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