One Man Dog
by James Taylor
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James Taylor bestography
One Man Dog is ranked 3rd 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 1577 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,088.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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One Man Dog track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/07/2026 05:25 | matterhornrider | 5,144 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 04:36 |  AAL2014 | 4,198 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 07:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2024 23:30 | Skerns | 5,182 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/29/2024 14:01 | MrTrombone | 27 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.7/100, a mean average of 62.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" is one of James Taylor's best songs, and he has quite a catalogue of songs. The rest of the album is surprisingly forgettable. Many of the songs seem half-finished or just slight, like he didn't have time to develop them fully. (Edited)
Jboy56 05/04/2023 12:18 | #296603 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm surprised by the low ratings given—much nice songs from this one-of-a-kind singer-songwriter. Too many songs might be the reason for 64 points rating.
Should be credited to James Taylor & The Section - as the insert shows. (A working (album)-title on this one was apparently "One Man Parade"). (Re)-Mixed with some "new" parts re-recorded for the quadrophonic version of this album. According to Leland Sklar the dog in the boat with JT pictured on the album-cover was James' dog: David (Little David?). Anyways, some do not like this album, but for me this is JT's best album - and a "fun" classic!
Quite a patchy affair, this is James Taylor having a bit of jam with his pals who just happen to be excellent session musicians.
This is why he still created the wonderful Hymn, the oft covered Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight and possibly my favourite here, the hidden gem that is New Tune, it could've done with a better title, but everything else about it is sublime, particularly the resigned vocal and the subject matter which is quite possibly Joni Mitchell. (Edited)
Nobodyisemo 10/26/2017 03:06 | #200093 | TOP COMMENT
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Why make a record if you have so little to say? Way too much bongo in the first half. The songs just kinda thoughtlessly plod along. Some are prettier than others, that's it.
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