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''Hourglass'' is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fourteenth studio album. Taylor's first studio album in six years was released in 1997 to glowing notices. It built upon the success of his previous effort, ''New Moon Shine''. ''Hourglass'' was an introspective album that earned Taylor his best critical reviews in almost twenty years. The album's lyrics focused largely on Taylor's troubled past and family. "Jump Up Behind Me" paid tribute to his father's rescue of him after The Flying Machine days, and the long drive from New York City back to his home in Chapel Hill.〔White, ''Long Ago and Far Away'', p. 318.〕 "Enough to Be On Your Way" was inspired by the alcoholism-related death of his brother Alex earlier in the decade.〔White, ''Long Ago and Far Away'', p. 306.〕 The themes were also inspired by Taylor's divorce from actress Kathryn Walker, which took place in 1996.〔White, ''Long Ago and Far Away'', p. 301.〕 ''Rolling Stone'' found that "one of the themes of this record is disbelief", while Taylor told the magazine that it was "spirituals for agnostics."〔"In 'Up From Your Life,' you sing, 'For an unbeliever like you/ There's not much they can do.' In 'Gaia,' you call yourself a 'poor, wretched unbeliever.'" Interview, ''Rolling Stone'', June 24, 1997.〕 Critics embraced the dark themes on the album, and ''Hourglass'' was a huge commercial success, reaching #9 on the ''Billboard'' 200 (Taylor's first Top 10 album in sixteen years) and also provided a big adult contemporary hit on "Little More Time With You". The album also gave Taylor his first Grammy since ''JT'', when he was honored with Best Pop Album in 1998. There is an Enhanced CD version of the album containing interviews, photos, and videos. ==Track listing== All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted. #"Line 'Em Up" – 4:45 #"Enough to Be on Your Way" – 5:29 #"Little More Time with You" – 3:53 #"Gaia" – 5:32 #"Ananas" – 5:45 #"Jump Up Behind Me" – 3:30 #"Another Day" – 2:23 #"Up Er Mei" – 3:49 #"Up from Your Life" – 5:17 #"Yellow and Rose" – 4:55 #"Boatman" (Livingston Taylor, M. Taylor) – 3:59 #"Walking My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:27 #"Hangnail" (also known as "Money O Money") – 2:24 ("bonus" track ) 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「Hourglass (James Taylor album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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