A lot was riding on this album, James Taylor's followup to his two big hits, Sweet Baby James and Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon, which was released 21 months after the latter, a long time between records in those days.
And what a letdown.
One Man Dog contained 18 tracks, some of them instrumentals, many of them running less than two minutes.
A lot of it was sketchy and seemingly unfinished, and none of it had the impact of the best songs on the last two albums.
One Man Dog spawned a Top 20 hit in "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," and it made the Top 10 and went gold itself largely on the momentum of Taylor's career.
But it disappointed fans, and in the 19 months it took him to record another album, Taylor was bypassed by the singer-songwriter movement, becoming more of an easy listening covers artist (his next hits were remakes of "Mockingbird" and "How Sweet It Is").
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Man ParadeJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Nobody But YouJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Chili DogJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:35 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Fool for YouJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:42 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Instrumental IJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 00:54 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | New TuneJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:36 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Back on the Street AgainDanny Kortchmar | James Taylor | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Don't Let Me Be Lonely TonightJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Woh, Don't You KnowDanny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, James Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:11 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | One Morning in MayBill Keith, Jim Rooney | James Taylor | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Instrumental IIJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:41 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | SomeoneJohn McLaughlin | James Taylor | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | HymnJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | FanfareJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Little DavidJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:00 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | MescalitoJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 00:29 | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | DanceJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 02:06 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 18 | JigJames Taylor | James Taylor | Play | 01:14 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 37 mins | 86 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Appere | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Peter Asher | Engineer, Guiro, Producer, Vocals |
| 3 | Art Baran | Trombone (Bass) |
| 4 | Art Baron | Trombone |
| 5 | Richie Blakin | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | George Bohannon | Trombone |
| 7 | Michael Brecker | Flute, Guest Artist, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 8 | Randy Brecker | Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Sax (Tenor), Trumpet |
| 9 | Dash Crofts | Mandolin |
| 10 | Craig Doerge | Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric) |
| 11 | Bernie Grundman | Mastering |
| 12 | Bobbye Hall | Bells, Bongos, Congas, Percussion, Shaker, Tambourine |
| 13 | Ms. Bobbye Hall | Congas, Tambourine |
| 14 | Abigale Haness | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | John Hartford | Banjo, Fiddle, Violin |
| 16 | Bill Keith | Composer |
| 17 | Carole King | Guest Artist, Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 18 | Danny Kortchmar | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Timbales |
| 19 | Russ Kunkel | Cabasa, Congas, Drums, Tambourine |
| 20 | John McLaughlin | Composer, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 21 | Mark Paletier | Musical Saw, Sound Effects |
| 22 | Phil Ramone | Engineer |
| 23 | Red Rhodes | Guitar (Steel) |
| 24 | Barry Rogers | Trombone |
| 25 | Linda Ronstadt | Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 26 | Jim Rooney | Composer |
| 27 | Carly Simon | Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 28 | Peter Simon | Photography |
| 29 | Leland Sklar | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitarron |
| 30 | Alex Taylor | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 31 | Hugh Taylor | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | James Taylor | Autoharp, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 33 | Kate Taylor | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 34 | Ed Thrasher | Art Direction |
| 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. |