That's Why I'm Here

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That's Why I'm Here
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Studio album by James Taylor
Released October 1985
Genre Rock, synthpop
Length 39:56
Label Columbia/Legacy
Producer Peter Asher, Frank Filipetti, James Taylor
James Taylor chronology
Dad Loves His Work
(1981)Dad Loves His Work1981
That's Why I'm Here
(1985)
Classic Songs
(1988)Classic Songs1988

That's Why I'm Here is singer-songwriter James Taylor's eleventh studio album. It was released in 1985, four years after his previous effort, Dad Loves His Work, and contains a cover version of Buddy Holly's "Everyday", as well as the participation of a number of artists, including Don Henley, Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash. "My Romance" was not on the LP version.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
MusicHound 2/5[2]
Rolling Stone (favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2/5 stars[4]

Track listing

All songs were written by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. "That's Why I'm Here" – 3:39
  2. "Song for You Far Away" – 2:58
  3. "Only a Dream in Rio" (J. Taylor, Jim Maraniss (Portuguese translation)) – 5:01
  4. "Turn Away" – 3:25
  5. "Going Around One More Time" (Livingston Taylor) – 3:27
  6. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:48
  7. "Everyday" (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) – 3:16
  8. "Limousine Driver" – 3:54
  9. "Only One" – 4:22
  10. "Mona" – 2:51
  11. "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:46
  12. "That's Why I'm Here (Reprise)" – 0:29

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. That's Why I'm Here at AllMusic
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