In the Pocket - Definition and Overview

In the Pocket is singer-songwriter James Taylor's seventh album. Released in 1976, it contains the hit "Shower the People", one of Taylor's classic compositions, which climbed to number 22 on the Billboard charts on September 18, 1976.

Track listing

1. "Shower the People" (J. Taylor) - 4:32
2. "A Junkie's Lament" (J. Taylor) - 3:27
3. "Money Machine" (J. Taylor) - 4:35
4. "Slow Burning Love" (J. Taylor) - 3:43
5. "Everybody Has the Blues" (J. Taylor) - 2:01
6. "Daddy's All Gone" (J. Taylor) - 3:38
7. "Woman's Gotta Have It" (B. Womack, D. Carter, L. Cooke) - 4:20
8. "Captain Jim's Drunken Dream" (J. Taylor) - 4:00
9. "Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down" (J. Taylor, S. Wonder) - 3:28
10. "Nothing Like a Hundred Miles" (J. Taylor) - 3:35
11. "Family Man" (J. Taylor) - 3:34
12. "Golden Moments" (J. Taylor) - 3:35

Personnel

• James Taylor - guitar, harmonica, horn, vocals
• Peter Asher - tambourine, vocals
• George Bohannon - trombone
• Oscar Brashear - horn
• Michael Brecker - saxophone
• Red Callender - bass, tuba
• Valerie Carter - vocals
• Malcolm Cecil - synthesizer
• David Crosby - vocals
• Nick DeCaro - organ, strings, accordion
• Craig Doerge - keyboards
• Victor Feldman - percussion, piano, vibraphone
• Art Garfunkel - vocals
• David Grisman - mandolin, mandocello
• Bobbye Hall - percussion
• Milt Holland - percussion
• Jim Keltner - drums
• Danny Kortchmar - guitar, mandolin
• Russ Kunkel - drums, percussion
• Gayle Levant - harp
• David Lindley - dobro, guitar
• Steve Madaio - horn
• Clarence McDonald - keyboards, synthesiser
• Graham Nash - vocals
• Herb Pedersen - banjo, vocals
• Bonnie Raitt - vocals
• Carly Simon - vocals
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Alex Taylor - vocals
• Russ Titelman - percussion
• Waddy Wachtel - guitar
• Ken Watson - percussion
• Ernie Watts - saxophone
• Willie Weeks - bass
• Stevie Wonder - harmonica