American Pie is also the name of the
Don McLean album on which the song first appeared. As well as the title track it includes his other
classic, the sad and deeply beautiful
Vincent, along with
Empty Chairs,
Winterwood and
Crossroads, which are all pretty good. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that Empty Chairs is lovely. The rest of the album is okayish, but perhaps slightly disappointing after those; he continues in a similar,
folksy sort of vein. Bizarrely, the tape copy I have features two indistinguishable versions of
Winterwood, one on each side.
Full track listing:
- American Pie
- Till Tomorrow
- Vincent
- Crossroads
- Winterwood
- Empty Chairs
- Everybody Loves Me, Baby
- Sister Fatima
- The Grave
- Babylon