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
Personnel
- Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
- John Wallace - bass, vocals
- Tim Scott - cello
- Ron Palmer - lead guitar, vocals
- Steve Chapin - keyboards
- Russ Kunkel - drums and percussion
Charts
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Peak <br /> Position
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|1972
|Billboard Top LPs
|align="center"|160
|-
|}
See also
- 1972 in music