One Man Dog
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Producer | Peter Asher | |||
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One Man Dog is the fourth
The album is made up of 18 short pieces strung together. It climbed to number 4 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart. There was also a Quadraphonic mix of the album that included alternate vocal takes and elongated versions of some songs.[2]
Upon the album's release, Berwyn Life critic Steve Sparacio said that it "is certainly James Taylor's best album."[3] Sparacio noted that "Upon first listening, no song on One Man Dog stands out. But as an entity the album holds together extremely well. It may be paradoxical but only after you're able to view One Man Dog as a whole entity do you realize that some of the songs individually are very good."[3] Sparacio identified the theme of the album to be an "affirmation" of Taylor's life at the time, being newly married to Carly Simon and off drugs, and a realization that if he was going to cope with his life he needed to turn inward.[3]
On the other hand,
Calgary Herald critic Jim Rennie felt that the best song on the album was the traditional folk song "One Morning in May," saying that "Taylor joins forces vocally with luscious Linda Ronstadt, and the result is so good I think the combination is worth an album of its own."[7]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
MusicHound Rock | 2/5[11] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[12] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [13] |
Track listing
All songs written by James Taylor, except where noted.
- Side one
- "One Man Parade" - 3:10
- "Nobody But You" - 2:57
- "Chili Dog" - 1:35
- "Fool for You" - 1:42
- "Instrumental I" - 0:55
- "New Tune" - 1:35
- "Back on the Street Again" (Danny Kortchmar) - 3:00
- "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" - 2:34
- Side two
- "Woh, Don't You Know" (Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, James Taylor) - 2:10
- "One Morning in May" (traditional) - 2:54
- "Instrumental II" - 1:41
- "Someone" (John McLaughlin) - 3:36
- "Hymn" - 2:24
- "Fanfare" - 2:33
- "Little David" - 1:00
- "Mescalito" - 0:29
- "Dance" - 2:07
- "Jig" - 1:13
Personnel
- (15)
- Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar (1-4, 8, 9, 11, 13–18), timbales (1, 9), acoustic guitar (5, 7, 10, 12)
- John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar (12)
- John Hartford – banjo (17), fiddle (17)
- Dash Crofts – mandolin(17)
- Red Rhodes – steel guitar (17, 18)
- acoustic piano (2, 6–10, 12–14, 16, 18), electric piano(2-4, 11, 15)
- guitarron mexicano(7, 12, 17)
- congas (1, 2, 6–8, 11), drums (2-5, 8–10, 13–18), tambourine (3, 9), cabasa(6)
- guiro(1)
- Bobbye Hall – congas (4), tambourine (4), bongos (11), bells (11), shaker (11), percussion (18)
- Mark Paletier – cross-cut saw(15), sound effects (15)
- George Bohanon – trombone (4)
- Art Baron – bass trombone (13, 14, 18)
- Barry Rogers – trombone (13, 14, 18)
- Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (8), tenor saxophone (13, 14), soprano saxophone (13), flute (18)
- Randy Brecker – trumpet (13, 14, 18), flugelhorn (13), piccolo trumpet (13)
- Abigale Haness – backing vocals (1, 14, 16)
- Carole King – backing vocals (1, 14, 16)
- Carly Simon – backing vocals (1)
- Alex Taylor– backing vocals (1, 9)
- Hugh Taylor – backing vocals (1, 9)
- Kate Taylor – backing vocals (1)
- Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals (10)
Production
- Producer – Peter Asher
- Engineers – Peter Asher (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 & 16); Robert Appère (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 10 & 12); Phil Ramone (Tracks 7, 13, 14, 17 & 18).
- Tenor sax solo on Track 8 recorded by Phil Ramone.
- Mixed by Robert Appère
- Mastered by A&M Studios(Hollywood, CA).
- Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
- Photography – Peter Simon
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification |
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United States (RIAA)[19] | Gold |
References
- ^ "RPM Adult Contemporary". Library and Archives Canada. April 28, 1973. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
- ^ "James Taylor Rarities". Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c Sparacio, Steve (January 17, 1973). "Newlyweds record hits". Berwyn Life. p. 12. Retrieved March 24, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "One Man Dog". Allmusic. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ Griffin, John (January 3, 1973). "New Morning". Forest Park Review. p. 8. Retrieved March 24, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 25, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- ^ Rennie, Jim (January 12, 1973). "Records". Calgary Herald. p. 5. Retrieved March 24, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2004.
- ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ^ Landau, Jon (January 18, 1973). "James Taylor One Man Dog > Album Review". Rolling Stone. No. 126. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2006.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Portions posted at "James Taylor > Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the originalon January 5, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 18, No. 24". RPM. January 27, 1973. Archived from the original (PHP) on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ "James Taylor > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ^ "Allmusic: One Man Dog: Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1973". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ^ "American album certifications – James Taylor – One Man Dog". Recording Industry Association of America.