81年にリリースされた通算10作目。
ピーター・アッシャーがプロデュースし、ワディ・ワクテル、リック・マロッタ、リー・スクラー、ジェニファー・ウォーンズら西海岸のミュージシャンたちが参加し、アルバム全体を繊細で優しく、リラックスした雰囲気で包みこんでいる。
J.D.サウザーとのデュエット「憶い出の町(Her Town Too)」が全米シングル・チャートで11位を記録。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2023/10/02)
James Taylor bounced back from the spotty Flag with this all-original album led by his collaboration with J.D. Souther on "Her Town Too," his biggest pop hit since "Handy Man," and his biggest non-cover hit since his first, "Fire and Rain," in 1970. Also included were "Hard Times" and "Summer's Here," not to mention the unusually impassioned "Stand and Fight." After simmering this long, there wasn't much hope Taylor would ever come to a boil, but that track indicated he could at least heat up now and then. ~ William Ruhlmann
Rovi