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JT (album)

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Released
  
June 1977

Label
  
Columbia/Sony Legacy

Artist
  
James Taylor

Producer
  
Peter Asher

Length
  
38:17

JT (1977)
  
Flag (1979)

Release date
  
June 1977

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Recorded
  
March 15 – April 24, 1977

Studio
  
The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Soft rock, Pop rock

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
James Taylor albums, Rock music albums

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JT is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, and his first album for Columbia Records. Released in June 1977, the album contains hit singles such as "Handy Man", which was a Jimmy Jones cover, peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and "Your Smiling Face", which was peaked at number twenty, and it was Taylor's highest charting album since Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.

Contents

This album also contains several Taylor classic songs such as "Secret O' Life" and "Terra Nova", with the participation of Taylor's then-wife Carly Simon.

At the 1978 Grammy Awards, Taylor won the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his chart-topping version of "Handy Man". JT itself was also nominated for Album of the Year, but lost to Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.

JT stands as Taylor's biggest selling career album with over 3.5 million copies sold in the United States alone.

Track listing

All songs were written by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

Side One

  1. "Your Smiling Face"  – 2:50
  2. "There We Are"  – 3:02
  3. "Honey Don't Leave L.A." (Danny Kortchmar)  – 3:05
  4. "Another Grey Morning"  – 2:44
  5. "Bartender's Blues"  – 4:12
  6. "Secret O' Life"  – 3:34

Side Two

  1. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones)  – 3:17
  2. "I Was Only Telling a Lie"  – 3:24
  3. "Looking for Love on Broadway"  – 2:23
  4. "Terra Nova" (Taylor, Carly Simon)  – 4:32
  5. "Traffic Jam"  – 1:58
  6. "If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight"  – 3:01

Personnel

  • James Taylor – guitar, vocals
  • Peter Asher – percussion
  • Red Callender – tuba
  • David Campbell – string arrangements, viola
  • Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar – guitars
  • Leah Kunkel – vocals
  • Russell Kunkel – drums, percussion
  • Clarence McDonald – keyboards (credited as Dr. Clarence McDonald)
  • Linda Ronstadt – vocals
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Carly Simon – vocals
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Songs

    1Your Smiling Face2:45
    2There We Are3:01
    3Honey Don't Leave LA3:06

    References

    JT (album) Wikipedia