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Don McLean
Released 1976

Geordie's Lost His Penker
03:50
97 plays

Babylon
06:24
96 plays

Great Big Man
03:24
94 plays

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- 1
- Magdalene Lane
- 04:09
- 189 plays

- 2
- Masters of War
- 02:59
- 131 plays

- 3
- Wonderful Baby
- 02:04
- 115 plays

- 4
- Where Were You, Baby?
- 03:22
- 107 plays

- 5
- Empty Chairs
- 03:35
- 126 plays

- 6
- Geordie's Lost His Penker
- 03:50
- 97 plays

- 7
- Babylon
- 06:24
- 96 plays

- 8
- And I Love You So
- 04:40
- 139 plays

- 9
- Mactavish Is Dead
- 00:00
- 117 plays

- 10
- Cripple Creek/ Muleskinner Blues
- 04:08
- 125 plays

- 11
- Great Big Man
- 03:24
- 94 plays

- 12
- Bronco Bill's Lament
- 03:12
- 76 plays

- 13
- Happy Trails
- 00:00
- 82 plays

- 14
- Circus Song
- 04:27
- 152 plays

- 15
- Birthday Song
- 02:46
- 100 plays

- 16
- On the Amazon
- 03:53
- 140 plays

- 17
- American Pie
- 09:02
- 78 plays

- 18
- Over the Waterfall/ Arkansas Traveller
- 02:49
- 31 plays

- 19
- Homeless Brother
- 04:17
- 62 plays

- 20
- Castles in the Air (Three Flights Up)
- 09:09
- 50 plays

- 21
- Lovesick Blues
- 03:35
- 178 plays

- 22
- Winter Has Me in Its Grip
- 03:15
- 103 plays

- 23
- The Legend of Andrew McCrew
- 07:37
- 125 plays

- 24
- Dreidel
- 03:41
- 93 plays

- 25
- Vincent
- 04:23
- 129 plays

- 26
- Till Tomorrow
- 02:55
- 91 plays

album review

Don McLean's final album for United Artists was a musical tour de force, and the best self-contained account of the full breadth of McLean's talent. Recorded live in England, in Manchester, Bristol, London, and Oxford, the 26 songs encompassed not only the artist's best-known work, but also many of his personal favorites, among them works by other composers (including Bob Dylan's "Masters of War"). All the songs are done solo by McLean on acoustic guitar and banjo, performing in a loose, freewheeling style more appropriate to a folk performance at a small club than a rock concert -- except that McLean was doing these performances to tens of thousands of people at a time. He ranges freely across his repertory, including a loose yet sincere rendition of "American Pie" and a stunning version of "Till Tomorrow" (his encore), through "The Arkansas Traveller" and "Homeless Brother" to "Castles in the Air," the last in a version that makes the studio recording seem cold and sterile. Ironically, given that it's one of the best records he ever put out and a great capstone to his career at United Artists, Solo was the only album he ever did for the label that never charted, in either England or America, possibly because it was a double-LP and very expensive, and was also issued just late enough into the 1970s to run into the twin juggernauts of punk and disco. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide