James Taylor 
The best album credited to James Taylor is Sweet Baby James which is ranked number 1,591 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,079.
James Taylor is ranked number 713 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,475.
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James Taylor best albums
The following albums by James Taylor are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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James Taylor best tracks
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James Taylor ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2023 17:18 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2022 18:34 |  paladisiac | 1,041 | 67/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2021 19:25 |  zwiebel | 742 | 56/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.1.
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James Taylor forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 28 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5456): By AMEIER BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17James Taylor comments
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If you're looking for that rich melancholy in a song then you won't go too far wrong checking out the likes of 'Fire And Rain', 'Long Ago And Far Away' and 'You Can Close Your Eyes'
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2015 03:08 | #134245
There's more to James Taylor than radio-friendly schlock. Take another look - he's a quality singe/songwriter.
In my opinion the greatest singer-/songwriter ever! Great guitar player, vocalist & live entertainer. Pure class!
