James Taylor, The Best of James Taylor - 1h 10m 54s

Tracks & Durations

1. Something in the Way She Moves	2:26
2. Sweet Baby James	2:53
3. Fire and Rain	3:25
4. Country Road	3:31
5. You've Got a Friend	4:30
6. You Can Close Your Eyes	2:31
7. Long Ago and Far Away	2:21
8. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight	2:36
9. Walking Man	3:34
10. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)	3:36
11. Mexico	2:59
12. Shower the People	4:32
13. Golden Moments	3:31
14. Steamroller [Live]	5:06
15. Carolina in My Mind	3:59
16. Handy Man	3:19
17. Your Smiling Face	2:47
18. Up on the Roof	4:21
19. Only a Dream in Rio	5:02
20. Bittersweet	3:43

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Review

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 20 of his greatest singles and most popular album tracks released on Apple, Warner Bros. and Columbia/Sony. Slipcase. 2003. Packaged with UK Only Slipcase Artwork.

Other Versions

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The Best of James Taylor

Tracks: 20, Disk length: 1h 10m 56s (+0m 2s)

The Best of James Taylor

Tracks: 20, Disk length: 1h 11m 32s (+0m 38s)

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