American Pie: The Greatest Hits

by Don McLean

American Pie: The Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 3 April 2000
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A twenty-track Capitol collection of Don McLean's United Artists recordings, anchored by 'American Pie' and 'Vincent'. The set covers his singer-songwriter years of the 1970s, the period that fixed his place in American folk-pop, and includes his version of 'Castles in the Air'.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, storytelling, acoustic, ballad, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. American Pie
  2. Castles In The Air (1981 Version)
  3. Dreidel
  4. Winterwood
  5. Everyday
  6. Sister Fatima
  7. Empty Chairs
  8. The Birthday Song
  9. Wonderful Baby
  10. La La I Love You
  11. Vincent
  12. Crossroads
  13. And I Love You So
  14. Fools Paradise
  15. If We Try
  16. Mountains Of Mourne
  17. The Grave
  18. Respectable
  19. Going For The Gold
  20. Crying

Credits

  • Don McLean - primary artist, written-by
  • The Red Room - design
  • John Tobler - liner notes
  • Charles Hardin - written-by
  • Norman Petty - written-by
  • Horace Linsley - written-by
  • Sonny LeGlaire - written-by
  • Percy French - written-by
  • William Houston Collison - written-by
  • C. Bowder - written by
  • John Wesley Ryles - written-by
  • Joe Melson - written-by
  • Roy Orbison - written-by

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