Heads & Tales (album)

Heads & Tales
Studio album by
Harry Chapin
ReleasedMarch 1972
StudioElektra, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length45:39
LabelElektra
ProducerJac Holzman
Harry Chapin chronology
Chapin Music
(1966) 		Heads & Tales
(1972) 		Sniper and Other Love Songs
(1972)
Singles from Heads & Tales
  1. "Taxi"
    Released: March 1972
  2. "Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
    Released: March 1972
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideCāˆ’[2]

Heads & Tales is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album contains Chapin's first hit, "Taxi." The album and single both charted successfully for over six months, with both 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.

"Taxi" was released as a 45 rpm single, and charted at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
1."Taxi"6:44
2."Any Old Kind of Day"4:56
3."Dogtown"7:30
4."Same Sad Singer"4:12

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard 200 60
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] 36
Canadian Albums Chart 57

Certifications

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

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Heads & Tales at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 ā€“ via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970ā€“1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 59. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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