Sniper and Other Love Songs

Sniper & Other Love Songs
Studio album by
Harry Chapin
ReleasedOctober 1972
Recorded1972
StudioElektra, Los Angeles, California
Length45:52
LabelElektra
ProducerFred Kewley
Harry Chapin chronology
Heads & Tales
(1972) 		Sniper & Other Love Songs
(1972) 		Short Stories
(1973)
Singles from Sniper and Other Love Songs
  1. "Sunday Morning Sunshine"
    Released: October 1972
  2. "A Better Place to Be"
    Released: October 1972
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Sniper and Other Love Songs is the second studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album's title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman's shootings from the clocktower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin in August 1966. In 2004 it was released as a double CD package with Heads & Tales featuring several previously unreleased out-takes.

The song "Circle" was a major hit for The New Seekers (released as "Circles") and became known as the Chapin Anthem. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" cracked the Billboard Hot 100. A live version of "A Better Place To Be" charted in 1976.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Sunday Morning Sunshine"3:51
2."Sniper"9:58
3."And the Baby Never Cries"5:09
4."Burning Herself"3:30
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Barefoot Boy"3:29
2."A Better Place to Be"8:36
3."Circle"3:24
4."Woman Child"5:24
5."Winter Song"2:31

Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard 200 160

See also

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Sniper and Other Love Songs at AllMusic
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