Addicted to Black
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Addicted to Black
| type = studio
| artist = Don McLean
| cover = Album addicted to black-don mclean.PNG
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2009|5}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Folk rock
| length = 43:54
| label = Don McLean Records
| producer = Don McLean, Pat Severs, Mike Severs
| prev_title = Rearview Mirror: An American Musical Journey
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Botanical Gardens
| next_year = 2018
}}
Addicted to Black is an album by singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in May 2009. It is his first album of original material in 14 years.{{cite news |last=Wereszynski |first=Kathleen |date=December 2, 2005 |title=Folk troubadour still taking audiences on musical journey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-folk-troubadour-sti/173073809/ |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
Track listing
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| collapsed =
| headline = Addicted to Black
| extra_column =
| total_length = 43:54
| all_writing = Don McLean, except "Lovers Love the Spring", poem by William Shakespeare
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Addicted to Black
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Run, Diana Run
| length2 = 5:52
| title3 = Beside Myself
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Mary Lost a Ring
| length4 = 3:26
| title5 = Lovers Love the Spring
| length5 = 2:45
| title6 = Promise to Remember
| length6 = 3:47
| title7 = The Three of Us
| length7 = 4:10
| title8 = Shadowland
| length8 = 3:46
| title9 = I Was Always Young
| length9 = 5:01
| title10 = This Is America (Eisenhower)
| length10 = 3:41
| title11 = In a Museum
| length11 = 4:14
}}
Personnel
- Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar, five-string banjo
- Pat Severs – acoustic, electric, dobro and steel guitars
- Mike Severs – electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, additional drum and keyboard programming
- Mark Prentice – electric bass
- Hank Singer – fiddle
- Jerry Kroon – drums on "Mary Lost a Ring"
;Production
- Don McLean – producer
- Pat Severs – producer, engineering, mastering
- Mike Severs – producer, engineering, mastering
- Phyllis Arnett Dumond – art direction
- Keith Perry – CD disc photo
- Patrisha McLean – back booklet photo
Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| rowspan="1"| United States
|rowspan="1"| {{Start date|2009|5}} |rowspan="1"| Don McLean Records | |
| rowspan="1"| United States
|rowspan="1"| {{Start date|2010|4|19}} |rowspan="1"| Proper Records | stereo CD | |
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