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Sweet Baby James (album) by James Taylor
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Sweet Baby James
 Sweet Baby James by James Taylor (1970)
Overall rank: 1,257th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 235 votes)
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Accolades: Award Top albums of 1970 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (275th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,257th)

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James Taylor bestography

Sweet Baby James is ranked as the best album by James Taylor.

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 235 votes)
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75/100
03/16/2019 15:40
indiegator
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74/100
 
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mianfei
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Steppenwolf666
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89/100

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95/100
From TheSmiths82-87
Sweet Baby James is James Taylor's best known studio album and indeed his finest one too, the title track and Fire And Rain are among his very best songs, but there are plenty of others here well worth a listen - Country Road, Sunny Skies, Blossom, and Streamroller Blues in particular.
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60/100
From Brad1770
This is most certainly not normally in my musical wheel-house but having watched a most excellent documentary on JT's life and times I just had to hear 'Sweet Baby James' which is considered his best album

And what a lovely listen it was , beautiful melody's , earthy lyrics , that JT harmony and highlighted by the absolute classic "Fire and Rain"

My one and only gripe would be track 6 "Oh, Suzannah" which TBH is a bit a shocker , luckily the remaining tracks paper over this misfire

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95/100
From garycottier
One of the great 'Laurel canyon' albums of the early seventies. Every song is a winner including, Country road, Fire and rain, and the campfire singalong of the title track. A brilliant and beautiful album.
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80/100
From nitomano
El mejor album de James Taylor
Favoritas: Fire And Rain, Sweet Baby James
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65/100
From jbray
A perfectly fine album with a few memorable tracks, some solid backing tunes, and a couple of plain old filler material that never feels like it's in the way. A great record for casual listening.
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75/100
From Tamthebam
A laid back album and James Taylors best Oh Susannah, Sweet Baby James & Steamroller are great songs but Fire & Rain is an absolute classic.
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From travelful
Fire and Rain is just a classic
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85/100
From 9999
Criminally overlooked on this website.
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From junodog4
If you ignore Steamroller, this is a landmark mellow rock album.
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From gtroda
Best Track: Fire And Rain
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