Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

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Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
Studio album by James Taylor

Publication
(s)

1971

Label (s) Warner Bros. Records

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Folk rock

Title (number)

13

running time

37:07

production

Peter Asher

chronology
James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine
(1971) 		Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon One Man Dog
(1972)

Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon is a music album by James Taylor .

history

The third album by James Taylor was the final breakthrough for the songwriter. The single from You've Got a Friend became his only number one hit, earning him the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance. The Carole King song also received a Grammy for Song of the Year. Taylor's album was released in April 1971 and Carole King's album Tapestry was released in March 1971. Both singer / songwriter albums were the most successful albums in this genre in 1971. Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon reached second place on the pop album charts.

Track list

All plays were written by James Taylor unless other authors are noted.

  1. Love Has Brought Me Around - 2:41
  2. You've Got a Friend ( C. King ) - 4:29
  3. Places in My Past - 2:01
  4. Riding on a Railroad - 2:41
  5. Soldiers - 1:13
  6. Mud Slide Slim - 5:20
  7. Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox - 3:46
  8. You Can Close Your Eyes - 2:31
  9. Machine Gun Kelly ( D. Kortchmar ) - 2:37
  10. Long Ago and Far Away - 2:20
  11. Let Me Ride - 2:42
  12. Highway Song - 3:51
  13. Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again - 0:55

occupation

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