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
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
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan=3|1972
|Billboard Top LP's
|align="center"|60
|-
|Australian (Kent Music Report)
|align="center"|36
|-
|Canadian Albums Chart
|align="center"|57
|-
|}
Certifications
{| class="wikitable"
!Region
!Certification
!Sales
|-
|United States
|Gold
|align="center"|1,000,000
|-
|Canada
|Platinum
|align="center"|100,000
|-
|}