1/2 A great singer-songwriter playing DJ, showcasing songs he loves for listeners who love him.
| James Taylor | Primary Artist, Harmonica, Vocals |
| James "J.T." Taylor | Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals |
| Larry Goldings | Organ, Piano, Electric Piano |
| David Lasley | Vocals |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Cello |
| Luis Conte | Percussion |
| Walt Fowler | Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Keyboards |
| Steve Gadd | Drums |
| Michael Landau | Electric Guitar |
| Lou Marini | Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone |
| Kate Markowitz | Vocals |
| Andrea Zonn | Fiddle, Vocals |
| Arnold McCuller | Vocals |
| Jeff Babko | Organ, Piano |
| Caroline Taylor | Vocals |
| Jimmy Johnson | Bass |
| Leonard Cohen | Composer |
| Eddie Cochran | Composer |
| Buddy Holly | Composer |
| James "J.T." Taylor | Arranger, Producer |
| James Taylor | Arranger, Audio Production |
| Larry Goldings | Arranger, Cello Arrangement |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Arranger, Cello Arrangement |
| Jerry Leiber | Composer |
| Barry Mann | Composer |
| Norman Petty | Composer |
| Jerry Capehart | Composer |
| Lamont Dozier | Composer |
| Walt Fowler | Arranger |
| Bruce Hawes | Composer |
| Eddie Holland | Composer |
| Brian Holland | Composer |
| Joseph B. Jefferson | Composer |
| Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| Lou Marini | Arranger |
| Warren "Pete" Moore | Composer |
| Marshall Morgan | Composer |
| Dave O'Donnell | Producer, Engineer, Audio Production |
| Charles Simmons | Composer |
| Mike Stoller | Composer |
| Cynthia Weil | Composer |
| Tommy Steele | Art Direction |
| Darrell Edwards | Composer |
| Scott Hoffman | Drum Technician |
| Jonathan Brett Prince | Guitar Techician |
| Eddie Jackson | Engineer |
| Ellyn Kusmin | Personal Assistant |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
I bought this as a gift for a friend, but she already had it and had been enjoying it for several months. James Taylor is awesome, always has been!
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Posted October 1, 2010
James Taylor is probably my favorite entertainer, so I am probably biased a bit. However, I really enjoyed how he put his own touch and style to these classic songs.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The recording is excellent. The accompanying written material helped me enjoy the recording even more.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.This collection of Taylor's covers is a pleasure, partly for the surprising take on songs I was familiar with, partly for the introduction to those I'd never heard.
Taylor's voice is made for "On Broadway." I just kept playing it over and over when I first bought the album. For anyone familiar with Elvis's "Hound Dog"--and that's everyone--Taylor's jazzy, bluesy, funky version is just plain fun. But it is Taylor's version of John Anderson's "Seminole Wind," which I'd never heard before, that went right to this environmentalist's heart.
I'm too much in love with the simplicity and purity of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" to dig Taylor's overproduced version, and his "Witchita Lineman" doesn't add anything to what I get from Glen Campbell's version. But I guess that's the difficulty of a cover album. Sometimes the artist just can't separate the listener from his attachment to the original, and the cover then seems impertinent. So you might discover new possibilities in one cover and I might just find it dismal.
That's the fun here, and if you are a Taylor fan or just an casual admirer with a taste for exploring some new sights on some well-known trails, this is definitely a good buy. Enjoy.
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
There is only two good songs. His others cds are far better. A free cd is better than full price.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I am a longtime JT fan, and I love his original work, so I was originally unsure about Covers. Then I saw JT perform several of these in Raleigh last summer (a fantastic concert), and I was convinced. On the CD, the band is awesome, and JT is at his best with these selections. It's absolutely terrific.
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Posted October 1, 2010
WOW it has been a very very long time since james taylor wrote a new album. I thought that he was done writing new music. I can t wait until it comes out. and I love the cover from LORI LORI
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Posted October 1, 2010
Another outstanding collection by James Taylor. I've been a big fan as long as I can remember, and this cd & quot Covers& quot brings his sweet sound and familiar lyrics to life.
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Posted October 1, 2010
From just listening to the samples on B& N.com, I can tell this is going to be another favorite CD in my collection. I have ALL of James' CDs, sometimes duplicates of them and listen to James Taylor almost all the time. Went to his concert in Hamburg in April...he was awesome!
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Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
A cozy companion to One Man Band, James Taylor's 2007 intimate stroll through his back pages for Starbucks' Hear Music, Covers once again finds the singer/songwriter on familiar, friendly territory, as he returns to his easy rolling full band and digs into the songbook of the rock & roll era. It's his era, of course, the time he had hit singles, including many hit cover versions, as he points out himself in his brief liner notes to the album. All of this makes Covers feel perhaps even more comfortable than One Man Band, which had the distinction of its unique guitar-and-piano arrangements, something that made his hits sound relatively fresh. Here, standards ...