James Taylor - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | 
 enlarge | Artist: James Taylor
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3321
Format: Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 85223
UPC: 696998522329
EAN: 0696998522329
ASIN: B000050HV9
Release Date: November 7, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Secret O' Life | | • | Handy Man - James Taylor, Blackwell, Otis | | • | Your Smiling Face | | • | Up on the Roof - James Taylor, Goffin, Gerry | | • | Her Town Too - James Taylor, Souther, J.D. | | • | That's Why I'm Here | | • | Only a Dream in Rio | | • | Everyday - James Taylor, Holly, Buddy | | • | Song for You Far Away | | • | Never Die Young | | • | (I've Got to) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That - James Taylor, Kortchmar, Danny | | • | Copperline | | • | Shed a Little Light | | • | Another Day | | • | Little More Time With You | | • | Enough to Be on Your Way |
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After the frequently dark themes of his Warner Bros. years, James Taylor lightened his approach in the '80s and '90s with gentle affirmations such as "That's Why I'm Here" and "Shed a Little Light." Greatest Hits Volume 2, a sequel to the 1976 disc that has sold 11 million copies, covers this material with a generous 16 cuts. Unfortunately, thanks to the often too-polite production and a couple too many oldies covers ("Handy Man" is exquisite, "Up on the Roof" and "Everyday" somnolent), the work here is uneven and blurred together. A handful of gems do prevail, though; especially notable are "Secret o' Life"--perhaps Taylor's truly wisest song ever--and "(I've Got to) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That." --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 What can I say? January 23, 2008
V. Trevino Jr. (Corpus Christi Texas)
Who doesn't like a little James now and then. Some of the best music on this CD.
"It's Good, but where is (insert favorite song here)"? October 1, 2007
J. Miller (Greenfield, MA USA)
Greatest hits packages are not designed for the hardcore fan, the person who owns all the artist's albums, nor the fan of albums in general. There are undoubtably great, in some cases superior songs dwelling on the albums these songs are culled from, waiting to be discovered by the adventurous, buck-a-song downloader who is willing to drop a few extra clams for the album experience.
Greatest hits are usually exactly that: the best selling singles from an artists career bundled together at a low price for the casual fan. This and vol.1 together are a great start to discovering your favorite "deep cuts" like "Traffic Jam", or "Gaia" (two of my faves).
I'm going to buy an extra copy and send it to James Blunt.
 A Great Follow to Greatest Hits 1 June 30, 2007
JT, too. (Lambert's Cove)
Greatest Hits 1 has been a best seller since the mid 1970s. It is a truly amazing artist who can have a greatest hits album so early in his career anyway. Greatest Hits 1 is a must-have. Greatest Hits 2, along with "Very Best of James Taylor," is another great album. It gives you some of the best songs from albums introduced after Greatest Hits 1 was released, but I do not know how they managed to narrow down this list of songs. Mr. Taylor really needs a Greatest Hits 3 and 4. Good buy.
Great CD- January 12, 2007
Kristy A. Littlefield
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This CD contains most of my favorite songs. It's what you would expect from his greatest hits. If you like James Taylor, it is a must have in my opinion.....
Sweet Baby James... September 2, 2006
John P. Morgan (Beautiful San Dimas, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ahhhh, who doesn't like James Taylor...hey! Put your hand down...if you're not a JT fan, get outta here...now...I'll ask you again, who doesn't like James Taylor? That's better because James Taylor has got to be one of the best musicians around. His voice is clear, his guitar playing is flawless, he just seems to make music that makes you feel. JT can make you feel happy, sad, mixed up, alone, open, free, etc. Not too many musicians can run the gambit of emotions that taylor can produce in one album.
Let's take for instance his cover "Up On the Roof"...oh, man...I get tears thinking about this song. It makes me remember when I was thirteen and I just felt like I needed a place to go all by myself; a place where nobody else could go. I did, as a matter of fact, start going up on the roof of my dad's house much to his chagrin. But it was a funny thing sittin' up on that roof, lookin' out on everything below, I got a "higher" perspective on things; that maybe I couldn't have gotten if I were "down below" in the midst of the situation.
And then there is "Her Town Too". Who hasn't gone through a breakup? Remember how right after a split, you wouldn't know what to do? Her friends became yours and yours became hers and so there was this odd feeling of not knowing where to go or who to turn to. It's a sad song, a very sad song, but it's almost healing the way James Taylor sings it.
This is a great record and Warner Brothers should just release this as a Double Set but because they are shrewd at making money , they probably never will. That's okay. JT fans will still end up buying both.
Peace and Blessings, everyone...
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