"Before This World" is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was released on June 15, 2015. It is Taylor's first album of original material since October Road (2002). He recorded the album in a barn on his property in western Massachusetts with Steve Gadd on drums and Jimmy Johnson on bass. In April 2015, he announced a short U.S. tour running from July 2nd to August 6th to promote the album. "Before This World" is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was released on June 15, 2015. It is Taylor's first album of original material since October Road (2002). He recorded the album in a barn on his property in western Massachusetts with Steve Gadd on drums and Jimmy Johnson on bass. In April 2015, he announced a short U.S. tour running from July 2nd to August 6th to promote the album. false 2025-11-08 04:32:11 2015 2015-06-12 2015-06-12 42 Country Pop Soft Rock 111408 2242787 8ff85241-b496-4768-9ea0-cc0d74a0ccf8 107d0c22-d051-4d98-8206-4e14de02132a acc0910f-f491-4977-a5c9-7d8cdf3cd35d /config/metadata/library/d2/d26f0d24c74fc783cd98585fdebbde1a/folder.jpg James Taylor James Taylor 1 1 03:09 1 2 03:52 1 3 03:18 1 4 05:32 1 5 03:25 1 6 04:07 1 7 05:48 1 8 05:34 1 9 04:04 1 10 02:56