Don McLean discography
| Don McLean discography |
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Don McLean performing in 2009 |
| Studio albums |
20 |
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| Live albums |
3 |
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| Compilation albums |
8 |
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| Singles |
16 |
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The discography of American singer Don McLean consists of twenty studio albums, three live albums, eight compilation albums, and sixteen singles.
Studio albums
- ATapestry did not chart in the UK until 1972 after the success of American Pie.
- BChain Lightning also peaked at #3 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.
- CBotanic Gardens was recorded in 2014-15 but has not yet been published. McLean presents some of the tracks from this album at live concerts.
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Peak chart positions[1][2] |
Album |
| US |
US AC |
US Country |
CAN |
CAN AC |
CAN Country |
UK |
| 1971 |
"Castles in the Air" |
— |
40 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Tapestry |
| "American Pie" |
1 |
1 |
— |
1 |
1 |
— |
2 |
American Pie |
| 1972 |
"Vincent" |
12 |
2 |
— |
3 |
13 |
— |
1 |
| 1973 |
"Dreidel" |
21 |
7 |
— |
16 |
5 |
— |
— |
Don McLean |
| "If We Try" |
58 |
12 |
— |
82 |
22 |
— |
— |
| "Everyday" |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
38 |
Playin' Favorites |
| 1974 |
"Fool's Paradise" |
107 |
25 |
— |
— |
90 |
— |
— |
| 1975 |
"Wonderful Baby" |
93 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Homeless Brother |
| 1980 |
"Crying" |
5 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
— |
1 |
1 |
Chain Lightning |
| 1981 |
"Since I Don't Have You" |
23 |
6 |
68 |
45 |
2 |
— |
— |
| "It's Just the Sun" |
83 |
20 |
— |
— |
12 |
— |
— |
| "Castles in the Air"A |
36 |
7 |
— |
— |
2 |
— |
47 |
Believers |
| 1987 |
"He's Got You" |
— |
— |
73 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Greatest Hits Then & Now |
| "You Can't Blame the Train" |
— |
— |
49 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Love Tracks |
| 1988 |
"Love in My Heart" |
— |
— |
65 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1991 |
"American Pie" (reissue) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
12 |
The Best of Don McLean |
- Notes
- AThe original version of "Castles in the Air" was included on the Tapestry album. In February 1971, it was released as the first single from the album and reached #40 on the Billboard Easy Listening / Adult Contemporary chart. After the success of the "American Pie" single, "Castles in the Air" was included as the B-side to its follow-up, "Vincent", and received enough radio airplay to reach the Hot 100 chart as a "flip". McLean's 1981 version of the song, a slower ballad version of the more mid to up-tempo version of the original, first appeared on his album Believers, and later replaced the original version on some copies of Tapestry.
Rarities
| Year |
Title |
Additional information |
| 1982 |
"The Flight of Dragons" |
This song was recorded for the film The Flight of Dragons in the early 1980s. |
| 1994 |
"Vincent" (live version) |
Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III[3] |
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