Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | ||||
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Studio album by James Taylor | ||||
Publication |
1971 |
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Label (s) | Warner Bros. Records | |||
Format (s) |
LP |
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
37:07 |
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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.
- Love Has Brought Me Around - 2:41
- You've Got a Friend ( C. King ) - 4:29
- Places in My Past - 2:01
- Riding on a Railroad - 2:41
- Soldiers - 1:13
- Mud Slide Slim - 5:20
- Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox - 3:46
- You Can Close Your Eyes - 2:31
- Machine Gun Kelly ( D. Kortchmar ) - 2:37
- Long Ago and Far Away - 2:20
- Let Me Ride - 2:42
- Highway Song - 3:51
- Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again - 0:55
occupation
- James Taylor - guitar , piano , vocals
- Peter Asher - tambourine , backing vocals
- Richard Greene - Fiddle
- Gail Haness - backing vocals
- John Hartford - Banjo
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet
- Kevin Kelly - piano, accordion
- Carole King - piano, backing vocals
- Danny Kortchmar - guitar, conga
- Russ Kunkel - drums , percussion
- Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
- Leland Sklar - bass
- Joni Mitchell - backing vocals
- Kate Taylor - backing vocals
Web links
- Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon on Allmusic (English)