James Taylor followed his double-platinum Columbia Records label debut,
JT, with this hodgepodge of a record. There are covers of
the Beatles' "Day Tripper" and
the Drifters' "Up on the Roof," a remake of
Taylor's own "Rainy Day Man," songs written for the Broadway musical
Working, and a few new
Taylor compositions. The usual brain trust (producer
Peter Asher), and the usual backup team (
Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar,
Dan Grolnick,
Leland Sklar,
Russ Kunkel) were on board.
–
William Ruhlmann, Rovi