Sweet Baby James

I don't know why I can never keep James Taylor and Jackson Brown straight in my head. They're both great but this album in particular is special to me.

A Voice sweet enough to make me forgive the steel guitar

This is so bad. The whitest boy alive singing blues

Really more of a 3, but I have a good amount of childhood nostalgia for James Taylor (especially Christmas CDs) and this is the only one we're getting. My favorite tracks are probably the ones with brass instruments throughout

Pleasant enough songs but a bit boring on the whole

3 ⭐️

Soild folk rock albums deserves to be on the list.

This album is rated entirely too low on this site. Is it sappy? Sure. But James Taylor can sing, his songs are fun to listen to, and easy to sing along with.

I probably should knock it down a star because I really hated the Oh Susannah on here (doesn't fit the album for me and sort of puts the brakes right in the middle of the thing) but I won't do it. When you want something very easy to listen to, with good acoustic guitar work, and some blues sensibilities, it's really hard to go wrong with this one.

I dig the shit out of this. some blues acoustic guitar shredding, some bluegrass, some folk singer songwriter. Comes together for a solid blend.

Awful. Just awful. The most white bread album I’ve heard in a long time. Makes perfect sense why my mom loves him.

This is very close to a one star, but the more America-like moments (the band America, I mean) keep it above the water for me, and the final song is at least something different, actually feeling like that "rock" and "funk" he was talking so much about earlier on the album. But those country tracks, and especially those blues tracks? Man, those SUCKED. Just hanging on by a thread, but can't in good faith give it a one.

“Now i’m a napalm bomb, baby. Just guaranteed to blow your mind”

Cool little album, really not my type of music at all, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying this record.
A very relaxing sounding album that i’m sure my grandma would love to listen to, also has the single: “Fire and Rain” on it, which is a great track and is going on the playlist.

A high 3/5 although not my preferred music, very enjoyable

Kaunis ääni eikä liiaksi pituudella pilattu, että ehtisi kyllästyä. 4/5

Me he aburrido. Lo siento. Ya sé que es famoso para muchos pero no me ha interesado nada.

Before today, the only song I'd ever heard by James Taylor was "Carolina in My Mind", which isn't on this record, so I knew I was in for a folk album, but was unsure how I would like it.

Well, I loved it! James Taylor is very similar in musical attributes to John Denver, with that smooth country folk/blues style. This music tells a story. You can sit back, relax, sip a coffee, and be taken on a trip by his lyrics. James has a way of painting the most vivid pictures through his songs (especially the songs Sweet Baby James, "Oh, Susannah (which I know is a cover, but he does a phenomenal job of it), and Country Roads to name a few).

I absolutely love this type of music. It instantly removes all of the stress from my life, and for half an hr, all of life's hardships melt away. I will 100% listen again! I don't know why I slept on James' music for so long! This album is going to be put in regular rotation now!!

Favourite songs: Fire and Rain, Anywhere Like Heaven, Sweet Baby James, Steamroller, Country Roads, Suite for 20 G, "Oh, Susannah", Lo and Behold

Least favorite songs: if forced to pick, Sunny Skies

5/5

I went in expecting to dislike this but found it shockingly pleasant. He has a good voice and there's enough variety in style and instrumentation here to keep it interesting. I'm not sure how often I'd seek this out but I wouldn't complain about it being on for sure.

He has a beautiful voice, but all songs on this country blues pop album are very slick honeyd and smoothed over. It feels empty. I didn't hate it, but also didn't really like it

Fantastic album....could listen to JT all day. Love his voice and his style. This one contains some of my all time favs. 4.5/5

Seems like the most common way to get into James Taylor is by way of your mom and you grew up listening to it. That wasn't the case for me, so I have no special reserve of nostalgia for his music, nor does it strike me as being noteworthy in any particular way.

Very pleasant, but not super exciting. He has a lovely voice, and moves in an engaging variety of styles, but the lyrics are a little simple and there's a slight lack of emotion at times. Enjoyable enough, and an artist I would be happy to hear again, but not one I can give a really high score.

A bit too chill for me. Prefer Nick Drake if I'm going down that route.