One Man Dog
Eighteen short pieces made largely at home in the year he married Carly Simon.
James Taylor, 1972
- Released
- 1 November 1972
- Label
- Warner Bros.
- Producer
- Peter Asher
The basic tracks were mostly cut in Taylor's home studio, and the album strings together eighteen short pieces, several of them under two minutes. It reached number four. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, with a tenor saxophone solo by Michael Brecker, reached 14 on the Hot 100 in January 1973, and One Man Parade reached 67. Linda Ronstadt sings on the traditional One Morning in May, and Carole King and Carly Simon are among the backing singers on One Man Parade. John McLaughlin wrote Someone, and Danny Kortchmar wrote Back on the Street Again.
Steve Sparacio of Berwyn Life called it "certainly James Taylor's best album," while William Ruhlmann of AllMusic later found it a letdown. A quadraphonic mix with alternate vocal takes and longer versions of some songs was also made.
Track listing
- One Man Parade3:10
- Nobody but You2:57
- Chili Dog1:35
- Fool for You1:42
- Instrumental I0:55
- New Tune1:35
- Back on the Street Again3:00
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight2:34
- Woh, Don't You Know2:10
- One Morning in May2:54
- Instrumental II1:41
- Someone3:36
- Hymn2:24
- Fanfare2:33
- Little David1:00
- Mescalito0:29
- Dance2:07
- Jig1:13
Personnel
- James Taylor vocals, guitar
- Danny Kortchmar guitar
- Craig Doerge keyboards
- Leland Sklar bass
- Russ Kunkel drums
- Michael Brecker tenor saxophone (Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight)
- Linda Ronstadt backing vocals (One Morning in May)
- Carole King backing vocals
- Carly Simon backing vocals (One Man Parade)
- Phil Ramone recording
- Bernie Grundman mastering
More from James Taylor
James Taylor (1968), Sweet Baby James (1970), Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971), Walking Man (1974), Gorilla (1975), Greatest Hits (1976), JT (1977), Dad Loves His Work (1981), Hourglass (1997), Before This World (2015)
Sources
- One Man Dog, Wikipedia