One Man Dog

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One Man Dog is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fourth album. Released in 1972, it features the hit "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", which rose as high as number 14 on the Billboard charts on January 13, 1973.

One Man Dog was a concept album primarily recorded in Taylor's home studio.

The album is made up of 18 short pieces strung together. It climbed to number 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

Track listing

1. "One Man Parade" (J. Taylor) — 3:10
2. "Nobody But You" (J. Taylor) — 2:57
3. "Chili Dog" (J. Taylor) — 1:35
4. "Fool for You" (J. Taylor) — 0:55
5. "Instrumental I" (J. Taylor) — 0:55
6. "New Tune" (J. Taylor) — 1:35
7. "Back on the Street Again" (D. Kortchmar) — 3:00
8. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" J. Taylor) — 2:34
9. "Woh, Don't You Know" (D. Kortchmar/L. Sklar/J. Taylor) — 2:10
10. "One Morning in May" (Keith/Rooney) — 2:54
11. "Instrumental II" (J. Taylor) — 1:41
12. "Someone" (McLaughlin) — 3:36
13. "Hymn" (J. Taylor) — 2:24
14. "Fanfare" (J. Taylor) — 2:33
15. "Little David" (J. Taylor) — 1:00
16. "Mescalito" (J. Taylor) — 0:29
17. "Dance" (J. Taylor) — 2:07
18. "Jig" (J. Taylor) — 1:13

Personnel

• James Taylor — guitar, harmonica, autoharp, vocals
• Peter Asher — vocals
• Arthur Baron — trombone
• George Bohannon — trombone
• Michael Brecker — flute, soprano & tenor saxophone
• Randy Brecker — trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor saxophone, piccolo trumpet
• Dash Crofts — mandolin
• Craig Doerge — keyboards
• Bobbye Hall — percussion
• Abigale Haness — vocals
• John Hartford — banjo, fiddle, violin
• Carole King — piano, vocals
• Danny Kortchmar — guitar, timbales
• Russ Kunkel — drums, conga, tambourine, cabasa
• John McLaughlin — guitar
• Mark Paletier — sound effects, saw
• Red Rhodes — steel guitar
• Barry Rogers — trombone
• Linda Ronstadt — vocals
• Carly Simon — vocals
• Leland Sklar — bass, guitar
• Alex Taylor — vocals
• Hugh Taylor — vocals
• Kate Taylor — vocals