JT (album)

JT
Studio album by James Taylor
Released	June 1977
Recorded	March 15–April 24, 1977 The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Adult Contemporary
Length	38:17
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer	Peter Asher Amy Herot
James Taylor chronology
Greatest Hits (1976) JT (1977) Flag (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(favorable)
Robert Christgau	(B)

JT is singer-songwriter James Taylor's eighth album, and his first album for Columbia Records. Released in 1977, it contains hit singles in "Handy Man" and "Your Smiling Face" and was Taylor's highest charting album since Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.

This album also contains several Taylor classics, such as "Secret O' Life" and "Terra Nova", with the participation of Taylor's then-wife Carly Simon.

Taylor won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for "Handy Man".

Track listing

All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

1. "Your Smiling Face" – 2:50
2. "There We Are" – 3:02
3. "Honey Don't Leave L.A." (Danny Kortchmar) – 3:05
4. "Another Grey Morning" – 2:44
5. "Bartender's Blues" – 4:12
6. "Secret O' Life" – 3:34
7. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) – 3:17
8. "I Was Only Telling a Lie" – 3:24
9. "Looking for Love on Broadway" – 2:23
10. "Terra Nova" (Carly Simon, Taylor) – 4:32
11. "Traffic Jam" – 1:58
12. "If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight" – 3:01

Personnel

• James Taylor — guitar, vocals
• Peter Asher — percussion
• Red Callender — bass, tuba
• David Campbell — strings arranger, viola
• Dan Dugmore — guitar, steel guitar
• Danny Kortchmar — guitar
• Leah Kunkel — percussion, vocals
• Russell Kunkel — drums, percussion
• Dr. Clarence McDonald — keyboards
• Graham Nash — vocals
• Linda Ronstadt — vocals
• David Sanborn — saxophone
• Carly Simon — vocals
• Leland Sklar — bass