James Taylor discography
 James Taylor in concert in 2008. | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 16 |
| ↙Live albums | 4 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 6 |
| ↙EPs | 1 |
| ↙Singles | 40 |
| ↙Video albums | 7 |
| ↙Music videos | 15 |
| ↙Tribute and cover albums | 1 |
| ↙No. 1 Singles | 6 |
| ↙Other charted songs | 4 |
The discography of James Taylor, an American singer-songwriter, consists of sixteen studio albums, six compilation albums, four live albums, one tribute album, seven video albums, one extended play, and forty singles.
Taylor signed his first recording contract with Apple Records, where he released his self-titled debut album to the United Kingdom the same year and to the United States in 1969, where it peaked at #62 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. After overcoming a drug addiction, Taylor released his second album Sweet Baby James on Warner Bros. Records in 1970. Its lead single "Fire and Rain" became a significant international hit and gained Taylor his first major exposure as an artist.[1] In April 1971, Taylor released his third studio album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, which became his second album to certify multi-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America and featured his first number one single "You've Got a Friend".[1][2] In 1972 and 1973, he released his fourth studio album, One Man Dog and his fifth, Walking Man; both peaked within the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums list.[3]
After releasing more albums between 1974 and 1976, Taylor signed with Columbia Records and issued JT in 1977, which peaked in the Top 5 and sold over two million copies in the United States, certifying two times multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[1][2] In 1979 and 1981, Taylor respectively released Flag and Dad Loves His Work, which both certified platinum in the United States and produced Top 40 singles. Nearly four years later, Taylor's next studio album That's Why I'm Here was released and spawned a cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday", which only became a minor hit in the United States. This was followed by Never Die Young three years later and then by New Moon Shine in 1991, both of which sold over one million copies. After recording a two-disc live album in 1993, Taylor returned in 1997 with a fourteenth studio album entitled Hourglass. The album not only peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200, but also received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Album the following year.[1][3] His fifteenth studio release October Road was issued on August 13, 2002 on Sony BMG[4] and certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2] After recording a limited release holiday album in 2004, Taylor released his first major-release holiday album, James Taylor at Christmas on October 10, 2006.[5] One Man Band was released in 2007 and certified gold in the United States,[2] which was followed by Taylor's first cover album in 2008 on the Hear Music label. It was followed-up by a sequel extended play entitled Other Covers in 2009.[1] In the United States alone, James Taylor has sold thirty three million records according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[6]
Studio albums
1960s
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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| US [7] | ||
| James Taylor |
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62 |
1970s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
CAN [8] |
NOR [9] |
NL [10] |
NZ [11] |
UK [12] | ||||
| Sweet Baby James |
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3 | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | ||
| Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon |
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2 | 4 | 17 | — | — | 4 |
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| One Man Dog |
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4 | 7 | — | — | — | 27 |
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| Walking Man |
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13 | 11 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Gorilla |
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6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| In the Pocket |
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16 | 17 | 14 | — | — | — |
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| JT |
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4 | 2 | — | — | 31 | — | ||
| Flag |
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10 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 50 | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
1980s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
CAN [8] |
NOR [9] |
NL [10] |
NZ [11] |
UK [12] | |||||||||
| Dad Loves His Work |
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10 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 29 | — |
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| That's Why I'm Here |
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34 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Never Die Young |
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25 | 37 | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
1990s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
CAN [8] |
NOR [9] |
NL [10] |
UK [12] | |||||
| New Moon Shine |
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37 | — | — | — | — |
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| Hourglass |
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9 | 52 | 38 | 38 | 52 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
2000s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
CAN [25] |
NOR [9] |
NL [10] |
UK [12] | |||||
| October Road |
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4 | — | 33 | 40 | 39 |
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| Covers |
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4 | 21 | — | 85 | 23 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
CAN [8] | ||||||||
| Live |
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20 | 71 |
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| Best Live |
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— | — | ||||||
| One Man Band |
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17 | — |
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| Amchitka (with Joni Mitchell and Phil Ochs) |
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— | — | ||||||
| Live at the Troubadour (with Carole King) |
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4 | 21 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Holiday albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
US Holiday [30] | ||||||||
| James Taylor: A Christmas Album |
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122 | — |
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| James Taylor at Christmas |
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16 | 3 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
CAN [8] |
UK [12] | |||||||
| Greatest Hits |
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15 | 27 | — |
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| Classic Songs |
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— | — | 53 | |||||
| Greatest Hits Volume 2 |
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97 | — | — |
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| The Best of James Taylor |
|
11 | — | 4 |
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| The Essential James Taylor |
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— | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [7] | ||
| Other Covers |
|
122 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [36] |
US AC [36] |
US Country [36] |
CAN [37] |
CAN AC [37] |
UK [38] |
NED [39] |
NZ [40] | |||
| 1969 | "Carolina in My Mind" | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | James Taylor |
| "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Something's Wrong" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970 | "Sweet Baby James" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sweet Baby James |
| "Fire and Rain" | 3 | 7 | — | 2 | — | 42 | 18 | — | ||
| "Carolina in My Mind" (re-release) | 67 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | James Taylor | |
| 1971 | "Country Road" | 37 | 9 | — | 19 | 3 | — | — | — | Sweet Baby James |
| "You've Got a Friend" | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | — | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | |
| "Long Ago and Far Away" | 31 | 4 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972 | "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" | 14 | 3 | — | 18 | 7 | — | — | — | One Man Dog |
| 1973 | "One Man Parade" | 67 | — | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | |
| "Hymn" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Daddy's Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Walking Man |
| "Walking Man" | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975 | "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 30 | Gorilla |
| "Mexico" | 49 | 5 | — | 83 | 8 | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Shower the People" | 22 | 1 | — | 54 | 1 | — | — | — | In the Pocket |
| "Everybody Has the Blues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Make It Easy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gorilla | |
| 1977 | "Woman's Gotta Have It" | — | 20 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | In the Pocket |
| "Handy Man" | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 24 | JT | |
| "Your Smiling Face" | 20 | 6 | — | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| 1978 | "Honey Don't Leave L.A." | 61 | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Up on the Roof" | 28 | 7 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | Flag |
| 1981 | "Her Town Too" (with J.D. Souther) | 11 | 5 | — | 19 | 5 | — | — | 29 | Dad Loves His Work |
| "Hard Times" | 72 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Summer's Here" | — | 25 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Everyday"[A] | 61 | 3 | 26 | 93 | 1 | — | — | — | That's Why I'm Here |
| 1986 | "Only One" | — | 6 | 80 | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
| "That's Why I'm Here" | — | 8 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Never Die Young" | 80 | 3 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | Never Die Young |
| "Baby Boom Baby" | — | 16 | — | 24 | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Copperline" | — | 13 | — | 43 | 10 | — | — | — | New Moon Shine |
| 1992 | "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That" | — | 28 | — | 71 | 19 | — | — | — | |
| "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" | — | 19 | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Little More Time with You" | — | 3 | — | 68 | 13 | — | — | — | Hourglass |
| 2002 | "On the 4th of July" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | October Road |
| "Whenever You're Ready" | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | "September Grass" | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "It's Growing" | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Covers |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [36] |
US AC [36] |
US Country [36] |
US Christian [41] |
CAN [37] |
CAN AC [37] |
CAN Country [37] |
UK [38] | ||||
| 1974 | "Mockingbird" | Carly Simon | 5 | 10 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 34 | Hotcakes |
| 1978 | "(What a) Wonderful World" | Art Garfunkel (with Paul Simon) |
17 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | — | — | Watermark |
| "Bartender's Blues" (re-recording) | George Jones | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 8 | — | Bartender's Blues | |
| "Devoted to You" | Carly Simon | 36 | 2 | 33 | — | 50 | 2 | 39 | — | Boys in the Trees | |
| 1994 | "Crying in the Rain" | Art Garfunkel | — | — | — | — | 61 | 25 | — | — | Up 'til Now |
| 2001 | "Sailing to Philadelphia" | Mark Knopfler | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sailing to Philadelphia |
| 2012 | "Soul Companion" | Mary Chapin Carpenter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ashes and Roses |
| 2013 | "Don't Try So Hard" | Amy Grant | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | How Mercy Looks from Here |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US AC [36] | |||
| 2001 | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 4 | October Road |
| 2004 | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 12 | James Taylor: A Christmas Album |
| "Deck the Halls" | 5 | ||
| "Winter Wonderland" | 8 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Love the One You're With" (with Crosby, Stills & Nash) | The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts[42] |
Video albums
| Year | Video details | Certifications (sales threshold) |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | James Taylor: In Concert
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| 1986 | James Taylor Live in Rio
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| 1988 | James Taylor in Concert in Boston
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| 1993 | Squibnocket
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| 1998 | Live at the Beacon Theatre
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| 2002 | Pull Over
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| 2006 | A Musicares Person of the Year Tribute
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| 2010 | Live at the Troubadour (Carole King and James Taylor)
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Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s)[45] |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Her Town Too" | |
| 1985 | "Everyday" | Stuart Orme |
| 1986 | "Only a Dream in Rio" | |
| "Only One" | ||
| 1988 | "Baby Boom Baby" | |
| "Never Die Young" | ||
| 1991 | "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That" | |
| "Shed a Little Light" | ||
| 1992 | "Copperline" | |
| 1994 | "Secret of Life" | |
| 1997 | "A Little More Time" | |
| "Enough to Be on Your Way" | David Mirkin | |
| "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier" (with Mark O'Connor) | ||
| 2003 | "How's the World Treating You" (with Alison Krauss) | Lawrence Draper |
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- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "October Road > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "James Taylor at Christmas > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
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- ↑ "American album certifications – James Taylor – That's Why I'm Here". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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