October Road (James Taylor album)

October Road
Studio album by James Taylor
Released August 13, 2002
Recorded Summer 2001–spring 2002
Genre Rock, folk rock, country rock
Length 52:00
Label Columbia
Producer Russ Titelman
James Taylor chronology
Greatest Hits Volume 2
(2000)
October Road
(2002)
The Best of James Taylor
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

October Road is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fifteenth studio album. It was released on August 13, 2002 in two versions: a single-disc version and a "limited edition" two-disc version, which contains three extra songs, as well as a video presentation. October Road would become James Taylor's last album of original material until the 2015 Before This World.

The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with 154,000 copies sold in its opening week, which is Taylor's best sales week performance for an album in the SoundScan era.[5] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 21, 2002,[6], and has sold 1,076,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by James Taylor except where noted.

  1. "September Grass" (John I. Sheldon) – 4:51
  2. "October Road" – 3:57
  3. "On the 4th of July" – 3:25
  4. "Whenever You're Ready" – 4:14
  5. "Belfast to Boston" – 4:16
  6. "Mean Old Man" – 3:44
  7. "My Traveling Star" – 3:55
  8. "Raised Up Family" – 4:40
  9. "Carry Me on My Way" – 4:30
  10. "Caroline I See You" – 4:58
  11. "Baby Buffalo" – 4:50
  12. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (H. Martin, R. Blane) – 3:50

Included on the second disc of the "limited edition" two-disc version:

  1. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – 4:43
  2. "Benjamin" (J. Taylor, composed in 1976 or 1977 as a tribute/lullaby to his new-coming or -born son. First released by David Sanborn on Promise Me the Moon in December 1977) – 3:30
  3. "Sailing to Philadelphia" (M. Knopfler) – 5:28

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 48
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] 40
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 71
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] 33
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 39
US Billboard 200[14] 4

Personnel

References

  1. October Road at AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  2. Aizlewood, John (August 8, 2002). "Pop CD releases: James Taylor: October Road". The Guardian. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  3. Walters, Barry (September 10, 2002). "October Road | Album Reviews". Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  4. "James Taylor: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  5. "James Taylor Hits The 'Road' This Fall". Billboard. August 27, 2002.
  6. "American album certifications – James Taylor – October Road". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  7. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
  8. "Australiancharts.com – James Taylor – October Road". Hung Medien.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – James Taylor – October Road" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment.
  11. "Italiancharts.com – James Taylor – October Road". Hung Medien.
  12. "Norwegiancharts.com – James Taylor – October Road". Hung Medien.
  13. "James Taylor | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
  14. "James Taylor – Chart history" Billboard 200 for James Taylor.
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