Portrait Gallery

Harry Chapin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 29, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002H49
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,522 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dreams Go By

2. Tangled up Puppet

3. Star Tripper

4. Babysitter

5. Someone Keeps Calling My Name

6. The Rock

7. Sandy

8. Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails

9. Bummer

10. Stop Singing These Sad Songs

Editorial Reviews

CD reissue of this 1975 album from the acclaimed singer/songwriter. Harry Chapin had numerous charting albums in the 1970s on Elektra Records. He tragically died in 1981 at the age of 38. Wounded Bird. 2010. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THEM ALL & THIS IS MY FAVORITE!, December 22, 1999

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This review is from: Portrait Gallery (Audio CD)

THIS IS MY FAVORITE Harry Chapin Album. Way back when, I had all of his LP's and I wore them all out. ~ I know all the stories by heart. ~ At first glance, I thought I would choose the boxed set, but, alas, it did not include "Sandy," his shameless love song written to his beautiful wife, Sandy Chapin. ~ Along with "Tangled Up Puppet" and "Dreams Go By," this album illustrates to me Harry the Family Man, the REAL Harry. ~ Harry was my Hero and "my first" Sensitve Man. I was blessed to see Harry twice in concert. I waited in line afterward both times while he signed endless autographs, and promoted his passion to "End World Hunger." ~ Many years later, I now have my own Sensitive Man and our two beautiful children who inspire me, along with Harry, to strive to make THIS world "A Better Place to Be."

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a collection, July 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Portrait Gallery (Audio CD)

What an incredible, varied mix of wonderful story-songs from the master. 'Sandy' and 'Stop Singing Those Sad Songs' are fairly weak and unmemorable, but those aside, this album is art. 'Bummer' is the portrait of an abused infant who focuses his rage to become an unwilling war hero. Raw and absolutely awesome. 'The Rock' can be enjoyed by people of all ages... a song where only a small boy can see the threat against his town, while the majestrates ignore him as a dramatic child. 'Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails' is a light-hearted and joyous look at a couple who make their dreams come true. 'Dreams Go By' is a wonderful, light tale, of a couple who spend their life together making plans only to realize that most of them never did come true, but their life was great anyway. 'Tangled Up Puppet', one of my personal favorites... if you have a child of your own, I dare you to sing along without your voice cracking at the wistfulness of watching your treasured child come into their own. This is one of the more overlooked Chapin albums, but it should be required listening by students of all art forms.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars chapins most unusual song collection., April 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Portrait Gallery (Audio CD)

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL AND PERHAPS ONE OF CHAPINS LEAST HEARD ALBUMS. FROM BEAUTIFUL SONGS LIKE "SANDY" TO THE VERY CAPTIVATING "BUMMER" THESE SONGS AND THAT CHAPIN VOICE WILL KEEP YOU ENTRANCED. AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANY TRUE CHAPIN FAN.