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On his last couple of Warner Bros albums, Gorilla and In the Pocket, James Taylor seemed to be converting himself from the shrinking violet, too-sensitive-to-live "rainy day man" of his early records into a mainstream, easy listening crooner with a sunny outlook. JT, his debut album for Columbia, was something of a defense of this conversion. Returning to the autobiographical, Taylor declared his love for Carly Simon ("There We Are") , but expressed some surprise at his domestic bliss. "Isn't it amazing a man like me can feel this way? " he sang in the opening song, "Your Smiling Face" (a Top 40 hit) . At the same time, domesticity could have its temporary depressions ("Another Grey Morning") . The key track was "Secret O' Life, " which Taylor revealed as "enjoying the passage of time.



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