Recordings

October, 1971

Both Time and Rolling Stone agree that James Taylor has captured the mood of the Seventies, so it's obviously true. And should you be wondering what your mood is right now, Taylor's latest album, Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (Warner Bros.), will inform you that you're mainly sad and tired. James seems to be, anyway. Musically, he hasn't moved very far on down the road from Sweet Baby James; and since he dips into the same well of rhythms and melodies for all his songs, Mud Slide Slim some...