title: Sniper and Other Love Songs
text: # Sniper and Other Love Songs
  
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  Sniper and Other Love Songs is the second studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album's title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman's shootings from the clocktower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin in August 1966. In 2004 it was released as a double CD package with Heads & Tales featuring several previously unreleased out-takes.
  
  The song "Circle" was a major hit for The New Seekers (released as "Circles") and became known as the Chapin Anthem. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" cracked the Billboard Hot 100. A live version of "A Better Place To Be" charted in 1976.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
  * John Wallace - bass, vocals
  * Tim Scott - cello
  * Ron Palmer - lead guitar, vocals
  * Steve Chapin - keyboards
  * Russ Kunkel - drums and percussion
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Year | Chart | Position |
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  | 1972 | Billboard 200 | 160 |
  