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* [[Greg "Fingers" Taylor]] – [[harmonica]] |
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* [[Carlos Vega]] – [[drum]]s, [[percussion instrument|percussion]] |
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== Production == |
== Production == |
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* Don Grolnick – producer |
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Revision as of 02:40, 18 October 2018
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| Released | January 1988 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:14 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Don Grolnick | |||
| James Taylor chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| MusicHound | 2/5[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Never Die Young is singer-songwriter James Taylor's twelfth studio album. It was released in 1988, three years after his previous effort, That's Why I'm Here. The album reached #25 on the Billboard 200 and eventually was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
The album features the title track, which managed to peak at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the only charting single from the album.
Track listing
All songs were written by James Taylor, except where noted.
- "Never Die Young" – 4:24
- "T-Bone" (Bill Payne, Taylor) – 3:47
- "Baby Boom Baby" (Taylor, Zachary Wiesner) – 4:59
- "Runaway Boy" – 4:18
- "Valentine's Day" – 2:35
- "Sun on the Moon" – 4:09
- "Sweet Potato Pie" – 3:30
- "Home by Another Way" (Timothy Mayer, Taylor) – 3:50
- "Letter in the Mail" – 4:41
- "First of May" – 4:01
Personnel
- James Taylor – guitar, vocals
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Rosemary Butler – vocals
- Dan Dugmore – banjo, pedal steel guitar
- Don Grolnick – piano
- Lani Groves – backing vocals
- David Lasley – vocals
- Jay Leonhart – bass
- Bob Mann – guitar
- Arnold McCuller – vocals
- Jeff Mironov – guitar
- Mark O'Connor – violin
- Bill Payne – keyboards
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor – harmonica
- Carlos Vega – drums, percussion
Production
- Don Grolnick – producer
- James Farber – recording and mix engineer
- Don Rodenbach – assistant engineer
- Edd Kolakowski – guitar and piano technician, production assistant
- Rhonda Schoen – digital editing
- Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
- Robby Kilgore and Clifford Carter – synthesizer programming
- Jim Brandenburg – wolf photos
- Rudy Molacek – photo of James Taylor
- Marc Balet – art direction
References
- ^ Never Die Young at AllMusic
- ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1125. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ "James Taylor: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.