Heads & Tales (album)

for Malvina Hoffman book Heads and Tales see Heads and Tales

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Heads & Tales is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album contains Chapin's early signature song "Taxi." The album and single both charted successfully for over 6 months, with both the album and single selling over 1 million copies each.

Early LP pressings of Heads & Tales featured a die-cut front cover with a square hole in it, allowing the "cover" photo of Chapin (which is actually on an enclosed poster/lyric sheet) to be seen through the hole, creating a three-dimensional effect.

Despite its length of nearly seven minutes, which made the song unwieldy for AM radio airplay, "Taxi" was released uncut as a 45 RPM single, and charted at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Could You Put Your Light on, Please" – 4:30
2. "Greyhound" – 5:45
3. "Everybody's Lonely" – 4:07
4. "Sometime, Somewhere Wife" – 4:58
5. "Empty" – 2:57

Side Two

1. "Taxi" – 6:44
2. "Any Old Kind of Day" – 4:56
3. "Dogtown" – 7:30
4. "Same Sad Singer" – 4:12

Personnel

• Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
• Steve Chapin - keyboards
• Russ Kunkel - drums, percussion
• Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
• Tim Scott - cello
• John Wallace - bass, vocals

Charts and certifications

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard 200	60
	Canadian Albums Chart	57

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales
United States	Gold	1,000,000
Canada	Platinum	100,000