James Taylor – Discografia completa – Testi e traduzioni

Album in studio.

James Taylor (1968)

1. Don’t Talk Now (testo e traduzione)
2. Something’s Wrong – 3:00
3. Knockin’ Round The Zoo – 3:26
4. Sunshine Sunshine – 3:30
5. Taking It In – 3:01
6. Something In The Way She Moves (testo e traduzione)
7. Carolina In My Mind (testo e traduzione)
8. “Brighten Your Night With My Day” – 3:05
9. “Night Owl” – 3:38
10. “Rainy Day Man” (J. Taylor, Wiesner) – 3:00
11. “Circle Round the Sun” (Traditional arr. Taylor) – 3:24
12. “Blues Is Just a Bad Dream” – 3:42
13. “Sunny Skies” – 2:12 (*)
14. “Let Me Ride” – 3:57 (*)
15. “Sunshine Sunshine” [Demo] – 2:51 (*)
16. Carolina In My Mind [Demo] (*) (testo e traduzione)

(*) Bonus tracks inserite nella rimasterizzazione del 2010.

Sweet Baby James (1970)

1. “Sweet Baby James” – 2:51
2. “Lo and Behold” – 2:34
3. “Sunny Skies” – 2:17
4. “Steamroller” – 2:54
5. “Country Road” – 3:21
6. “Oh! Susanna” (Stephen Foster) – 1:58
7. Fire And Rain (testo e traduzione)
8. “Blossom” – 2:10
9. “Anywhere Like Heaven” – 3:23
10. “Oh Baby, Don’t You Loose Your Lip on Me” – 1:46
11. “Suite for 20 G” – 4:41

Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)

1. “Love Has Brought Me Around” – 2:41
2. You’ve Got A Friend (testo e traduzione)
3. Places In My Past (testo e traduzione)
4. “Riding on a Railroad” – 2:41
5. “Soldiers” – 1:13
6. “Mud Slide Slim” – 5:20
7. “Hey Mister, That’s Me up on the Jukebox” – 3:46
8. “You Can Close Your Eyes” – 2:31
9. “Machine Gun Kelly” (Danny Kortchmar) – 2:37
10. “Long Ago and Far Away” – 2:20
11. “Let Me Ride” – 2:42
12. “Highway Song” – 3:51
13. Isn’t It Nice to Be Home Again” – 0:55

One Man Dog (1972)

1. “One Man Parade” – 3:10
2. “Nobody But You” – 2:57
3. “Chili Dog” – 1:35
4. “Fool for You” – 1:42
5. “Instrumental I” – 0:55
6. “New Tune” – 1:35
7. “Back on the Street Again” (Danny Kortchmar) – 3:00
8. “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” – 2:34
9. “Woh, Don’t You Know” (Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Taylor) – 2:10
10. “One Morning in May” (Bill Keith, Jim Rooney) – 2:54
11. “Instrumental II” – 1:41
12. “Someone” (John McLaughlin) – 3:36
13. “Hymn” – 2:24
14. “Fanfare” – 2:33
15. “Little David” – 1:00
16. “Mescalito” – 0:29
17. “Dance” – 2:07
18. “Jig” – 1:13

Walking Man (1974)

1. “Walking Man” – 3:30
2. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Music Now” – 3:25
3. “Let It All Fall Down” – 3:30
4. “Me and My Guitar” – 3:30
5. “Daddy’s Baby” – 2:37
6. “Ain’t No Song” (Joey Levine, David Spinozza) – 3:28
7. “Hello Old Friend” – 2:45
8. “Migration” – 3:14
9. “The Promised Land” (Chuck Berry) – 4:03
10. “Fading Away” – 3:32

Gorilla (1975)

1. “Mexico” – 2:57
2. “Music” – 3:46
3. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” (Holland/Dozier/Holland) – 3:33
4. “Wandering” (Traditional; arrangement and additional lyrics: Taylor) – 2:40
5. “Gorilla” – 3:10
6. “You Make It Easy” – 4:10
7. “I Was a Fool to Care” – 3:19
8. “Lighthouse” – 3:15
9. “Angry Blues” – 3:25
10. “Love Songs” – 5:45
11. “Sarah Maria” – 2:46

In the Pocket (1976)

1. Shower The People (testo e traduzione)
2. “A Junkie’s Lament” (duet with Art Garfunkel) – 3:27
3. “Money Machine” – 4:35
4. “Slow Burning Love” – 3:43
5. “Everybody Has the Blues” – 2:01
6. “Daddy’s All Gone” – 3:38
7. “Woman’s Gotta Have It” (Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke Womack) – 4:20
8. “Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream” – 4:00
9. “Don’t Be Sad ‘Cause Your Sun Is Down” (James Taylor, Stevie Wonder) (featuring Stevie Wonder) – 3:28
10. “Nothing Like a Hundred Miles” – 3:35
11. “Family Man” – 3:34
12. “Golden Moments” – 3:35

JT (1977)

1. “Your Smiling Face” – 2:50
2. “There We Are” – 3:02
3. “Honey Don’t Leave L.A.” (Danny Kortchmar) – 3:05
4. “Another Grey Morning” – 2:44
5. “Bartender’s Blues” – 4:12
6. Secret O’ Life (testo e traduzione)
7. “Handy Man” (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) – 3:17
8. “I Was Only Telling a Lie” – 3:24
9. “Looking for Love on Broadway” – 2:23
10. “Terra Nova” (Carly Simon, Taylor) – 4:32
11. “Traffic Jam” – 1:58
12. “If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight” – 3:01

Flag (1979)

1. “Company Man” – 3:47
2. “Johnnie Comes Back” – 3:55
3. “Day Tripper” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:25
4. “I Will Not Lie for You” – 3:16
5. “Brother Trucker” – 4:01
6. “Is That the Way You Look?” – 1:59
7. “B.S.U.R.” – 3:23
8. “Rainy Day Man” (Taylor, Zach Wiesner) – 3:02
9. “Millworker” – 3:52
10. “Up on the Roof” (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:21
11. “Chanson Française” – 2:05
12. “Sleep Come Free Me” – 4:43

Dad Loves His Work (1981)

1. “Hard Times” – 3:13
2. “Her Town Too” (J. D. Souther, Taylor, Waddy Wachtel) – 4:34
3. “Hour That the Morning Comes” – 2:56
4. “I Will Follow” – 4:19
5. “Believe It or Not” – 3:53
6. “Stand and Fight” (Jacob Brackman, Taylor) – 3:10
7. “Only for Me” – 4:55
8. “Summer’s Here” – 2:43
9. “Sugar Trade” (Jimmy Buffett, Timothy Mayer, Taylor) – 2:48
10. “London Town” – 3:56
11. “That Lonesome Road” (Don Grolnick, Taylor) – 2:22

That’s Why I’m Here (1985)

1. “That’s Why I’m Here” – 3:39
2. “Song for You Far Away” – 2:58
3. “Only a Dream in Rio” (J. Taylor, Jim Maraniss (Portuguese translation)) – 5:01
4. “Turn Away” – 3:25
5. “Going Around One More Time” (Livingston Taylor) – 3:27
6. “My Romance” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:48
7. “Everyday” (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) – 3:16
8. “Limousine Driver” – 3:54
9. “Only One” – 4:22
10. “Mona” – 2:51
11. “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance” (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:46
12. “That’s Why I’m Here (Reprise)” – 0:29

Never Die Young (1988)

1. “Never Die Young” – 4:24
2. “T-Bone” (Bill Payne, Taylor) – 3:47
3. “Baby Boom Baby” (Taylor, Zachary Wiesner) – 4:59
4. “Runaway Boy” – 4:18
5. “Valentine’s Day” – 2:35
6. “Sun on the Moon” – 4:09
7. “Sweet Potato Pie” – 3:30
8. “Home by Another Way” (Timothy Mayer, Taylor) – 3:50
9. “Letter in the Mail” – 4:41
10. “First of May” – 4:01

New Moon Shine (1991)

1. “Copperline” (Reynolds Price, J. Taylor) – 4:22
2. “Down in the Hole” – 5:15
3. “(I’ve Got to) Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That” (Danny Kortchmar, J. Taylor) – 4:00
4. Shed a little light (testo e traduzione)
5. “The Frozen Man” – 3:54
6. “Slap Leather” – 2:00
7. “Like Everyone She Knows” – 4:56
8. “One More Go Round” – 4:40
9. “Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha” (Sam Cooke) – 3:37
10. “Native Son” – 3:49
11. “Oh, Brother” – 4:24
12. “The Water Is Wide” (Traditional) – 3:00

Hourglass (1997)

1. “Line ‘Em Up” – 4:42
2. “Enough to Be on Your Way” – 5:57
3. “Little More Time With You” – 3:51
4. “Gaia” – 5:30
5. “Ananas” – 5:42
6. “Jump Up Behind Me” – 3:28
7. “Another Day” – 2:21
8. “Up Er Mei” – 3:47
9. “Up From Your Life” – 5:15
10. “Yellow and Rose” – 4:54
11. “Boatman” (Livingston Taylor, M. Taylor) – 3:57
12. “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:12
13. “Hangnail” (also known as “Money O Money”) – 2:22 [hidden “bonus” track]

October Road (2002)

1. “September Grass” (John I. Sheldon) – 4:51
2. “October Road” – 3:57
3. “On the 4th of July” – 3:25
4. “Whenever You’re Ready” – 4:14
5. “Belfast to Boston” – 4:16
6. “Mean Old Man” – 3:44
7. “My Traveling Star” – 3:55
8. “Raised Up Family” – 4:40
9. “Carry Me on My Way” – 4:30
10. “Caroline I See You” – 4:58
11. “Baby Buffalo” – 4:50
12. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (H. Martin, R. Blane) – 3:50

Covers (2008)

1. “It’s Growing” — 4:08 (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore)
2. “(I’m a) Road Runner” — 3:17 (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
3. “Wichita Lineman” — 3:41 (Jimmy Webb)
4. “Why Baby Why” — 2:41 (Darrell Edwards, George Jones)
5. “Some Days You Gotta Dance” — 2:39 (Troy Johnson, Marshall Morgan)
6. “Seminole Wind” — 4:50 (John Anderson)
7. Suzanne (testo e traduzione)
8. “Hound Dog” — 3:03 (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
9. “Sadie” — 4:35 (Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons, Bruce Hawes)
10. “On Broadway” — 4:11 (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann)
11. “Summertime Blues” — 2:40 (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)
12. “Not Fade Away” — 2:46 (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)

Singoli.

1969. Carolina in My Mind / Taking It In
1969. “Knocking ‘Round the Zoo”
1970. “Sweet Baby James”
1970. “Fire and Rain”
1970. Carolina in My Mind / Something’s Wrong
1971. “Country Road”
1971. “You’ve Got a Friend”
1971. “Long Ago and Far Away”
1972. “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”
1973. “One Man Parade”
1973. “Hymn”
1974. “Let It All Fall Down”
1974. “Walking Man”
1975. “How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)”
1975. “Mexico”
1976. “Shower the People”
1976. “Everybody Has the Blues”
1977. “Woman’s Gotta Have It”
1977. “Handy Man” / “Bartender’s Blues”
1977. “Your Smiling Face”

Altre canzoni.

– It’s Only A Paper Moon (1992, testo e traduzione)

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