Sequel was Harry's eleventh solo album, but the first and only one released in his lifetime after his departure from Elektra

Sequel the title track was an ambitious and successful attempt to follow up his first successful and possibly most enduring story song - Taxi. Using the same basic melody, he revisited the lives of Sue and Harry, whom he had left at the end of Taxi with Sue building a successful acting career and Harry, down on his luck as a taxi driver. In Sequel, Harry is now a success and passing through San Francisco, he knew where he had to go. Eventually he tracks her down in a relatively impoverished state and they meet tearfully and part again wondering how they both reached the state they are in.

I miss America is a complex song. It begins with the first line I’m Miss America and describes the life of a beauty queen living out the shallow life of the American dream. The next part describes a similarly artificial life of a successful young sportsman. The two get together and lead a stormy life in the full media glare, but the song ends on a note of hope as their child is still ready to dream – the American dream.

Story of a life is a song looking back on a life, probably much of it his own. He claimed to have been inspired by an incident in his own life. Flying in a small plane to get to yet another concert, the flight became a bumpy and frightening one for the passengers. His whole life passed in front of him and the reflective mood leads him to suggest that the stories he peddles are worthless in comparison to the woman who makes up the story of his own life.

Remember when the music appears twice on the album. The second version is listed as Remember when the music: Reprise, featuring different orchestration and one different verse. It compares the current music unfavourably with earlier material, which was the medium through which social commentary was most effectively made and listened to by families. Bruce Springsteen interpreted it along similar lines in a memorable performance at the Carnegie Hall tribute concert in 1987.

Up on the shelf starts with "I used to play the trumpet" as Harry did, with an appropriate fanfare. However the trumpet, like the traditions and values of his country and his lover, they have been consigned to the shelf. Is there any chance of any of them being restored to former glories?

Salt and Pepper – Harry said the inspiration for this song was a grizzled fisherman he spotted in Newcastle in the north east of England. The story tells of the old salt returning from tough fishing trips and being bossed around by his wife on return. He resists the ridicule of his fishing colleagues and asserts that he will happily leave the sea life for the comfort of a settled home life,

God babe you’ve been good to me is another reassertion of the value of a loyal supportive family. In this song the narrator pays tribute to his partner for seeing him through self-imposed difficult times and now is ready to enjoy a more settled life together.

Northwest 22 – is the name of the early morning mail flight from Minneapolis through Chicago and Detroit tp New York, so often made by Harry attempting to keep a balance between concert commitments and family responsibilities. The song sadly tells of the flight’s demise.

I finally found it Sandy – Harry has come to terms with his life and plans to spend more of it with Sandy. He hopes that they can enjoy life together and recognises that it is up to Sandy to make her own life decisions which are made possible by the freedom his new approach offers her