Verities & Balderdash

Infobox Album |
Name = Verities & Balderdash
Type = Album
Artist = Harry Chapin

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Released = August 31, 1974
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 43:49
Label = Elektra Records
Producer =Paul Leka
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifwxqw5ldse link]
Last album ="Short Stories" (1974)
This album =Verities & Balderdash (1974)
Next album ="Portrait Gallery" (1975)

"Verities & Balderdash" is the fourth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1974. "Cat's in the Cradle" was Chapin's highest charting single, finishing at #44 for the year on the 1974 Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart. The follow-up single, "I Wanna Learn A Love Song," barely entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

Track listing

#"Cat's in the Cradle" (Chapin, Chapin) – 3:44
#"I Wanna Learn a Love Song" (Chapin) – 4:19
#"Shooting Star" (Chapin) – 4:02
#"30,000 Pounds of Bananas" (Chapin) – 5:45
#"She Sings Songs Without Words" (Chapin) – 3:31
#"What Made America Famous?" (Chapin) – 6:53
#"Vacancy" (Chapin) – 4:00
#"Halfway to Heaven" – 6:10
#"Six String Orchestra" – 5:25

Personnel

Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals