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Music : You've Got A Friend: The Best Of James Taylor
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You've Got A Friend: The Best Of James Taylor by: James Taylor List Price: £10.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £6.01 (55%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0081227383725 Label: Warner Bros. Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros. Release Date: April 02, 2007 Studio: Warner Bros. Sales Rank: 307 MPN: 73837 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Any good singer can interpret a song, but it takes a stylist to make it his own. James Taylor is a stylist. You've Got a Friend 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 1960s. 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 1968 (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-1970s 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Taylor made for fans of good, honest, heartfelt, acoustic music.I bought this album on the strength of the song You've Got A Friend, having thought there must be more to his brilliance than just this one song. I wasn't wrong. When I heard this album, there were many songs I already knew...I just did not know, for some reason, that James Taylor was behind them. Overall, this has been a brilliant re-introduction and introduction to the best of James Taylor's music. It's very easy to listen to and to relax to, despite being moving and having lyrics which make you think. My personal favourite tracks are: Fire And Rain, You've Got A Friend, Handyman, Shower The People, although most people know Carolina In My Mind and Something In The Way She Moves. There are no bad, weak or unworthy ... Read More: Rating: - Up On The RoofThis is a great album; as soon I listened to the first song I was hooked on this man, I listened to this cd for a month non-stop; his voice has something in it which I could never tire of hearing again and again; every song on here is a gem; Steamroller and Mexico spring to mind as two of the best on this cd; an utter joy to listen to anytime of the day. Rating: - Taylor made for successI've been a fan of JT since Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim and One Man Dog all still played on vinyl - though "You've Got a Friend" is slightly blurry as I've worn the groove down! Saw him a few years ago at Cambridge Folk Festival and was surprised how similar his voice was. It has changed little over the years - remarkable given his track record. However, he has less hair!! This album can quite rightly claim to be the best - at least it has all my favourites on many of which I only have on vinyl. It's great for playing lazily at home or on the car CD. Do yourself a favour and buy it. You'll never regret it. Rating: - A great introduction to James Taylor's musicJames was born into a wealthy family but that didn't shield him from life's problems including drug addiction and depression. Perhaps these problems ultimately helped him to succeed in the often strange music business - the song that first established his reputation (Fire and rain) is autobiographical and could not have been written by a man without any worries or problems. James, though born and raised in America, made his first recordings in London for the Apple label in 1968. The resultant album was a flop at the time although it contained some fine songs including Carolina on my mind (here in a 1976 re-recording) and Something in the way she moves (the Beatles classic). Peter Asher, formerly of Peter and Gordon, began his career as ... Read More: Rating:  - ExcellentOriginally I bought this CD for my Dad at Christmas. However, having listened to it before giving it to him, I was suddenly asking myself whether I should keep it or give it to him. I particularly love the song, "Handy Man" but the rest of the album is extremely listenable. Buy this! |
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