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Released | February 28, 2020 | |||
Studio | The Barn (Washington, MA) United Recording Studios and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA) Treasure Isle Studios and Blackbird Studios (Nashville, TN) Studio D (New York City, New York) | |||
Length | 44:59 | |||
Label | Fantasy | |||
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American Standard is the twentieth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released on February 28, 2020, by Fantasy Records. [1] It consists of his interpretations of standard songs from the American canon. It won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. [2]
This album was produced, recorded and mixed by Dave O'Donnell and co-produced by John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound Nashville.
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Metacritic | 60/100 [3] |
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American Standard received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 60, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 8 reviews. [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Blue Heaven" | Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting | 2:43 |
2. | "Moon River" | Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer | 3:13 |
3. | "Teach Me Tonight" | Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn | 2:58 |
4. | "As Easy as Rolling Off a Log" | M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl | 2:50 |
5. | "Almost Like Being in Love" | Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner | 3:42 |
6. | "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" | Frank Loesser | 4:11 |
7. | "The Nearness of You" | Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | 3:52 |
8. | "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:26 |
9. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr. | 3:21 |
10. | "Pennies from Heaven" | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | 2:52 |
11. | "My Heart Stood Still" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 3:27 |
12. | "Ol' Man River" | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:53 |
13. | "It's Only a Paper Moon" | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose | 3:11 |
14. | "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:20 |
Total length: | 44:59 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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15. | "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" | Loewe, Lerner | 2:15 |
16. | "Never Never Land" | Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 3:22 |
Total length: | 50:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" | Loewe, Lerner | 2:15 |
2. | "Never Never Land" | Styne, Comden, Green | 3:22 |
3. | "Over the Rainbow" | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg | 3:07 |
Total length: | 8:45 |
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