{"product_id":"harry-chapin-essentials","title":"ESSENTIALS","description":"Recorded between 1972 and 1980. Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.\nAll tracks have been digitally remastered.\nAudio Remasterer: Pat Kraus .\nLiner Note Author: Barry Alfonso.\nPhotographer: Sherry Rayn Barnett.\nHarry Chapin's skills as a songwriter include a strong narrative sense, a detail-centered approach to scene, and a deft ability with characterization. In a sense, Chapin is a writer of musical short stories, and these qualities are in ample evidence on THE ESSENTIALS. \"Taxi,\" the lead-off track here and Chapin's first hit, is a tale of a cabbie's chance meeting with an old lover, and sports interesting string arrangements and a reflective, melancholic atmosphere. \"W*O*L*D\" is the story of an aimless disc jockey, while \"30,000 Pounds of Bananas,\" a comic song, tells of a fruit deliveryman's slippery accident.\nDespite his story-like verses, Chapin's choruses are often quite catchy, as on the hopeful \"I Wanna Learn a Love Song\" and the sprightly \"Dreams Go By.\" The finest example of the story-song mix is probably \"Cat's in the Cradle,\" Chapin's most known and emotionally resonant song. A heart-tugging tale of a underdeveloped father-son relationship, the tune was a huge hit and is still much-loved decades after its release. Like GREATEST STORIES LIVE (another fine Chapin sampler), THE ESSENTIALS hand-picks the artist's finest songs, and testifies to his status as one of the most popular singer\/songwriters of the 1970s.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 7\/2\/2002\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harry Chapin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562269667561,"sku":"14UZAU-V8YH-00","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Harry-Chapin-ESSENTIALS_L8rf7_88f5cddc-65a3-416c-8121-2257c5346270.jpg?v=1740690017","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/harry-chapin-essentials","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}