James Taylor (2)Hourglass

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Acoustic, Soft Rock

Year:

Tracklist

Line 'Em Up4:42
Enough To Be On Your Way5:57
Little More Time With You3:51
Gaia5:30
Ananas5:42
Jump Up Behind Me3:28
Another Day2:21
Up Er Mei3:47
Up From Your Life5:15
Yellow And Rose4:54
Boatman3:57
Walking My Baby Back Home2:27
Hangnail2:22

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    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Stereo
    Columbia – COL 487748 2, Columbia – 487748 2Europe1997Europe1997
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997-05-20, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Enhanced, DADC
    Columbia – CK 67912US1997US1997
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album
    Columbia – CK 67912Canada1997Canada1997
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CassetteHourglass
    Cassette, Album
    Columbia – CT 67912US1997US1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Promo
    Columbia – ACK 67912US1997US1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CassetteHourglass
    Cassette, Album
    Columbia – 4877484Malaysia1997Malaysia1997
    New Submission
    Hourglass
    CD, Album, Enhanced
    Columbia – 487748 6, Columbia – COL 487748 6, Columbia – 01-487748-11Europe1997Europe1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, MinidiscHourglass
    Minidisc, Album
    Columbia – COL 487748 8Europe1997Europe1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album
    Columbia – CDCOL 5285 KSouth Africa1997South Africa1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997-07-01, CDHourglass
    CD, Album
    Sony Records – SRCS 8356Japan1997Japan1997
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CassetteHourglass
    Cassette, Album
    Columbia – 487748 4Spain1997Spain1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album
    Columbia – 487748 2Australia1997Australia1997
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997-07-01, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Promo, Stereo
    Sony Records – SRCS 8356Japan1997Japan1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CassetteHourglass
    Cassette, Album
    Columbia – 487748 4Europe1997Europe1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album
    Columbia – 758.337/2-487748Brazil1997Brazil1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Club Edition
    Columbia – CK 67912Canada1997Canada1997
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Enhanced
    Columbia – 487748 6Asia1997Asia1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 1997, CassetteHourglass
    Cassette, Album
    Columbia – 487748 4Indonesia1997Indonesia1997
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 2001, SACDHourglass
    SACD, Multichannel, Album
    Columbia – CS 67912US2001US2001
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 2012-07-17, CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Columbia – none, La Musica Di Repubblica - L'Espresso – noneItaly2012Italy2012
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, 2018, VinylHourglass
    2×LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Analog Spark – AS00056, Columbia – AS00056, Sony Music Commercial Music Group – 88985479041US2018US2018
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Hourglass, , SACDHourglass
    SACD, Multichannel, Album, Reissue
    Columbia – COL 487748 5EuropeEurope
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, , CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Enhanced, Repress
    Columbia – CK 67912USUS
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, , CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Club Edition, Enhanced, Reissue
    Columbia – CK 67912USUS
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Hourglass, , SACDHourglass
    SACD, Multichannel, Album, Reissue, single layer
    Columbia – 487748 5EuropeEurope
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, , CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Columbia – COL 487748 2, Columbia – 487748 2EuropeEurope
    New Submission
    Hourglass
    CD, Album, Enhanced, Repress
    Columbia – CK 67912USUS
    New Submission
    Cover of Hourglass, , CDHourglass
    CD, Album, Enhanced, Repress
    Columbia – CK 67912USUS
    New Submission

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    Reviews

    • Rockn70's avatar
      Rockn70
      I have another version CTCP-000041 F2 1C 02 ifpi L422
      • mjskywalker96's avatar
        mjskywalker96
        Hourglass is wonderful JT album with an artist at his peak giving his best songwriting for an entire record. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this record on CD. I’m glad we have it on vinyl now. The package is beautiful and the pressing is flat with the low end you want. Highly recommended!
        • BalooDP's avatar
          BalooDP
          Archimago's List says this is allegedly the master used for this SACD is from a 44.1khz source rather than the master tapes.

          http://archimago.blogspot.com/2013/07/list-suspected-44-or-48khz-pcm.html?m=1
          • aledif71's avatar
            aledif71
            Edited 4 years ago
            I'm not sure I agree with aerial.boundaries. I'm listening to this beautiful record as I type and I have to say that "Gaia" took my breath away the first time I heard the moment the percussions enter mid-song, while "Up From Your Life" has a wonderful, rumbling bass, but I wouldn't call it earthquake-like, rather life-like, or better: live-like. Projecting, possibly, but in a very realistic way.
            I guess it's all down to everyone's setup, but for me this is a beautiful sonic presentation of a very, very good album.
            • aerial.boundaries's avatar
              Edited 4 years ago
              James Taylor's best album since the early 70's, finally on Vinyl; but is it a hit or miss?
              Even though I’m not an aficionado I have longed for this release since I sold my CD collection in 2005 and 2006. The music in itself is very good; but primary the original CD was also very well mastered and mixed and a great one to use when comparing and listening to different systems.

              This release has been promoted by Analog Spark as “the best” when it comes to the soundstage; pressing and packaging (Just read the sticker on the shrink wrap!). So you are more than tempted to intentionally inspect and listen closely to the record rather than enjoying the music – and this is actually the most disturbing thing about this release – it is treated as a super Hi-Fi record, pushing the bass and vocals up front and forgetting the music a bit. My review of each component of the record will follow below.

              The Packing:

              The first noticeable thing about the packing is the very slack shrink-wrap. It’s the same kind that Mobile Fidelity are using and the sad thing with this kind of wrap is that the record cannot be kept in the shrink unless your intention is to use it as an outer-plastic sleeve. This means that the sticker needs to be cut off from the wrap and saved separately

              The jacket is made out of really thick American cardboard (completed with the wonderful smell of late 60’s American releases). There's a risk the paper inside the gatefold cracks if you open it wide because it is really strained. Otherwise it’s a very nice looking sleeve and delivering on the promise of being a high-quality sleeve.

              The inner sleeves are plain anti-static plastic sleeve, similar to the ones MOFI are using. The main problem with these inners together with a very stiff outer jacket is that the record moves alot during transit – with a great risk of causing seamsplits. Most of my new MOFIs are split and this release from Analog Spark is no exception. This IS awfully annoying and many of you who purchase this release will be experiencing this.

              The Master and soundstage:

              This is where the original CD excelled. It was musical but also very likable when it came to Hi-Fi. The main problem this time around is that Analog Spark and their mastering engineer has treated this release as super Hi-fi record – losing some of its original musicality. So ask yourself, do you listen to Hi-fi or music? If the answer is the later, choose the CD.

              The first thing you will notice is wonderful separation, great middles and highs; but also a VERY projecting bass. It’s very deep-toned and the lower frequencies are felt like an earth-quake in the floor even on low volumes. So if you intend to crank the volume up you might need to alarm the neighbors. Some songs in particular are very bass-heavy – like “jump up behind me”, almost making it distracting at times. The good thing though is that for the first time I am really hearing how extremely tight the band is playing; and when Edgar Meyers is playing the acoustic bass everything falls into place. The pressing in itself is also great and it is dead-silent with no deviation in noise. I have edited this review today (16-04-21) after listening to it again and I think I was a bit too biased toward the CD before. The vinyl is actually really nice.
              • monkey7999's avatar
                monkey7999
                Did this ever come out on vinyl? It's one of my favorite albums, from a huge artist too.
                • Yolycher's avatar
                  Yolycher
                  Walking My Baby Back Home in thsi cd is 3:13 is like a little space with no music.
                  • Gerlof's avatar
                    Gerlof
                    I have an sacd version. This is not in your list.

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