Flag (James Taylor album)

The New York Times wrote that Taylor's "vulnerable tenor and the glossy production Peter Asher gives his record conspire to court blandness." ==Track listing==

All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted. Side one • "Company Man" – 3:47 • "Johnnie Comes Back" – 3:55 • "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:25 • "I Will Not Lie for You" – 3:16 • "Brother Trucker" – 4:01 • "Is That the Way You Look?" – 1:59 Side two • "B.S.U.R. (S.U.C.S.I.M.I.M.)" – 3:23 • "Rainy Day Man" (Taylor, Zach Wiesner) – 3:02 • "Millworker" – 3:52 • "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:21 • "Chanson Française" – 2:05 • "Sleep Come Free Me" – 4:43 == Personnel ==

• James Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, backing vocals (1, 3–6) • Don Grolnick – clavinet (1–3, 5), electric piano (1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12), organ (4, 7, 8, 12), ARP String Ensemble (5), acoustic piano (9), harmonium (9), shoe (9) • Ralph Schuckett – organ (2) • Danny Kortchmar – electric guitars (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 12) • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitars (2, 10), acoustic guitars (4) • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar (5) • Leland Sklar – bass (1–8, 10–12) • Russ Kunkel – drums (1–8, 10–12), cowbell (3), timbales (3), congas (11) • Steve Forman – tambourine (2), timbales (2), Mazda phone (5), cowbell (7), congas (8), waterphone (8) • Peter Asher – timbales (4), shaker (5), backing vocals (7) • David Sanborn – saxophone (4) • Jesse Levy – cello (9) • Louise Schulmann – viola (9) • David Spinozza – string arrangements and conductor (3) • Arif Mardin – string arrangements and conductor (10) • Larry Touquet – cell door effects (12) • Graham Nash – backing vocals (1) • Alex Taylor – backing vocals (5) • Carly Simon – backing vocals (7) • David Lasley – backing vocals (8) • Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (8) == Production ==

• Producer – Peter Asher • Engineer – Val Garay • Assistant Engineers – Lincoln Clapp and George Ybarra • Recorded and Mixed at The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California). • Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California). • Art Direction and Design – John Kosh • Photography – Mark Hanauer ==Charts==

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