--- description: "Before This World" arrives June 16 title: James Taylor Is Releasing a New Album in June image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91649c7b58f2d3fb/69878702e20a872079a85f1d/james-taylor-new-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # James Taylor Is Releasing a New Album in June by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2015 5:48 PM CUT  James Taylor performs at The Nearness Of You Benefit Concert on January 20, 2015 in New York City. James Taylor performs at The Nearness Of You Benefit Concert on January 20, 2015 in New York City.Ilya S. Savenok—Getty Images by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2015 5:48 PM CUT James Taylor hasn’t released an album of original songs since 2002’s _October Road,_ but he’s making a comeback this summer when he releases _Before This World._ “It’s a very different kind of thing to prepare an album of original songs,” he told [_The_ ](http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/04/06/james-taylor-set-release-new-before-this-world-june/Hk8H78PwuRhLdoyAUZT9RJ/story.html "undefined")[_Boston Globe_](http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/04/06/james-taylor-set-release-new-before-this-world-june/Hk8H78PwuRhLdoyAUZT9RJ/story.html "undefined")_._ “I just needed to get back into the habit of writing lyrics.” Taylor has spent the time between albums working on this one and releasing an album of covers—titled, aptly, _Covers_—in 2008\. _Before This World_ arrives June 16. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/07/james-taylor-new-album?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3774170/james-taylor-before-this-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3774170/james-taylor-before-this-world/"},"headline":"James Taylor Is Releasing a New Album in June","datePublished":"2015-04-07T17:48:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:46:00.039Z","description":"\"Before This World\" arrives June 16","url":"https://time.com/3774170/james-taylor-before-this-world/","keywords":["Music","Album"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91649c7b58f2d3fb/69878702e20a872079a85f1d/james-taylor-new-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91649c7b58f2d3fb/69878702e20a872079a85f1d/james-taylor-new-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James Taylor performs at The Nearness Of You Benefit Concert on January 20, 2015 in New York City.","caption":"James Taylor performs at The Nearness Of You Benefit Concert on January 20, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Ilya S. Savenok—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3774170/james-taylor-before-this-world/","name":"James Taylor Is Releasing a New Album in June"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Beyonce on Her Biggest Influence","description":"Beyonce speaks about how her mother and daughter have inspired her.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bwiqhP86/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-24T10:24:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bwiqhP86.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3774170/james-taylor-before-this-world/","duration":"PT55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3774170/james-taylor-before-this-world/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```