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Album
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Carole King
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Carole King - Tapestryjpg
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March 1971
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January 1971
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Pop / Rock
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44:31
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Ode
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Lou Adler
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Rolling_Stone" class="copylinks">Rolling Stone '' link
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'' Writer '' <br /> (1970)
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'''''Tapestry''''' <br /> (1971)
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'' Music '' <br /> (1971)
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'' is a ground-breaking
Pop album by
Singer-songwriter Carole King , released in
1971 . It features King's well-crafted, heartfelt songs sung in her honest, personal voice with minimal production by
Lou Adler . It has earned a spot as one of the quintessential recordings of the
Rock era. ''Tapestry'' was ranked US number 1 for 15 weeks and remained on the charts for over six years. The album also garnered four
Grammy Award s including
Album Of The Year ,
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ,
Record Of The Year ("
It's Too Late "); and
Song Of The Year ("
You've Got A Friend ").
The importance of this album stems not so much from its huge sales but from what critic
Robert Christgau says in "Christgau's Record Guide": "King has done for the female voice what countless singer-composers achieved years ago for the male: liberated it from techical decorum. She insists on being heard as she is -- not raunchy and hot-to-trot or sweeet and be-yoo-ti-ful, just human, with all the cracks and imperfections that implies." (1981)
King wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album, several of which had already been hits for other artists such as
Aretha Franklin 's "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" and the
Shirelles 's "
Will You Love Me Tomorrow ". Three songs were co-written with King's ex-husband
Gerry Goffin .
James Taylor , who encouraged King to sing her own songs, and who also played on ''Tapestry'', would have a #1 hit with "You've Got a Friend."
Also in 2003, the
VH1 TV Network named ''Tapestry'' the 39th greatest album ever. In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the
Library Of Congress to be added to the
National Recording Registry .
Various artists combined to re-record all the original tracks for more than one
Tribute Album ; the first, released in 1995, entitled ''Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King'', and the second, released in 2003, entitled ''A New Tapestry — Carole King Tribute''.
All songs by Carole King, except where noted.
#"
I Feel The Earth Move " – 2:58
#"So Far Away" – 3:55
#"
It's Too Late " (King,
Toni Stern ) – 3:53
#"Home Again" – 2:29
#"Beautiful" – 3:08
#"Way Over Yonder" – 4:44
#"
You've Got A Friend " – 5:09
#"Where You Lead" (King, Stern) – 3:20
#"
Will You Love Me Tomorrow ?" (
Gerry Goffin , King) – 4:12
#"Smackwater Jack" (Goffin, King) – 3:41
#"Tapestry" – 3:13
#"
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman " (Goffin, King,
Jerry Wexler ) – 3:49
The album was reissued in 1999 as a
CD , with two previously unreleased bonus tracks.
#"I Feel the Earth Move" – 2:58
#"So Far Away" – 3:55
#"It's Too Late" – 3:53
#"Home Again" – 2:29
#"Beautiful" – 3:08
#"Way Over Yonder" – 4:44
#"You've Got a Friend" – 5:09
#"Where You Lead" – 3:20
#"Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" – 4:12
#"Smackwater Jack" – 3:41
#"Tapestry" – 3:13
#"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" – 3:49
#"Out in the Cold" – 2:44
#"Smackwater Jack"
{Link without Title} – 3:21
Certain copies of the original CD issue list track 12 as "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman" with the parentheses putting a different emphasis on the title. However, the inside liner notes of these CDs still use the standard form of the track title as listed above.
- Carole King – Synthesizer , Guitar , Piano , Keyboard , Vocals , background vocals
- Curtis Amy – Bass Flute , Baritone Saxophone , Soprano Saxophone , Tenor Saxophone , string quartet
- Steve Barzyk – Drums
- David Campbell – Cello , Viola
- Merry Clayton – vocals, background vocals
- Terry King – cello, tenor saxophone, string quartet
- Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar – guitar, Conga , Electric Guitar , vocals
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Charles Larkey – bass, Electric Bass , String Bass , string quartet
- Joni Mitchell – background vocals
- Joel O'Brian – drums
- Michael Pultand
- Ralph Schuckett – piano, keyboard, Electric Piano
- Barry Socher – Violin , tenor saxophone, viola, string quartet
- Perry Steinberg – bass, violin, tenor saxophone, string bass
- "Taylor Boy and Girl Choir" (Joni Mitchell and James Taylor) – background vocals
- James Taylor – Acoustic Guitar , guitar, vocals, Granfalloon
- Julia Tillman – vocals, background vocals
- Producer: Lou Adler
- Engineers: Vic Anesini, Hank Cicalo, Bob Irwin, Carole King
- A&R: Steven Berkowitz
- Mixing: Bob Irwin
- Mastering: Vic Anesini, Steve Hall
- Surround mix: Paul Klingberg
- Product manager: Jessica Sowin
- Project manager: Jessica Sowin
- Project director: Howard Frank
- Preparation: Bob Irwin
- Art direction: Roland Young
- Design: Chuck Beeson
- Reissue design: Smay Vision
- Photography: Jim McCrary
- Liner notes: James Taylor
- "Where You Lead" became the title song of TV show '' Gilmore Girls ''. The version played on the show featured King and her daughter Louise Goffin sharing the vocals.
