Other Covers

James Taylor

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 2009)
• Original Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hear Music
• ASIN: B001U0HBBK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,709 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

2009 release, the companion to his successful 2008 Covers album. When James Taylor and his band went into the studio last year to record Covers, he had the foresight to record additional material. He took advantage of the time in the woods with this full touring band. This seven-song, specially-priced digipak CD is as powerful and perfectly conceived as the original.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Fan Rants, April 15, 2009

By	David Cady (Jersey City, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

First if all, the music is fine, not great, but fine. To say it's awful or boring or whatever is silly. If you liked the first album, you're gonna like "Other Covers," period. But it's bull for JT and his record label to release a scant 42 minute album ("Covers"), and then spring these "bonus" tracks on us (as if they didn't originally exist) and expect us to shell out more money for them. If JT thought these tracks were worth releasing in the first place, they should have been. And if not (and presumably there was a reason they weren't -- unless it was a way of manipulating fans), they should never have seen the light of day. Releasing all this music at once would have created an album still shorter than most traditional pop albums put out these days, so one can only question why they didn't...Look, I'm a huge JT fan, and he's pretty much earned the right to do what he likes, but any way you slice it, a rip-off is a rip-off.

51 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just awful!, April 7, 2009

By	Gerald M. Daley (Somerville, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a total disappointment. I am a big James Taylor fan, and I have enjoyed many of the covers he has done on previous albums. I thought the original "Covers" album was just bland and a come down from his other work. The "Shiver Me Timbers," on this new albumm for instance, is just awful. What were they thinking? They took a beautiful and subtle song and reduced it to about 3 chords. Taylor usually *improves* songs with his covers, or at least brings a new dimension to them. The 7 songs in this album don't add to what has been a stellar career, I'm afraid.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Between an EP and a full album... what is this?, May 23, 2009

By	Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Music: 3 stars; compilation: 2 stars; value for the money: 1 star

Last Fall James Taylor released the "Covers" album, which was not all that bad actually. His voice is as good as ever, and JT is one of those people who can take a song, almost ANY song, and make it his own.

Now, a mere 6 months after that album comes this release. "Other Covers" (7 tracks; 26 min.) obviously is a continuation of the "Covers" album. There are a couple of good songs on here, including the Chuck Berry cover "Memphis" and also "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" (a traditional song). However, the medley "In the Midnight hour/Knock on Wood" is just terrible, in my opinion.

I don't know what to make of this release, though. At 26 min. it's too long to be called an EP (extended play single), and too short to be called an album. So what do we call this then? Also, the official release price is $9.99 (although Amazon sells it for a bit less), which I think is ridiculously overpriced for the amount of music on here. Buyer beware!