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Carole King -- Tapestry
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Artist..................: Carole King
Album................: Tapestry
Genre.................: Pop, Easy Listening, Vocals
Source................: CD
Year...................: 1971
Label..................: Ode/Epic/Legacy
Catalog No.........: EK 65850
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Tracklisting
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1. I Feel The Earth Move
2. So Far Away
3. It's Too Late
4. Home Again
5. Beautiful
6. Way Over Yonder
7. You've Got A Friend
8. Where You Lead
9. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
10. Smackwater Jack
11. Tapestry
12. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
13. Out In The Cold (Previously Unreleased)
14. Smackwater Jack (Previously Unreleased Live Version)
Playing Time.........: 00:50:36
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Credits
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Carole King: Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (background)
James Taylor: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Vocals, Liner Notes, Grandfalloon
Joni Mitchell: Vocals (background)
Julia Tillman Waters: Vocals (background)
Curtis Amy: Bass, Flute, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Wind, String Quartet
Steve Barzyk: Drums
David Campbell: Cello, Viola
Merry Clayton: Vocals, Vocals (background)
Terry King: Cello, Sax (Tenor), String Quartet
Russ Kinkel: Drums
Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar: Guitar, Conga, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Charles Larkey: Bass, String Bass, String Quartet
Joel O'Brian: Drums
Ralph Schuckett: Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Barry Socher: Violin, Sax (Tenor), Viola, String Quartet
Perry Steinberg: Bass, Violin, Sax (Tenor), String Bass
Taylor Boy And Girl Choir: Vocals (background)
Bob Irwin: Engineer, Mixing, Preparation
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Review
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Jason Ankeny (allmusic.com)
Carole King brought the fledgling singer/songwriter phenomenon to the masses with Tapestry, one of the most successful albums in pop music history. A remarkably expressive and intimate record, it's a work of consummate craftsmanship. Always a superior pop composer, King reaches even greater heights as a performer; new songs like the hits "It's Too Late" and "I Feel the Earth Move" rank solidly with past glories, while chestnuts like "You've Got a Friend," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" take on added resonance when delivered in her own warm, compelling voice. With its reliance on pianos and gentle drumming, Tapestry is a light and airy work on its surface, occasionally skirting the boundaries of jazz, but it's also an intensely emotional record, the songs confessional and direct; in its time it connected with listeners like few records before it, and it remains an illuminating experience decades later.
Amazon.co.uk
Carole King was famous as a writer of girl group hits in the 1960s. In 1971, she became more famous. That's the year Tapestry became one of the biggest selling LPs of all time. It's easy to hear why--the music is loose, earthy, L.A. session-pop. King is casual, intimate, and tough; she covers all the emotional ground of the post-liberated woman with ease. She brings adult nuance to "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" and comes up with hits ( "It's Too Late", "I Feel the Earth Move" ) whose white soul realism and maturity put pop hits to shame.
AMG Review
Carole King brought the fledgling singer/songwriter phenomenon to the masses with Tapestry, one of the most successful albums in pop music history. A remarkably expressive and intimate record, it's a work of consummate craftsmanship. Always a superior pop composer, King reaches even greater heights as a performer; new songs like the hits "It's Too Late" and "I Feel the Earth Move" rank solidly with past glories, while chestnuts like "You've Got a Friend," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" take on added resonance when delivered in her own warm, compelling voice. With its reliance on pianos and gentle drumming, Tapestry is a light and airy work on its surface, occasionally skirting the boundaries of jazz, but it's also an intensely emotional record, the songs confessional and direct; in its time it connected with listeners like few records before it, and it remains an illuminating experience decades later.
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