℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc
| Released | April 16, 2013 |
| Duration | 33m 37s |
| Record Label | Rhino/Warner Records |
| Genre | Pop |
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor |
2:48 | |||
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1.2
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Lo and Behold
James Taylor |
2:34 | |||
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1.3
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Sunny Skies
James Taylor |
2:15 | |||
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1.4
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Steamroller
James Taylor |
5:18 | |||
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1.5
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Country Road
James Taylor |
3:21 | |||
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1.6
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Oh, Susannah
James Taylor |
1:58 | |||
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1.7
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Fire and Rain
James Taylor |
3:20 | |||
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1.8
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Blossom
James Taylor |
2:10 | |||
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1.9
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Anywhere like Heaven
James Taylor |
3:23 | |||
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1.10
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Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip on Me
James Taylor |
1:45 | |||
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1.11
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Suite for 20 G
James Taylor |
4:45 |
Sweet Baby James is the second album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, and his first release on Warner Bros. Records. Released in February 1970, the album includes one of Taylor's earliest successful singles: "Fire and Rain", which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Sweet Baby James made Taylor one of the main forces of the ascendant singer-songwriter movement. The album was nominated to a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, in 1971. The album was listed at #104 on Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The album, produced by Peter Asher, was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, between 8 and 17 December 1969 at a cost of only $7,600 (US$51,924 in 2018 dollars) out of a budget of $20,000. Taylor was "essentially homeless" at the time the album was recorded, either staying in Asher's home or crashing on a couch at the house of guitarist Danny Kortchmar or anyone else who would have him.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Warner Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.28 -5.29 to 0.00 | -23.18 -26.63 to -21.84 | -20.40 -23.50 to -18.70 | 13 11 to 15 | |
| 1 | Sweet Baby James | -3.21 | -23.75 | -21.3 | 14 |
| 2 | Lo and Behold | -3.64 | -24.05 | -21.0 | 13 |
| 3 | Sunny Skies | -3.90 | -23.59 | -21.0 | 13 |
| 4 | Steamroller | -2.87 | -21.87 | -18.7 | 12 |
| 5 | Country Road | -2.67 | -23.19 | -20.4 | 14 |
| 6 | Oh, Susannah | -4.97 | -22.59 | -20.1 | 11 |
| 7 | Fire and Rain | 0.00 | -22.94 | -20.0 | 15 |
| 8 | Blossom | -3.32 | -22.55 | -20.5 | 12 |
| 9 | Anywhere like Heaven | -3.57 | -21.84 | -19.1 | 12 |
| 10 | Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip on Me | -5.29 | -26.63 | -23.5 | 13 |
| 11 | Suite for 20 G | -2.63 | -21.94 | -18.8 | 13 |