With his release of this album, James Taylor accomplished something none of his contemporaries has ever done; had a top ten album in the 1970's, 80's, 90's, 2000's 2010's and 2020's. American Standard debuted at #4 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart.
The Rolling Stones and Santana have done it from the 1960's - the 2010's and Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Van Halen and Bruce Springsteen have done it in the 70's, 80's 90's 00's and 10's.