Title: A fine delineation of mid-seventies America
Product review: If ever one album spoke to the disillusioned folk generation, this one is it. From the allegory of the Titanic (the "unsinkable" USA) brought to its demise by "The iceberg on the starboard bow" to the rejuvenation of the dream in "There Only Was One Choice", this album speaks to anyone who ever felt that he could, should and must make a difference. And yet there is a lightness to all the tracks that keeps the feel from being preachy.Stopping along the way in the results of the sexual revolution (My Old Lady) and the loneliness of street life (Mercenaries) this album is finely crafted and brilliantly engineered. While it may not be a good Chapin starter album, it still ranks as his finest, and a great listen for anyone who remembers the sense of loss prevalent in post-Watergate America.
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