The Harry Chapin Archive at HarryChapin.com

"Oh, if a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world?" -- Harry Chapin, 1942-1981.

Harry's Music

Anthology
Bottom Line Encore Collection
Dance Band On The Titanic*
Gold Medal Collection
Essentials
Greatest Stories Live*
Heads & Tales
Legends Of Lost & Found*
Living Room Suite
On The Road To Kingdom Come
Portrait Gallery
Sequel
Short Stories
Story Of A Life-Harry Chapin Box Set
Sniper & Other Love Songs
Verities & Balderdash
VH1 Behind the Music Collection

* = Highly Recommended

The Latest Release

Sniper & Other Love Songs
In 1972, Harry released Sniper & Other Love Songs. Thirty years would pass before the album would ever reach the CD format. Sniper was finally re-released in June, 2002.
Originally given a working title of Sweet City Suite, the album tells the story of various characters one might run into in a city. The album features the original studio versions of Chapin classics "A Better Place to Be" and "Circle." But perhaps more importantly (as those songs are already well-distributed on compilation CDs), the album features seemingly lost Chapin stories, including "And the Baby Never Cries," "Burning Herself," "Barefoot Boy," and "Woman Child."
Sniper is for the seasoned Chapin fan. New fans would do better to check out Greatest Stories Live. But for Chapin fans who have reached the level of the Dance Band on the Titanic album, this is the next step. Slightly over-produced and having a little of the "forced" feel that some of Harry's studio albums possess, this album does not capture the powerfully live Harry Chapin. Nonetheless, it captures Harry's great iconoclastic songwriting--Harry takes the story song to new heights here. But the album works best for those ready for it; don't buy it until you are ready to appreciate it!