James Taylor produced a typical collection of familiar-sounding songs on New Moon Shine, his concerns ranging from romance to the life of the working man to political issues like war and civil rights on which he took the expected liberal positions.
The album was written, played, and sung with typical craft and care, and was a worthy addition to Taylor's catalog.
Taylor's reliability means that his records do not disappoint his faithful audience, but neither do they provide any revelations.
New Moon Shine provided four Adult Contemporary chart entries in "Copperline," "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That," a cover of Sam Cooke's "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha," and "Like Everyone She Knows," and the album went gold, staying in the charts more than nine months, a good showing for a record that essentially repeated previous efforts.
(New Moon Shine was eventually certified platinum.).
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down in the HoleJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Shed a Little LightJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Frozen ManJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Slap LeatherJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Like Everyone She KnowsJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | One More Go RoundJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Everybody Loves to Cha Cha ChaSam Cooke | James Taylor | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Native SonJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Oh BrotherJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That (Album Version) | James Taylor | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Aguto | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Don Alias | Percussion |
| 3 | Phillip Ballou | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Dave Bargeron | Trombone |
| 5 | Michael Brecker | Guest Artist, Sax (Tenor) |
| 6 | Randy Brecker | Trumpet |
| 7 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 8 | Cliff Carter | Producer, Programming, Synthesizer |
| 9 | Clifford Carter | Programming, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming |
| 10 | Valerie Carter | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | Sam Cooke | Composer |
| 12 | Lee Crum | Photography |
| 13 | Patrick Dillett | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | Jerry Douglas | Dobro, Guest Artist |
| 15 | James Farber | Engineer, Mixing |
| 16 | Steve Gadd | Drums |
| 17 | Don Grolnick | Arranger, Organ, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 18 | Jimmy Johnson | Bass |
| 19 | Jimmy Johnson | Bass |
| 20 | Steve Jordan | Drums |
| 21 | Danny Kortchmar | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer |
| 22 | Nathaniel Kunkel | Assistant Engineer |
| 23 | Matthew "Boomer" La Monica | Assistant Engineer |
| 24 | Michael Landau | Guitar (Electric) |
| 25 | David Lasley | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 26 | Tony Levin | Bass |
| 27 | Arnold Levine | Art Direction |
| 28 | Kate Markowitz | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Branford Marsalis | Guest Artist, Sax (Soprano) |
| 30 | Arnold McCuller | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 31 | Arnold McCutler | Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | Katherine Miller | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 33 | Bob Mintzer | Sax (Tenor) |
| 34 | Mark O'Connor | Violin |
| 35 | R. Price | Composer |
| 36 | Lisa Sparagano | Design Assistant |
| 37 | Dan Stein | Producer, Programming, Synthesizer Programming |
| 38 | Peter Stiglin | Production Coordination |
| 39 | James Taylor | Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 40 | Traditional | Composer |
| 41 | Carlos Vega | Drums |
| 42 | Marcus Wyns | Design Assistant |
| 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. |