premise: Hourglass was James Taylor's first album in 6 years.
hypothesis: Hourglass is singer-songwriter James Taylor 's fourteenth studio album . Taylor 's first studio album in six years was released in 1997 to glowing notices . Critics embraced the dark themes on the album , and Hourglass was a huge commercial success , reaching # 9 on the Billboard 200 ( Taylor 's first Top 10 album in sixteen years ) and also provided a big adult contemporary hit on `` Little More Time With You '' . James Taylor . His chart performance had a resurgence during the late 1990s and 2000s , when he recorded some of his most-awarded work ( including Hourglass , October Road , and Covers ) .