Tapestry (Don McLean album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Tapestry

| type = Album

| artist = Don McLean

| cover = Don McLean - Tapestry Coverart.png

| alt =

| caption =

| released = {{Start date|1970|10}}

| recorded = 1969–1970

| venue =

| studio = Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, CA

| genre = Folk

| length = 40:38

| label = Mediarts

| producer = Jerry Corbitt

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = American Pie

| next_year = 1971

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Tapestry

| type = Studio album

| single1 = Castles in the Air{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/me108|title=Don McLean - Castles In The Air|publisher=45 Cat}}

| single1date = December 1970

| single2 = And I Love You So{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Don-McLean-And-I-Love-You-So-If-We-Try/master/725612|title=Don McLean - And I Love You So / If We Try|website=Discogs}}

| single2date = 1971

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12741|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

}}

Tapestry is the debut studio album by American folk singer Don McLean. The album was originally released in October 1970 by Mediarts Records but was re-issued in 1971 by United Artists after United Artists' purchase of Mediarts.[http://www.don-mclean.com/articles/tapestry.asp don-mclean.com] Accessed July 28, 2008 The album was also reissued in 1981 on Liberty Records, but without including the song "Three Flights Up".

The title track "Tapestry" was an inspiration for the formation of the Greenpeace environmental movement.Bob Sarlin - Turn it up!: (I can't hear the words) 1974 – Page 143:

Another noteworthy song on this first album is the title tune, "Tapestry," which is perhaps the best statement on preservation of the physical, livable world yet produced by the songpoets. It is succinct and neither pompous nor ... over a period of time. One can see a difference from cut to cut: a growth of expression and a careful refining of technique. The album's most impressive song is "Three Flights Up," and it is one of the most innovative songs of its period. McLean creates a building, ... "And I Love You So" is one of McLean's most recorded songs, with versions by artists ranging from Elvis Presley in the 1970s and to Glen Campbell nearly 30 years later. Perry Como had a huge international hit with the song in 1973.

The album was produced by Jerry Corbitt of the Youngbloods. The album was recorded at the Sierra Sound Laboratories, 1741 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley, California, in 1969–70.