Good Friends (Livingston Taylor album)


Good Friends is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor's ninth album, released in 1993.



The album is full of skillfully crafted pop songs and classics with a jazzy twist. Taylor includes several cover songs along with his own, self-penned, material. His cover of Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands" takes the original's simple arrangement and recreates the song into a gospel-choir backed a cappella performance. Based on the lyrics, the Grandma of this song was a religious woman who “clapped in church on Sunday morning” and “played a tambourine so well.” He also tackles the Wizard of Oz selections, "If I Only Had a Brain" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Keeping with the Chesky Records standards, as the back-cover reads, this album was "recorded with minimalist miking techniques and without overdubbing or artificial enhancement to ensure the purest and most natural sound possible."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Livingston Taylor, except where indicated.
  1. "Out of This World" — 2:45
  2. "Jacques Cousteau" — 2:17
  3. "Heart and Soul" — 2:42
  4. "Carolina Day" — 3:43
  5. "If I Only Had a Brain" — 4:18
  6. "Grandma's Hands" — 1:45
  7. "Blind" — 3:16
  8. "Good Friends" — 3:54
  9. "Pajamas" — 2:18
  10. "Get Out of Bed" — 2:57
  11. "Save Your Heart for Me" — 2:43
  12. "Fifth and Vine" — 2:46
  13. "Bluer Than Blue" — 2:55
  14. "In My Reply" — 3:46
  15. "Somewhere over the Rainbow" — 3:40
  16. "Thank You Song" — 1:13

    Formats

CD Chesky Records

180 gram LP Chesky Records