New Moon Shine

New Moon Shine is singer-songwriter James Taylor's 13th studio album, being certified platinum.[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
MusicHound	3.5/5[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

New Moon Shine
Studio album by James Taylor
Released	September 24, 1991 (1991-09-24)
Recorded	June 1991 (1991-06)
Genre	Folk rock pop easy listening
Length	47:11
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Grolnick Danny Kortchmar
James Taylor chronology
Never Die Young (1988) New Moon Shine (1991) Live (1993)

Track listing

All songs written by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

1. "Copperline" (Reynolds Price, Taylor) – 4:22
2. "Down in the Hole" – 5:15
3. "(I've Got to) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That" (Danny Kortchmar, Taylor) – 4:00
4. "Shed a Little Light" – 3:52
5. "The Frozen Man" – 3:54
6. "Slap Leather" – 2:00
7. "Like Everyone She Knows" – 4:56
8. "One More Go Round" – 4:40
9. "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" (Sam Cooke) – 3:37
10. "Native Son" – 3:49
11. "Oh, Brother" – 4:24
12. "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) – 3:00

Personnel

• James Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–12), arrangements (12)
• Danny Kortchmar – acoustic guitar (3, 5)
• Michael Landau – electric guitar
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Don Grolnick – acoustic piano, organ, synthesizers, arrangements (12)
• Clifford Carter – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
• Dan Stein – synthesizer programming (3, 5)
• Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar (1–8, 10, 11, 12)
• Tony Levin – bass guitar (9)
• Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• Steve Jordan – drums (3, 5)
• Steve Gadd – drums (9)
• Don Alias – percussion
• Mark O'Connor – violin
• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone (3)
• Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone (7)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (8, 9)
• Dave Bargeron – trombone (3)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (3)
• Valerie Carter – backing vocals
• David Lasley – backing vocals
• Kate Markowitz – backing vocals
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Producers – Don Grolnick (all tracks), Danny Kortchmar (Tracks 3 & 5).
• Production Coordinator – Peter Stiglin
• Recorded and Mixed by James Farber
• Assistant Engineers – John Aguto, Patrick Dillett, Rob Jazco, Nathaniel Kunkel, Matthew Lamonica and Katherine Miller.
• Mix Assistant – Katherine Miller
• Recorded at The Power Station and Skyline Studios (New York, NY); A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA); Studio F (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at Skyline Studios
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Art Direction – Arnold Levine
• Design Assistants – Stefanie Dash, Lisa Sparagano and Marcus Wyns.
• Photography – Lee Crum

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "New Moon Shine – James Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
2. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1125. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
3. Coleman, Mark; Edmonds, Ben (2004). "James Taylor". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). 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. Retrieved November 6, 2011. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105161220/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/james-taylor/albumguide |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}