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James Taylor - Gorilla Audio CD

A fair review of the James Taylor "Gorilla" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all James Taylor reviews here, or go back to the James Taylor tabs.

James Taylor Band: James Taylor
Title: Gorilla
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mexico 2: Music 3: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) 4: Wandering 5: Gorilla 6: You Make It Easy 7: I Was a Fool to Care 8: Lighthouse 9: Angry Blues 10: Love Songs 11: Sarah Maria

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T, this will be a welcome return to his usual smooth and competent writing, singing and production. If you know J. If you don't know J. T. , there's no better place to start the relationship. Others have hailed this as his best overall effort. I don't know, that's like trying to decide which Boston Celtic or NY Yankee team was the best, there are SOOO many good ones it's hard to choose. Enjoy.


How SWEET This Is!
It was here that Taylor went from being a largely folk influenced trubadour to becomming a pop craftsman. After the lukewarm reception given to his previous album Walking Man this found James Taylor hitting full stride. The bounciness of the hit "Mexico" and the classic Motown romp of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" are enough alone to carry the album by themselves! The ballads are some of the strongest he'd ever done from "Music",Wandering","You Make It Easy",the picturesque "Lighthouse",the breezy "Love Songs" to the plain lovely "Sarah Maria". There's an air of happiness throughout the album too that really makes it all so appealing. The title track is a really funny McCartney-ish kind of "music hall pop" piece,showing a comic side of Taylor that shows up every now and then. The uptempo "I Was A Fool To Care" is another excellent bouncy type of tune and the sense of heartbreak and betrayal in the lyrics really punch out at you. "Angry Blues" gets much of the same flavor;another of Taylor's by now patented funky takes on the blues. The singer-songwriter style has gone in and out of fasion over the years. And one of it's trademarks is being a kind of folk music that takes influences from popular styles around it:in the 80's it might be a slight new wave touch,the 90's might show the influence of alternative rock and of course you have the ambient styles of singer-songwriter pop today. In this period of JT's creativity he was surrounded by a busy and fulfilling musical landscape where Philly Soul,Motown,funk and country rock were all over the charts,the radio and record players across the nation and he was more then willing to harness all of this into his own signiture sound. It influeced the whole world of singer-songwriter pop after it and is a must have if you love great pop songwriting and musicianship.


Angry Blues
He was the primary motivator of Little Feat and died WAAAY too early at 34 years in 1979. While the overall album is very good, 'Angry Blues' has Lowell George on slide guitar in the background, and that elevates it to great! George was an innovator in slide guitar, playing 'down' the neck rather than 'up' as do most others. 'Angry Blues' is a standout track and a great intro to his playing style. I sure miss the guy. . . SSZ.


Nice
This one is nice and I love Mexico,It seems to me that Taylor is one of those artists who when down and depressed, does better work. I am not a big Taylor fan much beyond Baby James. His guitar work gets so lost in his later work. .


A classic only better!
Check out the prices! I got this import for $7! What a deal! I am a big James Taylor fan from way back . When I started seeing old James Taylor CD on import,I got very excited!
Knowing that these were Japanese imports that were converted into high quality sound! Gorilla is a classic! "Wandering","I was a fool to care" and even "You make it easy" stand out now in the sound,clear and crisp. I remember hearing "Fire and Rain" on the radio for the first time. . . . . . Gorilla really did not sell well for James as others did, but "How sweet it is to be loved by you"(track 3) will take you back! Check out Amazon's import selections and their are other James Taylor imports that are nicely priced!
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