I see no point of playing music critic. If you like the music you buy it or steal it. These tunes rarely if ever show up on the radio play list. I have Gorilla on LP (now CD) and we know how difficult it is to keep adding components to a music system only to have the "cool kids" shrink their collection down to fit in their iPod and plug it directly in their ears for private listening.
Gorilla is not going to be played in any car with 1000's of watts to shake the windows of houses. It's mean for people who follow their on beat and like what they like despite the popular culture. You resonate with the words or feelings of these songs.
"I can't help it if I don't feel so good." That said it all for me.
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James Taylor goes ape in another bad suit...
Review created: 09/24/05
by: knotheadusc-- a member of Epinions and Top Reviewer in Music
Pros: Contains a couple of well-known hits and a couple of lesser known gems.
Cons: Some of the songs sound very dated.
I'm on a James Taylor roll today. I mentioned Taylor's 1975 album Gorilla in my review of his 1976 album, In The Pocket because the two discs seem to be related in an offbeat kind of way. Like In The Pocket, Gorilla was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker. On the cover of In The Pocket, James Taylor makes a not so subtle reference to Gorilla by wearing a corduroy suit and a t-shirt with a picture of himself on the cover of Gorilla. On the cover of Gorilla, Taylor wears a white suit and sandals against a stark white backdrop. If you look closely on the front cover and the back, you...