Don McLean – Chain Lightning (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1979

Chain Lightning is an LP by Don McLean from 1979 released on the Festival Records, Interfusion label.

About this album

Chain Lightning finds Don McLean sharpening the country-rock approach that had long suited his reflective writing style. Issued in 1980, the album mixes original material with carefully chosen covers, including 'Crying', 'Your Cheating Heart' and 'Since I Don't Have You', linking McLean’s understated delivery to a broad American song tradition. His strength here lies in making familiar songs feel personal rather than nostalgic, while the title track and other originals keep the record firmly in his own voice. As part of McLean’s early-1980s catalogue, it shows an experienced songwriter balancing pop craft, roots music and emotional directness.

Genre: Pop & Rock