James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here
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Free Music Review: Great
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of JT's best. He seems to be getting better and more inventive as he grows toward the age of 60. Bravo James.
This CD is a true treasure.
Free Music Review: wonderful
Hit: 5 Stars
Picked this one up at B&N the other day. Am thoroughly enjoying the mellowness of this CD. A real delight! Great to listen to at work. Great to chill to.Free Music Review: EXCELENT
Hit: 5 Stars
Quiero recomendar este album porque me trajo mucha nostalgia a mi adolescencia.... tiene un lugar muy especial en mi corazon......Free Music Review: What can I say? It's JT at his Best!
Hit: 5 Stars
A great CD! "Only One" (one of my personal favorites!) is included in this terrific lineup.Free Music Review: I was raised on this music
Hit: 4 Stars
At the time of this writing, I am 26 years of age. I have spent the past decade of my life finding my own musical paths to follow. This CD helped to define which path I ultimatly take... being, speaking in literary terms, the path less taken.
My parents were pretty average people. My father was raised as a pacifist by his Kent State professor mother (who was present at the shootings and still keeps a hankerchief stained by the blood of Alison Krause, one of the fataly wounded students). Part of that upbringing was listening to the music that went along with those ideals. James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Richie Havens... they were among the main staples of the music played in our household during my youth. Throw into the mix a few of the more contemporary artists of the 80's like The Police, Sting (his firs tfew solo albums, anyways), Dire Straights and Don Henley and you have a pretty solid idea of the soundtrack to my youth. These artists came to define what I considered to be music. Not the new wave, tech pop that was sweeping the brand new airwaves of MTV, not the top 40 crap that plagued the local radio stations. I grew up listening to and enjoying these artists.
This particular album sticks out in my mind as being the one that made the most sense to my then seven year old sensabilities. A man sings about the love of his pig, or an epic western where the lines between good and bad are blurred, or just a man understanding his importance to the world around him. All these songs were played day after day in my childhood home. James Taylor was even the first concert I ever attended at the tender age or nine... and again at age eleven.
Now, 20 years later I occasionally take whatever techno CD or Tool album I am listening to out and put this CD in... and I realize how thankful I am for my father exposing me to this wonderful music. This is one of the many JT albums that will hold a special place in my heart. That's the kind of music it is. It's honest, heartfelt and wonderfully presented. Timeless, in a way. No matter where I find myself in life, I can always relate to the music.
James Taylor is one of those men who just does it, and he does it well.
'nuff said.