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Covers
by James Taylor
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Media Type: Audio CD
Release Date: September 30. 2008
Label: Hear Music
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 82
Average Customer Rating: 
UPC: 888072308299
List price: $18.98
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Reviews
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 JT's Worst Album, January 8, 2009
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JT has been one of my great musical heroes for over 30 years. There are plenty of JT songs and covers found elsewhere that are uniquely beautiful reflections of human emotion. Sadly, in this album, all cuts are vastly better in the original, even (and perhaps especially) Glen Campbell's yearning classic, Wichita Lineman. The album sounds like "The Musical Stylings of James Taylor: Tonight at the Holiday Inn Lounge". The concept probably sounded like a good idea when he thought it up, but unfortunately, it panned out more like a parody. It teaches us very little about JT, the songs he has chosen, or ourselves. It is therefore a very flat album. I give it two stars out of deference to his overall greatness. Get up bro', dust yourself off, and give us another great one!
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 Taylor "Rocks", America Shops!, January 1, 2009
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Step 1: Put a guy with a great voice in a room full of top-notch musicians ranging from Larry Goldings to Yo-Yo Ma.
Step 2: Stuff them so full of Prozac that everyone is happy and mellow.
Step 3: Hand them a book full of standards and hit record.
Step 4: Profit!
I'm not sure this is exactly how it happened, but it's close enough for our purposes. Taylor has good, if uninspired, taste in songs. And it's downright supernatural that his voice sounds this great at age 60. But a style that suits "It's Growing" and "On Broadway" is dubious for "Not Fade Away" or "Summertime Blues" and just plain disturbing for "Hound Dog".
Taylor does get props in my book for covering Big Mama Thornton's original of "Hound Dog" rather than Elvis' version. But where Elvis had the good sense to change the words in a way that made the meaning suit him, Taylor does not. So what was sensual and saucy coming out of Thornton's mouth is, at best, nonsensical here.
In the end, Taylor only proves here that he's a one-trick pony. He can do mellow better than anyone. He can even handle wistful or sad. But most of these songs don't match the only style he seems capable of producing. In the end this album is a wasted opportunity.
But listen for this album in a shopping mall or Starbucks near you anyway.
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 Delicious!, December 28, 2008
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Covers is such a "tasty" piece of music that is makes my ears water! James Taylor continues to get better and better the longer he goes. One doesn't have to be a JT fan to enjoy this CD, it's a pretty good time for all.
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 Covers by James Taylor, December 27, 2008
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Oh, hell, the Covers CD is longer on the QVC version. QVC paid JT to add 4 more songs, which makes it a full CD if you can find the QVC version. I tried going through QVC, but it's sold out (no wait list). As much as I love JT, the capitalist side of him bummed me out because I would expect the 16-songs version to be available as the original CD. But, as a song says, "Money makes the world go round". Sing that one, JT.
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Very Good....but not a Classic, December 27, 2008
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What can I say...JT can sing anything and make it sound good. I knocked a star off the rating as a couple of the "Covers" doesn't quite work. This is a very good cd that will please all the JT fans out there. I saw him live a couple of years ago and he performed a couple of the tracks (Why Baby Why and Hound Dog). His band sounds great on this cd as well. Check it out!
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