While his aging contemporaries took a variety of tacks to keep up with changing fashions, from adopting more synthesized, percussive production styles to assembling an orchestra and singing standards, James Taylor just kept playing a summer concert tour each year, and periodically putting out another collection of similar-sounding songs.
Never Die Young was unusual only in that there was no big oldies cover from the '50s or '60s -- every song was written or co-written by Taylor -- but otherwise it addressed the same audience in much the same terms as he always had.
The title song and "Baby Boom Baby" (both Adult Contemporary hits) referred to the passage of time, and the rest floated on a sea of yuppie contentment.
"I work hard to see that you remember my name," he sang, and that work seemed to consist of reminding his listeners why they had liked him in the first place.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-BoneBill Payne, James Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Baby Boom BabyJames Taylor, Zachary Weisner | James Taylor | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Runaway BoyJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Valentine's DayJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Sun on the MoonJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Sweet Potato PieJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Home by Another WayThomas Mayer, Timothy S. Mayer, James Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Letter in the MailJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | First of MayJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 35 mins | 82 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baby Boom Baby | T-bone |
| 2 | Gary Borman | Management |
| 3 | Jim Brandenburg | Photography |
| 4 | Michael Brecker | Sax (Tenor) |
| 5 | Rosemary Butler | Vocals |
| 6 | Greg Calbi | Digital Remastering, Mastering |
| 7 | Clifford Carter | Synthesizer Programming |
| 8 | Dan Dugmore | Banjo, Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Main Personnel, Pedal Steel, Pedal Steel Guitar |
| 9 | James Farber | Engineer, Mixing, Remastering Consultant |
| 10 | Don Grolnick | Keyboards, Producer |
| 11 | Laura Grover | Product Manager, Remastering |
| 12 | Lani Groves | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Robbie Kilgore | Synthesizer Programming |
| 14 | Edd Kolakowski | Production Assistant |
| 15 | David Lasley | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 16 | Jay Leonhart | Bass, Bass (Acoustic) |
| 17 | Bob Mann | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 18 | Thomas Mayer | Composer |
| 19 | Timothy S. Mayer | Composer |
| 20 | Arnold McCuller | Vocals |
| 21 | Jeff Mironov | Guitar |
| 22 | Mark O'Connor | Violin |
| 23 | Bill Payne | Composer, Synthesizer |
| 24 | Don Rodenbach | Assistant, Assistant Engineer |
| 25 | Rhonda Schoen | Digital Editing, Editing |
| 26 | Leland Sklar | Bass |
| 27 | Peter Stiglin | Production Coordination |
| 28 | Greg "Fingers" Taylor | Harmonica |
| 29 | James Taylor | Composer, Guitar, Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 30 | James "J.T." Taylor | Guitar, Vocals |
| 31 | James Taylor Move | Guitar, Vocals |
| 32 | Carlos Vega | Drums, Main Personnel, Percussion |
| 33 | Zachary Weisner | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |