Harry Chapin discography

This page is a discography for Harry Chapin.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions		Certifications
		US	UK
1972	Heads & Tales Debut album Released: March 11, 1972 Label: Elektra Records	60[1]	—	Gold (US)
1972	Sniper and Other Love Songs 2nd album Released: October, 1972 Label: Elektra Records	160[2]	—
1973	Short Stories 3rd album Released: December 1, 1973 Label: Elektra Records	61[3]	—
1974	Verities & Balderdash 4th album Released: August 24, 1974 Label: Elektra Records	4[4]	—	Gold (US)
1975	Portrait Gallery 5th album Released: September 27, 1975 Label: Elektra Records	53[5]	—
1976	On the Road to Kingdom Come 6th album Released: October 23, 1976 Label: Elektra Records	87[6]	—
1977	Dance Band on the Titanic 7th album Released: September 10, 1977 Label: Elektra Records	58[7]	—
1978	Living Room Suite 8th album Released: September 10, 1978 Label: Elektra Records	133[8]	—
1981	Sequel 9th album Released: January, 1981 Label: Boardwalk Records	58[9]	—
1988	The Last Protest Singer Posthumous 10th album Released: 1988 Label: Dunhill Compact Classics	—	—

Compilation and specialty albums

Year	Album	Charts	Certifications
		US
1976	Greatest Stories Live Released: April 23, 1976 Label: Elektra Records	41[10]	2x Platinum (US)
1979	Legends of the Lost and Found Released: November, 1979 Label: Elektra Records	163[11]
1985	Anthology of Harry Chapin Released: 1985 Label: Elektra/Asylum Records	—
1987	Remember When the Music Released: 1987 Label: Dunhill Compact Classics	—
1988	The Gold Medal Collection Released: September 13, 1988 Label: Elektra/Asylum Records	—	Platinum (US)
1990	Harry Chapin Tribute Released: July 1, 1990 Label: Relativity Records	—
1998	The Bottom Line Encore Collection Released: March 10, 1998 Label: The Bottom Line Record Company	—
1999	Story of a Life Released: October 19, 1999 Label: Elektra Records	—
1999	Storyteller Released: 1999 Label: BOA Records	—
2000	Onwards and Upwards Released: 2000 Label: Harry Chapin Foundation	—
2001	VH1 Behind the Music: The Harry Chapin Collection Released: August 21, 2001 Label: Elektra Records	—
2002	The Essentials Released: July 2, 2002 Label: Elektra Records	—
2003	Classics Released: 2003 Label: Warner Special Products	—
2006	Introducing... Harry Chapin Released: August 1, 2006 Label: Rhino Records	—
2015	Bottom Line Archive Series: Live 1981 Released: June 30, 2015 Label: The Bottom Line Record Company	—

Singles

Year	Song Title	US	US AC	UK
1972	"Taxi"	24	—	—
	"Sniper"	—	—	—
	"Sunday Morning Sunshine"	75	30	—
1973	"Better Place to Be"	86	—	—
1974	"W*O*L*D"	36	37	34
	"Mr. Tanner"	—	—	—
	"Cat's in the Cradle"	1	6	53
1975	"I Wanna Learn a Love Song"	44	7	—
	"Dreams Go By"	—	33	—
1977	"Dance Band on the Titanic"	—	—	—
1978	"Flowers Are Red"	—	—	—
1980	"Sequel"	23	37	—
1981	"Story of a Life"	105	—	—

• Note: two non-charting singles were What Made America Famous? (1974) and Story of a Life (1981).

Videos

• An Evening With... Harry Chapin (1998)
• Rockpalast Live (2002)
• Remember When: The Anthology (2005)
• You Are the Only Song (2006)

References

1. "allmusic ((( Heads & Tales > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
2. "allmusic ((( Sniper & Other Love Songs > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
3. "allmusic ((( Short Stories > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
4. "allmusic ((( Verities & Balderdash > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
5. "allmusic ((( Portrait Gallery > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
6. "allmusic ((( On the Road to Kingdom Come > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
7. "allmusic ((( Dance Band on the Titanic > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
8. "allmusic ((( Living Room Suite > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
9. "allmusic ((( Sequel > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
10. "allmusic ((( Greatest Stories Live > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"
11. "allmusic ((( Legends of the Lost & Found > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))"