# Second Chapter

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Second Chapter
| type         = Album
| artist       = [Danny Kirwan](/source/Danny_Kirwan)
| cover        = Secondchapter.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 12 September 1975
| recorded     = 1973–74
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| length       = {{Duration|m=33|s=58}}
| label        = [DJM](/source/DJM_Records)
| producer     = [Martin Rushent](/source/Martin_Rushent)
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [Midnight in San Juan](/source/Midnight_in_San_Juan_(Danny_Kirwan_album))
| next_year    = 1976
}}

'''''Second Chapter''''' is the debut solo album by British [blues rock](/source/blues_rock) musician [Danny Kirwan](/source/Danny_Kirwan), released in [1975](/source/1975_in_music) on the [DJM Records](/source/DJM_Records) label. This was his first solo album after being dismissed from [Fleetwood Mac](/source/Fleetwood_Mac) in 1972, and his solo career was being managed by ex-Mac manager [Clifford Davis](/source/Clifford_Davis_(musician)).

Demo tracks for this album were released on CD in 2000 as [Ram Jam City](/source/Ram_Jam_City).

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score =  {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name="amg">{{Cite web | last = Viglione | first = Joe | title = Second Chapter review | publisher = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). [Rovi Corporation](/source/Rovi_Corporation) | accessdate = 27 July 2011| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/r42425}}</ref>
}}

''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' complimented Kirwan's musicianship and thought that ''Second Chapter'' "touched on several musical bases" and possessed a "country twinge". They also believed that the album evoked the [California sound](/source/California_sound) that his former band Fleetwood Mac had pursued.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=13 December 1975 |title=Top Album Picks: First Time Around |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1975/Billboard-1975-12-13.pdf |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |page=56 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) critic Joe Viglione declared that ''Second Chapter'' was a feather in the cap for Kirwan as well as producer [Martin Rushent](/source/Martin_Rushent). Drawing comparisons with the music of [Lindsey Buckingham](/source/Lindsey_Buckingham), [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney) and [America](/source/America_(band)), he highlighted the title track, "Love Can Always Bring You Happiness" and "Silver Streams" as the best tracks. He also stated that the album shows Kirwan's importance as a pop artist, and that Fleetwood Mac would have benefitted from his presence in their very successful mid-70s line-up.<ref name="amg"/>

==Track listing==
All songs written by Danny Kirwan.

'''Side one'''
#"Ram Jam City" – 2:48
#"Odds and Ends" – 2:31
#"Hot Summer Day" – 2:40
#"Mary Jane" – 2:54
#"Skip a Dee Doo" – 2:39
#"Love Can Always Bring You Happiness" – 3:12

'''Side two'''
#"Second Chapter" – 3:24
#"Lovely Days" – 2:26
#"Falling in Love With You" – 2:16
#"Silver Streams" – 3:27
#"Best Girl in the World" – 2:31
#"Cascades" – 3:10
'''Album variations'''
*On some versions, "Hot Summer Day" was shown as "Hot Summer's Day".
*"Best Girl in the World" was left off the US version of the album.<ref>[http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=22 ''Second Chapter'' at Fleetwoodmac.net]</ref>  However, it appeared on the B-side of a 1976 US single featuring the 1969 Fleetwood Mac recording "[Man of the World](/source/Man_of_the_World_(song))" on the A-side.<ref>[http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=1000 "Man of the World" at fleetwoodmac.net]</ref>

==Personnel==
*Danny Kirwan – [guitar](/source/guitar)s, [vocals](/source/Singing)
*[Andy Silvester](/source/Andy_Silvester) – [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar)
*[Paul Raymond](/source/Paul_Raymond_(musician)) – [piano](/source/piano)
*[Geoff Britton](/source/Geoff_Britton) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)
*Jim Russell – drums, [percussion](/source/percussion_instrument)
*[Gerry Shury](/source/Gerry_Shury) – string arrangements

==Production==
*Producer / engineer – [Martin Rushent](/source/Martin_Rushent)
*Photography & album co-ordination – [Clifford Davis](/source/Clifford_Davis_(musician))
*Sleeve design – McKinley Howell & J.M. Heale

==Release information==
*UK – DJM DJPLS454 (LP) / DJM DJH40454 (cassette) – 12 September 1975
*USA – DJM DJLPA-1 – 1975 (LP & cassette), distributed by Amherst Records
*Japan – 
:DJM IFS 80431 – 1975 (LP)
:AMR Archive AIRAC-1175 – 22 February 2006 (CD)
*Germany – Repertoire REP 4370-WP – 1993 (CD)

The UK and US LP releases came in a [gatefold](/source/gatefold) sleeve, and the Japanese CD release came in a cardboard sleeve.

==References==
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Category:Danny Kirwan albums
Category:1975 debut albums
Category:Albums produced by Martin Rushent
Category:DJM Records albums

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