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''Good Friends'' is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor's ninth album, released in 1993. The album is full of skillfully crafted pop songs and classics with a jazzy twist. Taylor includes several cover songs along with his own, self-penned, material. His cover of Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands" takes the original's simple arrangement (just a bluesy electric guitar, bass and drums behind Wither's voice) and recreates the song into a gospel-choir backed a cappella performance.〔http://somethingelsereviews.com/2007/02/15/livingston-taylor-grandmas-hands-1993/〕 Based on the lyrics, the Grandma of this song was a religious woman who “clapped in church on Sunday morning” and “played a tambourine so well.”〔http://www.metrolyrics.com/grandmas-hands-lyrics-bill-withers.html〕 He also tackles the Wizard of Oz selections, "If I Only Had a Brain" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Keeping with the Chesky Records standards,〔http://www.chesky.com/info.html〕 as the back-cover reads, this album was "recorded with minimalist miking techniques and without overdubbing or artificial enhancement to ensure the purest and most natural sound possible." ==Track listing== All tracks composed by Livingston Taylor, except where indicated. #"Out of This World" (Livingston Taylor, Maggie Taylor) — 2:45 #"Jacques Cousteau" (Andy Paley) — 2:17 #"Heart and Soul" (Hoagy Charmichael, Frank Loesser) — 2:42 #"Carolina Day" — 3:43 #"If I Only Had a Brain" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) — 4:18 #"Grandma's Hands" (Bill Withers) — 1:45 #"Blind" — 3:16 #"Good Friends" — 3:54 #"Pajamas" — 2:18 #"Get Out of Bed" (Livingston Taylor, Maggie Taylor) — 2:57 #"Save Your Heart for Me" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) — 2:43 #"Fifth and Vine" — 2:46 #"Bluer Than Blue" (Randy Goodrum)— 2:55 #"In My Reply" — 3:46 #"Somewhere over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg)— 3:40 #"Thank You Song" — 1:13 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Good Friends (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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