TAYLOR JAMES/HOURGLASS

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HOURGLASS IS SINGER-SONGWRITER JAMES TAYLORS FOURTEENTH ALBUM. TAYLORS FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN SIX YEARS WAS RELEASED IN 1997 TO GLOWING NOTICES. IT BUILT UPON THE SUCCESS OF HIS PREVIOUS EFFORTNEW MOON SHINE. HOURGLASS WAS AN INTROSPECTIVE ALBUM THAT EARNED TAYLOR HIS BEST CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ALMOST TWENTY YEARS. THE ALBUMS LYRICS FOCUSED LARGELY ON TAYLORS TROUBLED PAST AND FAMILY. JUMP UP BEHIND ME PAID TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHERS RESCUEAND THE LONG DRIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY BACK TO HIS HOME IN CHAPEL HILL. ENOUGH TO BE ON YOUR WAY WAS INSPIRED BY THE ALCOHOLISM-RELATED DEATH OF HIS BROTHER ALEX EARLIER IN THE DECADE. THE THEMES WERE ALSO INSPIRED BY TAYLORS DIVORCE FROM ACTRESS KAWHICH TOOK PLACE IN 1996. ROLLING STONE FOUND THAT ONE OF THE THEMES OF THIS RECORD IS DISBELIEFWHILE TAYLOR TOLD THE MAGAZINE THAT IT WAS SPIRITUALS FOR AGNOSTICS.CRITICS EMBRACED THE DARK THEMES ON THE ALBUMAND HOURGLASS WAS A HUGE COMMERCIAL SUCCESSREACHING