In the Pocket (James Taylor album)

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In the Pocket
Flashback
ProducerRuss Titelman, Lenny Waronker
James Taylor chronology
Gorilla
(1975)
In the Pocket
(1976)
Greatest Hits
(1976)
Singles from In the Pocket
  1. "Shower the People"
    Released: June 1976
  2. "Everybody Has the Blues"
    Released: August 1976 (UK)
  3. "Woman's Gotta Have It"
    Released: October 1976

In the Pocket is the seventh

Warner Bros. Records before signing with Columbia. Released in June 1976, the album found Taylor recording in the studio with many colleagues and friends, mainly Art Garfunkel (who duetted with him on "A Junkie's Lament" and also contributed vocals on "Captain Jim's Drunken Dream"), Carly Simon (Taylor's wife, who harmonised with him on "Shower the People"), Stevie Wonder (who wrote with Taylor the song "Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down", a song on which he also played the harmonica) and David Crosby, Linda Ronstadt, and Bonnie Raitt
, among others.

The result of the sessions, which took place between late 1975 and early '76, was a very melodic album and one of his most diverse and polished[

RIAA
and became a fan favorite.

In 2008, the album was reissued on

Rhino
's budget Flashback label.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[2]
MusicHound2/5[3]
Rolling Stone(highly unfavorable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Track listing

All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

Side one
  1. "Shower the People" – 4:32
  2. "A Junkie's Lament" – 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
Side two
  1. "Woman's Gotta Have It" (Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke Womack) – 4:20
  2. "Captain Jim's Drunken Dream" – 4:00
  3. "Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down" (Taylor, Stevie Wonder) – 3:28
  4. "Nothing Like a Hundred Miles" – 3:35
  5. "Family Man" – 3:34
  6. "Golden Moments" – 3:35

Personnel

Production

  • Producers – Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker
  • Production Assistant – Trudy Portch
  • Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Lee Herschberg at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Assistant Engineer – Loyd Clifft
  • Personal Management – Peter Asher
  • Art Direction and Cover Design – Mike Salisbury
  • Photography – Norman Seeff

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 65

References

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  5. ^ "James Taylor: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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