Greatest Hits

by James Taylor

Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:27
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring newly re-recorded versions of his earliest Apple Records tracks alongside his massive Warner Bros. successes, this compilation became a diamond-certified staple of the soft rock era. The warm, confessional lyricism and intricate acoustic fingerpicking cemented his status as the quintessential 1970s singer-songwriter.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, acoustic, folk, storytelling, plainspoken

Tracklist

  1. Something in the Way She Moves (3:09)
  2. Carolina in My Mind (3:58)
  3. Fire and Rain (3:20)
  4. Sweet Baby James (2:51)
  5. Country Road (3:25)
  6. You've Got a Friend (4:28)
  7. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (2:35)
  8. Walking Man (3:32)
  9. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (3:35)
  10. Mexico (2:58)
  11. Shower the People (4:31)
  12. Steamroller (2:59)

Credits

  • James Taylor - primary artist, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Leland Sklar - bass
  • Russ Kunkel - congas, drums, cabasa, tambourine, shaker, percussion
  • Danny Kortchmar - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, congas
  • Clarence McDonald - electric piano [fender rhodes], instruments [hornorgan]
  • Carly Simon - harmony vocals
  • Carole King - piano
  • Dan Dugmore - steel guitar

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