Greatest Hits
by James Taylor

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Greatest Hits by James Taylor
(Compilation album)
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 11,055th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 55 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1976 (141st)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,546th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,055th)

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James Taylor bestography

Greatest Hits is ranked 5th best out of 28 albums by James Taylor on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by James Taylor is Sweet Baby James which is ranked number 1559 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,103.

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Overall rank: 11,055th | 1970s rank: 1,546th | 1976 rank: 141st

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From 07/19/2018 08:56 | #218484 | TOP COMMENT
A fine collection which sold pretty well in its day, it is apparently 11xPlatinum, but it does somehow omit two of his finest songs from this era in Long Ago And Far Away and You Can Close Your Eyes.

It also only just preceded the JT album which would feature essential Greatest Hits type songs in Your Smiling Face and Handy Man but, regardless, this particular Greatest Hits is still a very good place to start.
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From 03/23/2014 18:39 | #107282 | TOP COMMENT
Yes its not a regular album but a greatest hits album but to me it was my introduction to james taylor. For that I am thankful for it.
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