Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

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Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon cover
Studio album by James Taylor
Released April 1, 1971
Recorded January 3-February 28, 1971
Genre Rock
Length 37:07
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Peter Asher
Professional reviews
James Taylor chronology
James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine
(1971)		 Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
(1971)		 One Man Dog
(1972)

Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon is James Taylor's third album. Released in 1971, it contains one of Taylor's biggest successes, a version of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King.

His version of "You've Got a Friend" hit number 1 on the Billboard charts on July 31, 1971, and won Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male) and King (Song of the Year).

"Long Ago and Far Away" rose to number 31 on the Billboard charts.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Love Has Brought Me Around" – 2:41
  2. "You've Got a Friend" (C. King) – 4:29
  3. "Places in My Past" – 2:01
  4. "Riding on a Railroad" – 2:41
  5. "Soldiers" – 1:13
  6. "Mud Slide Slim" – 5:20
  7. "Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox" – 3:46
  8. "You Can Close Your Eyes" – 2:31
  9. "Machine Gun Kelly" (D. Kortchmar) – 2:37
  10. "Long Ago and Far Away" – 2:20
  11. "Let Me Ride" – 2:42
  12. "Highway Song" – 3:51
  13. "Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again" – 0:55

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