''Sequel'' is the ninth studio album by the American singer-songwriter

Harry Chapin Harry Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy Award- ...

, released in 1980 (see

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). It was the last complete album released during Harry's lifetime. A tenth studio album, '' The Last Protest Singer'', made up of material he was working on at the time of his death, was released about six years after he died. The title song reports further events in the lives of Harry and Sue, the characters in Chapin's hit song "

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", and peaked at 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (the original went to No. 24). A follow-up single, "Story of a Life", failed to reach the Hot 100 chart (peaking at No. 105), but is historic as it was Chapin's final 45. The album was re-released under the title '' Remember When the Music'' with the addition of two previously unreleased tracks. It was re-released with only the original ten tracks as ''Storyteller'' in 1999. It was also remastered in 2001 with four additional tracks.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the album is bogged down in gushing sentimentality, and is ultimately 44 minutes, 35 seconds of maudlin musical waste."

Track listing

*Tracks 7–10 on side two are bonus tracks on the 2001 remastered edition

Charts

Personnel

*Harry Chapin – guitar, vocals *Howard Albert – synthesizer *Yvonne Cable – cello *Charles Chalmers – vocals *Sandra Chalmers – vocals *

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– piano, vocals *

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–

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, guitar *Howie Fields – drums *Chuck Kirkpatrick – vocals, electric guitar *

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– percussion *Donna Rhodes – vocals *Doug Walker – electric guitar * John Wallace – bass guitar, vocals

References

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