James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon

A1 Love Has Brought Me Around

A2 You've Got A Friend

A3 Places In My Past

A4 Riding On A Railroad

A5 Soldiers

A6 Mud Slide Slim

B1 Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox

B2 You Can Close Your Eyes

B3 Machine Gun Kelly

B4 Long Ago And Far Away

B5 Let Me Ride

B6 Highway Song

B7 Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again

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Released in April 1971, the album contains Taylor's biggest hit single in the US, a cover version of the Carole King standard "You've Got a Friend", which hit #1 on the Billboard charts on July 31, 1971, his only song to do so. The week before, the album itself reached its peak position of #2 in the Billboard album charts. It was held off the top spot by King, then ruling the charts with the blockbuster Tapestry album, which contained her version of "You've Got a Friend". The song earned Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male) and King (Song of the Year). Mud Slide Slim managed to generate another Top 40 hit, "Long Ago and Far Away", which reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other songs became standards in concert, particularly "You Can Close Your Eyes".