ||||
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Released | November 1972 | |||
Recorded | Fall 1972 | |||
Studio | Record Plant Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 35:45 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Ed Freeman | |||
Don McLean chronology | ||||
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Don McLean is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1972, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1] It was reissued by BGO Records in 1996. The photo on the cover of the album was taken overlooking the Village of Cold Spring, NY.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | C–[2] |
Track listing
All tracks composed by Don McLean, except where indicated.
- "Dreidel" - 3:45
- "Bronco Bill's Lament" - 3:36
- "Oh, My What a Shame" - 3:30
- "If We Try" - 3:30
- "The More You Pay (The More It's Worth)" - 2:51
- "Narcisissima" 3:53
- "Falling Through Time" - 3:44
- "On the Amazon" (Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey, Greatrex Newman) - 3:17
- "Birthday Song" - 2:34
- "The Pride Parade" - 4:31
Chart positions
Chart (1972/73) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] | 15 |
Canada | 15[citation needed] |
Billboard 200 | 23[citation needed] |
Personnel
- Don McLean - guitar, vocals
- Warren Bernhardt - piano on "Oh My What a Shame"
- Dick Hyman - piano on "On the Amazon"
- Ralph MacDonald - percussion, conga
- Ed Trickett - hammered dulcimer
- Don Brooks - harmonica
- Howard "Buzz" Feiten - guitar
- Neil Larsen - piano
- Tony Levin - bass on "Dreidel" and "Birthday Song"
- Chris Parker - drums
- George Ricci - cello
- Bob Rothstein - bass, vocals
- Russ Savakus - bass, violin, vocals
- Ed Freeman - string arrangements
- West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir - chorus
- Technical
- Tom Flye, Dennis Ferrante, Ed Sprigg, Rod O'Brien - engineer
- John Olson - cover photography
Releases
- CD Don McLean Beat Goes On / BGO Records 2011
References
- ^ "Don Mclean: Don McLean -- Charts and Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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