JT | ||||
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Studio album by James Taylor | ||||
Released | June 1977 | |||
Recorded | March 15–April 24, 1977 The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California) |
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Genre | Adult Contemporary | |||
Length | 38:17 | |||
Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
Producer | Peter Asher Amy Herot |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[2] |
Robert Christgau | (B)[3] |
JT is singer-songwriter James Taylor's eighth album, and his first album for Columbia Records. Released in 1977, it contains hit singles in "Handy Man" and "Your Smiling Face" and was Taylor's highest charting album since Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.
This album also contains several Taylor classics, such as "Secret O' Life" and "Terra Nova", with the participation of Taylor's then-wife Carly Simon.
Taylor won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for "Handy Man".
All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.
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