Allmusic critic Joe Viglione declared that Second Chapter was a feather in the cap for Kirwan as well as producer Martin Rushent

Martin Rushent

Martin Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks.- Early life :Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in Enfield, Middlesex. His father was a car salesman...

. Drawing comparisons with the music of Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...

, Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

 and America

America (band)

America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...

, he highlighted the title track, "Love Can Always Bring You Happiness" and "Silver Streams" as the best tracks. He also stated that the album shows Kirwan's importance as a pop artist, and that Fleetwood Mac would have benefitted from his presence in their very successful mid-70s line-up.

Track listing

1. "Ram Jam City" – 2:48
2. "Odds and Ends" – 2:31
3. "Hot Summer Day" – 2:40
4. "Mary Jane" – 2:54
5. "Skip a Dee Doo" – 2:39
6. "Love Can Always Bring You Happiness" – 3:12
7. "Second Chapter" – 3:24
8. "Lovely Days" – 2:26
9. "Falling in Love With You" – 2:16
10. "Silver Streams" – 3:27
11. "Best Girl in the World" – 2:31
12. "Cascades" – 3:10

• All songs written by Danny Kirwan
• On some versions, "Hot Summer Day" was shown as "Hot Summer's Day".
• "Best Girl in the World" was left off the US version of the album. However, it appeared on the b-side of a 1976 US single featuring the 1969 Fleetwood Mac recording "Man of the World
  Man of the World (song)
  "Man of the World" is a song recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, and composed by vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green. It first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1969, subsequently appearing on the Greatest Hits album in 1971...
  
  " on the A-side.

Personnel

• Danny Kirwan
  Danny Kirwan
  Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a British musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972.-Early career:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, vocals
  Singing
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• Andy Silvester
  Andy Silvester
  Andrew Frederick 'Andy' Sylvester is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Sylvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and Big Town Playboys as well as a tenure in the British blues band Savoy Brown and Los Angeles based soft rock...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Paul Raymond
  Paul Raymond (musician)
  Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
  
   – piano
  Piano
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• Geoff Britton
  Geoff Britton
  Geoff Britton is a rock drummer known for his work with Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1975, where he was featured on the Venus and Mars album,...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Jim Russell – drums, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Gerry Shury – string arrangements

Production

• Producer / engineer – Martin Rushent
  Martin Rushent
  Martin Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks.- Early life :Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in Enfield, Middlesex. His father was a car salesman...
  
  
• Photography & album co-ordination – Clifford Davis
  Clifford Davis (musician)
  Clifford Davis is a British musician and music manager, chiefly known for his time as manager of successful blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, from 1967 to 1974.He also used the pseudonyms Clifford Adams and C.G...
  
  
• Sleeve design – McKinley Howell & J.M. Heale

Release information

• UK – DJM DJPLS454 (LP) / DJM DJH40454 (cassette) – 12 September 1975
• USA – DJM DJLPA-1 – 1975 (LP & cassette), distributed by Amherst Records
• Japan –

DJM IFS 80431 – 1975 (LP)

AMR Archive AIRAC-1175 – 22 February 2006 (CD)

• Germany – Repertoire REP 4370-WP – 1993 (CD)

The UK and US LP releases came in a gatefold

Gatefold

A gatefold is a type of fold used for advertising around a magazine or section, and for packaging of media such as vinyl records.- LP covers :...

sleeve, and the Japanese CD release came in a cardboard sleeve.