Heads & Tales is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin

Harry Chapin

Harry Forster Chapin was an American singer-songwriter best known in particular for his folk rock songs including "Taxi", "W*O*L*D", and the number-one hit "Cat's in the Cradle". Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger; he was a key player in the creation of the...

, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music

1972 in music

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). The album contains Chapin's early signature song "Taxi

Taxi (song)

"Taxi" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album Heads and Tales. Chapin debuted the song on NBC's The Tonight Show in 1972 which was followed by many calls and telegrams sent from viewers to NBC demanding that Chapin return to the show...

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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.

Despite its length of nearly seven minutes, which made the song unwieldy for AM radio airplay, "Taxi" was released uncut as a 45 RPM single, and charted at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

All songs by Harry Chapin.

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
6. "Taxi
   Taxi (song)
   "Taxi" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album Heads and Tales. Chapin debuted the song on NBC's The Tonight Show in 1972 which was followed by many calls and telegrams sent from viewers to NBC demanding that Chapin return to the show...
   
   " – 6:44
7. "Any Old Kind of Day" – 4:56
8. "Dogtown" – 7:30
9. "Same Sad Singer" – 4:12

Personnel

• Harry Chapin
  Harry Chapin
  Harry Forster Chapin was an American singer-songwriter best known in particular for his folk rock songs including "Taxi", "W*O*L*D", and the number-one hit "Cat's in the Cradle". Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger; he was a key player in the creation of the...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Steve Chapin
  Steve Chapin
  Stephen Chapin is an American singer. He is best known as the youngest of the four Chapin brothers, which include Harry Chapin and Tom Chapin, and is the son of drummer Jim Chapin and uncle of Jen Chapin and the Chapin Sisters. He has frequently toured and performed with both of his musician brothers...
  
   - keyboards
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
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   - drums
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  , percussion
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• Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
• Tim Scott - cello
  Cello
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• John Wallace
  John Wallace (musician)
  "Big" John Wallace was a bassist and backup singer for singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. John gained membership to Harry's band by responding to an ad placed in the Village Voice in 1971...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals