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Sniper and Other Love Songs is the second studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album's title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman's shootings from the clocktower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin in August 1966. In 2004 it was released as a double CD package with Heads & Tales featuring several previously unreleased out-takes.

Sniper & Other Love Songs
Studio album by Harry Chapin
Released	October 1972
Recorded	1972
Studio	Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
Length	45:52
Label	Elektra
Producer	Fred Kewley
Harry Chapin chronology
Heads & Tales (1972) Sniper & Other Love Songs (1972) Short Stories (1973)
Singles from Sniper and Other Love Songs
"Sunday Morning Sunshine" Released: October 1972 "A Better Place to Be" Released: October 1972

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The song "Circle" was a major hit for The New Seekers (released as "Circles") and became known as the Chapin Anthem. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" cracked the Billboard Hot 100. A live version of "A Better Place To Be" charted in 1976.

Track listing

Personnel

• Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
• John Wallace - bass, vocals
• Tim Scott - cello
• Ron Palmer - lead guitar, vocals
• Steve Chapin - keyboards
• Russ Kunkel - drums and percussion

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard 200	160

See also

• 1972 in music

References

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