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Harry Chapin's fourth album, VERITIES & BALDERDASH, was his best studio effort and his most commercially successful, working its way up the US charts and eventually going gold. Its success is attributable, in part, to Chapin's excellent batch of tunes, which display his trademark narrative sensibility (Chapin's songs often unfold like short stories), literate wit, and knack for melody. VERITIES & BALDERDASH also works because its arrangements and production move away from the heavily orchestrated drama that mars some the artist's other studio work towards a cleaner sound that highlights the fine songwriting.

Chapin's best-known song, "Cat's in the Cradle," is here. Based on a poem by the artist's wife, the tune is a year-by-year account of a father-son relationship plagued by the father's too-busy schedule (his negligence comes back to haunt him when his grown son becomes too busy to spend time with him). The song is one of Chapin's most affecting and emotionally resonant. The songwriter's attention to character, anecdote, and emotional subtext is also evident in "I Wanna Learn a Love Song" and "What Made America Famous?" The sprightly story-song "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" provides welcome comic relief to this top-notch Chapin release.

Live Recording

Personnel: Harry Chapin (vocals, guitar).

Arranger: Paul Leka.

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Category Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Folk
Label Elektra
Orig Year 1974
All Time Product Rank 12,661
CD Universe Part number 1095245
Catalog number 1012
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 12, 1990
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Paul Leka
Recording Time 43 minutes
Personnel Harry Chapin - vocals, guitar
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1Cat's in the Cradle * See All 16 Harry Chapin CATS IN THE CRADLE Lyrics4:05 $0.99
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2I Wanna Learn A Love Song * See All 11 Harry Chapin I WANNA LEARN A LOVE SONG Lyrics4:27 $0.99
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3Shooting Star * See All 5 Harry Chapin SHOOTING STAR Lyrics4:08 $0.99
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430,000 Pounds Of Bananas * See All 5 Harry Chapin 30000 POUNDS OF BANANAS Lyrics11:23
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5She Sings Songs Without Words * See All 2 Harry Chapin SHE SINGS SONGS WITHOUT WORDS Lyrics3:34 $0.99
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6What Made America Famous? * See All 36:52 $0.99
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7Vacancy * See All 4 Harry Chapin VACANCY Lyrics4:00 $0.99
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8Halfway To Heaven * See All 2 Harry Chapin HALFWAY TO HEAVEN Lyrics6:15 $0.99
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9Six String Orchestra * See All 25:28 $0.99
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5 stars A must for fans of the man
This is one of my favorite albums by the master storyteller and poet who was Harry Chapin. The music is thought provoking and catchy. I used to listen to this album often while on long trips in Germany during my military service. "Six string orchestra" is one of the funniest songs ever recorded.The songs are a tribute to the immortal Harry Chapin. If you are a fan, don't miss this one.
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