Greatest Hits (James Taylor album)
1976 greatest hits album by James Taylor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in November 1976 by Warner Bros. Records. It remains Taylor's best-selling album, with over 11 million units being sold in the United States, making it among the best-selling albums of the 1970's.[2][3]
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Released | November 1976 | |||
Recorded | December 1969 (1969-12) – October 1976 (1976-10) | |||
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Length | 43:42 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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The album took place in the context of Taylor's end of his recording contract with Warner Records. It features redone versions of "Carolina in My Mind" and "Something in the Way She Moves", both of which had been previously included on Taylor's self-titled debut album in 1968. It also includes a previously unavailable live version of "Steamroller".[1]
The album did not rise higher than number 23 on the Billboard albums chart on its original release. However it became a steady seller for many years, and Greatest Hits has sold over 11,000,000 copies certifying it as an 11× Platinum album
In August 2012, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 albums chart, at number 15, which gave the album a new peak.