Tapestry - Carole King

Recently given as a gift from a great long time friend who has emigrated from the UK to another country I have been listening to this album on and off for the last three weeks. It is such a great album to listen to I was completely bowled over by the singer and the fact that for a long time I never considered Carole King's music let alone her voice or knew of the songs which she had written. Her music however fits easily into the easy listening bracket and it is impossible not to miss unless you like more modern singers such as Eva Cassidy, Joss Stone and others. However given that King has written many songs including the soundtrack opening theme to Star Trek Enterprise ...  Read the complete review

Although this album was released in the early Seventies, it remains popular to this day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover / Artwork ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This cover is very simply by today's standards, with "Carole King Tapestry" in red, and a picture of Carole relaxing on a window with a cat. The inlay card of the CD is fold out - with the lyrics and song information on one side, and a large picture of a Tapestry on the back. There are also several small pictures of the recording of this album on the same side as the Tapestry. The CD itself is black and white with "Carol Kind Tapestry" written on in with black and white details of ...  Read the complete review

You probably haven't heard the name before but I bet you already know quite a few of her tunes. That classic get up and shake your stuff tune 'I feel the earth move'? 'You've got a friend'? The perfect song for playing when you've split up with a scumbag 'It's too late'? (they used it for a car ad not all that long ago...) Don't remember that one? Okay, how about the slightly corny but still amazing 'You make me feel like a natural woman'? Perhaps the more discerning music fans among you think there are too many love songs here to make this album of any interest to you. Not so. Carole manages to fill her ...  Read the complete review

I just lost my flatmate in tragic circumstances. As I watched him walking down the aisle with his new flatmate for life, organ music in the background, I found myself adjusting to new realities. Having had access to his CD collection for the last 3 1/2 years in which we had shared, I suddenly found myself in a situation where his musical taste was all important - which of his albums did I now HAVE to go out and buy? In actual fact, out of his entire collection (much of which is crap) I felt the need to purchase two albums - this is one of them; ELO Greatest Hits the other. The very first time I heard the album it felt like an old friend. My ...  Read the complete review

It is very rare indeed, especially in this day and age, to find a full length album that does not suffer from consisting of a few hits and the rest fillers. Carole King's Tapestry succeeds in doing so. Released in 1971 this is one of the most successful albums in pop history and arguably the first to bring the female singer/ songwriter to the fore. There is not a bad song on this album and many will be recognised for the more famous cover versions (James Taylor 'You've Got A friend' and Aretha Franklin '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' to name 2). King possesses a voice of remarkable warmth and expression that she uses to great effect here. ...  Read the complete review