Dreidel_(Don_McLean_song)

<i>Don McLean</i> (album)

Don McLean (album)

1972 studio album by Don McLean

Don McLean is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1972, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1] It was reissued by BGO Records in 1996. The photo on the cover of the album was taken overlooking the Village of Cold Spring, NY.

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Record World said of the single "Dreidel" that the "intelligent lyrics sustain interest."[2]

Record World called the single "If We Try" a "ballad beauty."[3]

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Don McLean, except where indicated.

  1. "Dreidel" - 3:45
  2. "Bronco Bill's Lament" - 3:36
  3. "Oh, My What a Shame" - 3:30
  4. "If We Try" - 3:30
  5. "The More You Pay (The More It's Worth)" - 2:51
  6. "Narcisissima" 3:53
  7. "Falling Through Time" - 3:44
  8. "On the Amazon" (Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey, Greatrex Newman) - 3:17
  9. "Birthday Song" - 2:34
  10. "The Pride Parade" - 4:31

Chart positions

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Personnel

Technical
  • Tom Flye, Dennis Ferrante, Ed Sprigg, Rod O'Brien - engineer
  • John Olson - cover photography

Releases

  • CD Don McLean Beat Goes On / BGO Records 2011

References

  1. [1]
    "Don Mclean: Don McLean -- Charts and Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 16, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  3. [3]
    "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 17, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  4. [4]
    Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. [5]
    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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