The Gold Medal Collection
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Released | September 13, 1988 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 2:20:13 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Sandy Chapin & Charles J. Sanders | |||
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The Gold Medal Collection is a 1988 two-CD compilation album featuring various songs and interviews by singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. It was released by Elektra Records to commemorate Chapin for being posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work and campaigns to end hunger.[2] The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1 million copies.
Track listing
[edit]Disc 1 (1:08:22):
- "Taxi" - 6:44
- "Sunday Morning Sunshine" - 3:30
- "Old College Avenue" - 4:25
- "Dirty Old Man" - 1:25
- "I Wanna Learn a Love Song" - 4:19
- "Cat's in the Cradle" - 3:44
- "Tangled Up Puppet" - 3:42
- "Dancing Boy" - 3:40
- "Thanksgiving Hunger Drives" - 0:47
- "Flowers Are Red (Live)" - 5:01
- "She Sings Songs Without Words" - 3:31
- "Shooting Star" - 4:02
- "Winter Song" - 2:30
- "Story of a Life" - 5:15
- "Commitment and Pete Seeger" - 1:47
- "There Only Was One Choice" - 14:00
Disc 2 (1:11:51):
- "A Better Place to Be" - 7:35
- "Mail Order Annie" - 4:52
- "Performing" - 0:30
- "W*O*L*D (Live)" - 4:46
- "Mr. Tanner (Live)" - 4:45
- "Corey's Coming" - 5:38
- "A Child Is Born" - 0:30
- "Sniper" - 9:50
- "Calluses" - 0:41
- "The Rock" - 4:15
- "Dance Band on the Titanic" - 5:11
- "I Wonder What Would Happen to This World" - 3:28
- "Sequel" - 6:35
- "My Grandfather" - 1:45
- "Remember When the Music (Reprise)" - 3:50
- "Circle (Live)" - 7:30
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Harry Chapin: The Gold Medal Collection, album notes, Elektra/Asylum Records, 1988.
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