Heads & Tales (album)

Heads & Tales
Heads & Tales
Studio album by Harry Chapin
Released	March 11, 1972
Studio	Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	45:39
Label	Elektra
Producer	Jac Holzman
Harry Chapin chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C–^[2]

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[]

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Could You Put Your Light On, Please"	4:30
2.	"Greyhound"	5:45
3.	"Everybody's Lonely"	4:07
4.	"Sometime, Somewhere Wife"	4:58
5.	"Empty""	2:57

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Taxi"	6:44
2.	"Any Old Kind of Day"	4:56
3.	"Dogtown"	7:30
4.	"Same Sad Singer"	4:12

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[]

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard 200	60
	Australian (Kent Music Report)^[3]	36
	Canadian Albums Chart	57

Certifications[]

Region	Certification	Sales
United States	Gold	1,000,000
Canada	Platinum	100,000

References[]

^ Eder, Bruce. Heads & Tales at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 59. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[1] Eder, Bruce. Heads & Tales at AllMusic

[2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 59. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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