James Taylor New Moon Shine Pop Music CD Review
James Taylor New Moon Shine Pop Music CD Review by Lee Dennis
The exceptionally talented Pop artist James Taylor has released him CD entitled New Moon Shine. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe James Taylor fans, and Pop fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of New Moon Shine James Taylor’s artistic excellence is on full display as Taylor has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.
One of the refreshingly nice things about this CD is the way all of the participating artists seem to be really enjoying themselves. Combine that with the overall presentation and you’ve got one of James Taylor’s most impressive releases ever.
If you’re a James Taylor fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Taylor, or even Pop to know is good. This is just good music. Period.
While the entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 2 - Down In The Hole, track 4 - Shed A Little Light, and track 12 - The Water Is Wide
My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 9 - Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha. Wow!
New Moon Shine Release Notes:
James Taylor originally released New Moon Shine on October 1, 1991 on the Columbia label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Copperline 2. Down In The Hole 3. I’ve Got To Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That 4. Shed A Little Light 5. Frozen Man, The 6. Slap Leather 7. Like Everyone She Knows 8. One More Go Round 9. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha 10. Native Son 11. Oh Brother 12. Water Is Wide, The
Personnel includes: James Taylor (vocals, acoustic guitar); Danny Kortchmar (acoustic guitar); Michael Landau (guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Mark O’Connor (violin); Michael Brecker, Bob Mintzer (tenor saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Dave Bargeron (trombone); Don Grolnick (piano, organ, synthesizer); Clifford Carter (synthesizer, programming); Jimmy Johnson, Tony Levin (bass); Carlos Vega, Steve Jordan, Steve Gadd (drums); Don Alias (percussion).
Recorded at Skline and Power Station Studios, New York, New York and A&M and Studio F Studios, Los Angeles, California.
