October Road (album)

October Road
Studio album by
James Taylor
ReleasedAugust 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)
RecordedEarly 2000–2002
StudioLinden Oaks Studios (Rochester, NY)
Q Division Studios (Somerville, MA)
Secret Sound (New York City, NY)
Flying Monkey Studios (New York City, NY)
Right Track Recording (New York City, NY)
Signal Path Studios (Nashville, TN)
The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA)
Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length52:00
LabelColumbia
ProducerRuss Titelman
James Taylor chronology
Greatest Hits Volume 2
(2000) 		October Road
(2002) 		The Best of James Taylor
(2003)
Singles from October Road
  1. "October Road"
    Released: 2002
  2. "On the 4th of July"
    Released: 2002
  3. "Whenever You're Ready"
    Released: 2003
  4. "Belfast to Boston"
    Released: 2003
  5. "Raised Up Family"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

October Road is the 15th studio album by singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in 2002. The album would be Taylor's last album of original material until Before This World in 2015. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Performance at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with 154,000 copies sold in its opening week, Taylor's best-performing album in the SoundScan era.[6] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 21, 2002,[7] and had sold 1,076,000 copies in the United States as of May 2015.[8]

The album has two versions: a single-disc version and a "limited edition" two-disc version, which contains three extra songs, as well as a video presentation.

  1. ^ October Road at AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  2. ^ Aizlewood, John (August 8, 2002). "Pop CD releases: James Taylor: October Road". The Guardian. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  3. ^ Walters, Barry (September 10, 2002). "October Road | Album Reviews". Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "James Taylor: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  6. ^ "James Taylor Hits The 'Road' This Fall". Billboard. August 27, 2002.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – James Taylor – October Road". Recording Industry Association of America.
  8. ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.