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. It was reissued by BGO Records in 1996. The photo on the cover of the album was taken overlooking the village of Cold Spring, New York.
Record World said of the single "Dreidel" that the "intelligent lyrics sustain interest."
Record World called the single "If We Try" a "ballad beauty."
Track listing All tracks composed by Don McLean, except where indicated.
"Dreidel" - 3:45 "Bronco Bill's Lament" - 3:36 "Oh, My What a Shame" - 3:30 "If We Try" - 3:30 "The More You Pay (The More It's Worth)" - 2:51 "Narcisissima" 3:53 "Falling Through Time" - 3:44 "On the Amazon" (Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey, Greatrex Newman) - 3:17 "Birthday Song" - 2:34 "The Pride Parade" - 4:31
Chart positions Chart (1972/73)PeakpositionAustralian (Kent Music Report)15Canada15Billboard 20023
Personnel Don McLean - guitar, vocals Warren Bernhardt - piano on "Oh My What a Shame" Dick Hyman - piano on "On the Amazon" Ralph MacDonald - percussion, conga Ed Trickett - hammered dulcimer Don Brooks - harmonica Howard "Buzz" Feiten - guitar Neil Larsen - piano Tony Levin - bass on "Dreidel" and "Birthday Song" Chris Parker - drums George Ricci - cello Bob Rothstein - bass, vocals Russ Savakus - bass, violin, vocals Ed Freeman - string arrangements West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir - chorus 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
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