New Moon Shine

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New Moon Shine is the thirteenth studio album by singer-songwriter James Taylor released in 1991.<ref name="Allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album peaked at number 37 on the Billboard 200 chart and certified platinum.<ref name="Billboard 200">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was producer-pianist Don Grolnick's sixth and final studio album with Taylor prior to his death in 1996 at age 48 from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Reception

Template:Album reviews The album received generally positive reviews; The New York Times’s Stephen Holden observed that New Moon Shine "finds [Taylor] near the top of his form in songs like 'Slap Leather,' a playfully pungent rock-and-roll critique of social and environmental ills, and 'Copperline,' a nostalgic ballad remembering his North Carolina roots."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fairport Convention covered "The Frozen Man" on their album Old New Borrowed Blue.

Track listing

All songs written by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

1. "Copperline" (Reynolds Price, Taylor) – 4:22
2. "Down in the Hole" – 5:15
3. "(I've Got to) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That" (Danny Kortchmar, Taylor) – 4:00
4. "Shed a Little Light" – 3:52
5. "The Frozen Man" – 3:54
6. "Slap Leather" – 2:00
7. "Like Everyone She Knows" – 4:56
8. "One More Go Round" – 4:40
9. "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" (Sam Cooke) – 3:37
10. "Native Son" – 3:49
11. "Oh, Brother" – 4:24
12. "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) – 3:00

Personnel

• James Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1–3, 5–12), arrangements (12)
• Don Grolnick – acoustic piano, organ, synthesizers, arrangements (12)
• Clifford Carter – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
• Dan Stein – synthesizer programming (3, 5)
• Danny Kortchmar – acoustic guitar (3, 5)
• Michael Landau – electric guitars
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar (1–8, 10–12)
• Tony Levin – bass guitar (9)
• Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10–12)
• Steve Jordan – drums (3, 5)
• Steve Gadd – drums (9)
• Don Alias – percussion
• Mark O'Connor – violin
• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone (3)
• Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone (7)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (8, 9)
• Dave Bargeron – trombone (3)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (3)
• Valerie Carter – backing vocals
• David Lasley – backing vocals
• Kate Markowitz – backing vocals
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Producers – Don Grolnick (all tracks); Danny Kortchmar (Tracks 3 & 5).
• Production Coordinator – Peter Stiglin
• Recorded and Mixed by James Farber
• Assistant Engineers – John Aguto, Patrick Dillett, Rob Jazco, Nathaniel Kunkel, Matthew Lamonica and Katherine Miller.
• Mix Assistant – Katherine Miller
• Recorded at The Power Station and Skyline Studios (New York, NY); A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA); Studio F (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at Skyline Studios
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Art Direction – Arnold Levine
• Design Assistants – Stefanie Dash, Lisa Sparagano and Marcus Wyns.
• Photography – Lee Crum