Homeless Brother

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Homeless Brother
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1974 (1974-10)
StudioRegent Sound Studios, New York City; Clack Studios
Genre
Length38:31
Label United Artists
Producer Joel Dorn
Don McLean chronology
Playin' Favorites
(1973)
Homeless Brother
(1974)
Solo
(1976)
Singles from Homeless Brother
  1. "Wonderful Baby"
    Released: June 1975

Homeless Brother is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1974. It was reissued by BGO Records in 1996.

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Don McLean except where indicated.

Side One

  1. "Winter Has Me in Its Grip" 3:19
  2. "La La Love You" 3:46
  3. "Homeless Brother" 4:22
  4. "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)" (George Harrison) 1:50
  5. "The Legend of Andrew McCrew" 6:06

Side Two

  1. "Wonderful Baby" 2:04
  2. "You Have Lived" 3:42
  3. "Great Big Man" 3:16
  4. "Tangled (Like a Spider in Her Hair)" 3:39
  5. "Crying in the Chapel" (Artie Glenn) 2:20
  6. "Did You Know" 4:07

Chart positions

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [1] 65
Billboard 200 120[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.