Addicted to Black

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Addicted to Black
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2009 (2009-05)
Genre Folk rock
Length43:54
Label Don McLean Records
Producer Don McLean, Pat Severs, Mike Severs
Don McLean chronology
Rearview Mirror: An American Musical Journey
(2005)
Addicted to Black
(2009)
Botanical Gardens
(2018)

Addicted to Black is an album by singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in May 2009. It is his first album of original material in 14 years.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don McLean, except "Lovers Love the Spring", poem by William Shakespeare.

Addicted to Black
No.TitleLength
1."Addicted to Black"4:23
2."Run, Diana Run"5:52
3."Beside Myself"2:49
4."Mary Lost a Ring"3:26
5."Lovers Love the Spring"2:45
6."Promise to Remember"3:47
7."The Three of Us"4:10
8."Shadowland"3:46
9."I Was Always Young"5:01
10."This Is America (Eisenhower)"3:41
11."In a Museum"4:14
Total length:43:54

Personnel

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States May 2009Don McLean Records stereo CD
United StatesApril 19, 2010 Proper Records stereo CD

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