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There were a few lesser known songs (for the casual fan), but all very good. If you like James Taylor, you will like this CD. We liked it, very glad we purchased this. We only wish this CD had included a few more songs. It has many of his biggest hits and together with his Greatest Hits CD, you will have almost all of his very best stuff. The recordings and song arrangement were good, making for a pleasant listening experience.
However, overall, the CD is well worth owning for any James Taylor fan that doesn't have the songs already from his many individual albums. As a long, long time James Taylor fan, I've had his greatest hits volume 1 CD for years and years. Honestly, I haven't followed his career as closely over more recently so some of the songs on this CD are not as familiar to me as the songs from earlier in his career, which I enjoy more.
Some of the best music on this CD. Who doesn't like a little James now and then.
This and Vol.1 together are a great start to discovering your favorite "deep cuts" like "Traffic Jam", or "Gaia" (two of my faves).I'm going to buy an extra copy and send it to James Blunt. Greatest Hits CDs are exactly that: the best selling singles from an artists career bundled together at a low price for the casual fan. Greatest hits packages are not designed for the hardcore fan,period. There are undoubtedly great songs dwelling on the albums these songs are culled from, waiting to be discovered by the adventurous consumer who is willing to drop a few extra clams for the album experience.
Taylor really needs a Greatest Hits 3 and 4. It gives you some of the best songs from albums introduced after Greatest Hits 1 was released, but I do not know how they managed to narrow down this list of songs. Mr. Greatest Hits 1 has been a best seller since the mid 1970s. Good buy. Greatest Hits 1 is a must-have. It is a truly amazing artist who can have a greatest hits album so early in his career anyway. Greatest Hits 2, along with "Very Best of James Taylor," is another great album.
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