Other Covers

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Other Covers
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ReleasedApril 7, 2009 (2009-04-07)
RecordedJanuary 2008 (2008-01)
Genre Rock
Label Hear Music
Producer
James Taylor chronology
Covers
(2008)
Other Covers
(2009)
The Essential James Taylor
(2013)

Other Covers is the second covers album by singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in April 2009 in the form of an EP and as a follow-up to the previous year's Covers .

Contents

History

The songs on this mini-digipak CD were recorded during the same January 2008 Massachusetts barn sessions as Covers, and some of them had already been released as bonus tracks for that album.

Track listing

  1. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:10
  2. "Get a Job" (The Silhouettes) – 4:07
  3. "Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 3:10
  4. "Shiver Me Timbers" (Tom Waits) – 4:19
  5. "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm?" (Traditional; arranged by Eric Von Schmidt) – 4:15
  6. "In the Midnight Hour" (Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper) – 3:14
  7. "Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) – 3:52

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2008)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 122

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