One Man Dog

One Man Dog
Studio album by James Taylor
Released	November 1, 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	36:48
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Peter Asher
James Taylor chronology
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971) One Man Dog (1972) Walking Man (1974)

One Man Dog is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fourth album. Released in 1972, it features the hit "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", which peaked at #14 on the Billboard charts on January 13, 1973. It was a concept album primarily recorded in Taylor's home studio.

The album is made up of 18 short pieces strung together. It climbed to #4 on the US Billboard Pop Albums charts.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(C+) [2]
Rolling Stone	(positive) [3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
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Track listing

All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

1. "One Man Parade" – 3:10
2. "Nobody But You" – 2:57
3. "Chili Dog" – 1:35
4. "Fool for You" – 1:42
5. "Instrumental I" – 0:55
6. "New Tune" – 1:35
7. "Back on the Street Again" (Danny Kortchmar) – 3:00
8. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – 2:34
9. "Woh, Don't You Know" (Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Taylor) – 2:10
10. "One Morning in May" (Bill Keith, Jim Rooney) – 2:54
11. "Instrumental II" – 1:41
12. "Someone" (John McLaughlin) – 3:36
13. "Hymn" – 2:24
14. "Fanfare" – 2:33
15. "Little David" – 1:00
16. "Mescalito" – 0:29
17. "Dance" – 2:07
18. "Jig" – 1:13

Personnel

• James Taylor - guitar, vocals
• Arthur Baron - trombone
• George Bohannon - trombone
• Michael Brecker - flute, soprano and tenor saxophone
• Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• Dash Crofts - mandolin
• Craig Doerge - keyboards
• Bobbye Hall - percussion
• Abigale Haness - vocals
• Steven Edney - vocals
• John Hartford - banjo, fiddle, violin
• Carole King - piano, vocals
• Danny Kortchmar - guitar, timbales
• Russ Kunkel - drums, conga, tambourine, cabasa
• John McLaughlin - guitar
• Mark Paletier - sound effects, saw
• Red Rhodes - steel guitar
• Barry Rogers - trombone
• Linda Ronstadt - vocals
• Carly Simon - vocals
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Alex Taylor - vocals
• Hugh Taylor - vocals
• Kate Taylor - vocals

References

1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. One Man Dog at Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2004.
2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "James Taylor > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=james+taylor. Retrieved 13 April 2006. 
3. ^ Landau, Jon (January 18, 1973). "James Taylor One Man Dog > Album Review". Rolling Stone (126). Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/one-man-dog-19730118. Retrieved 15 June 2006. 
4. ^ Coleman, Mark with Edmonds, Ben (2004). "James Taylor". In Brackett, Nathan with Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 804-805. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.  Portions posted at "James Taylor > Album Guide". rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/james-taylor/albumguide. Retrieved 6 November 2011.