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The Best of James Taylor
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | Any good singer can interpret a song, but it takes a stylist to make it his own. James Taylor is a stylist. This 20-track anthology obviously can't chronicle much more than the hits and high points of Taylor's career, but it nonetheless captures the artistic essence of a performer who's become a virtual synonym for "singer-songwriter" since his emergence in the late '60s. A lot of ink has been spilled ruminating about Taylor's role in soothing a '60s-burned generation, but given his own well-known demons (depression, addiction) his gentle voice often sounds like the physician wisely healing himself. His muse seems fully formed from the opening "Something in the Way She Moves," a track cut for the Beatles' Apple label in late `68 (and one that seems to share some symbiotic relationship with George Harrison's own classic "Something" from the period), its tone at once familiar and inviting--if ripe for a few decades of parody--as it wends its way from his seminal early '70s hits through a slate of later originals, R&B ("How Sweet It Is," "Handy Man") and pop ("Up On the Roof") covers. Tellingly, he delivers those chestnuts with an offhand confidence and illumination that makes them his own, a sense that informs even his jazz and Brazilian ("Only a Dream a Rio") flirtations. The set's newly recorded bonus cut, John Sheldon's "Bittersweet," is a pleasant pop confection that showcases Taylor's knack for being laconic and upbeat in the same breath. --Jerry McCulley | |
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| | This CD is great! The collection is perfect for any James Taylor fan.
| | | This CD has all my favorite James Taylor songs all in one high-quality compilation. What a great addition to any music collection! My entire family enjoys James Taylor and it is wonderful to take on roadtrips. I highly recommend this CD!
| | | The Cd was great and it has all the songs i like although it would have been a better cd if it was a double because he's missing a lot of songs that should have been on the cd other than that it was a great cd
| | | It seems to me nearly impossible for someone not to like "James Taylor". His songwriting and delivery are so wonderful and pleasing. This "Best Of" is an improvement over the "Greatest Hits", as it includes all those tracks, and is 8 songs longer. Included are the classics "Fire And Rain", "You've Got A Friend", "Shower The People", and "Carolina In My Mind", among others. There's also the unreleased "Bitter Sweet". This collection is a must for any fan, especially if you don't own his previous one. It will go great with your "Jim Croce" and "John Denver" albums.
| | | A mellow, timeless collection of some of my favorite James Taylor songs and a few I never heard before...this was my first time purchasing a James Taylor CD (album in my day) and this CD has a nice collection of songs from folk to blues to "folksey" R&B.
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