Carole King had been songwriting partnership with her husband, after they broke up he encouraged her to carry on with music on her own. It is a testament to the quality of her songwriting ability that so many of these tracks have been recorded by other artists from Aretha Franklin and James Taylor to Celine Dion, Shania Twain and even... McFly (ugh).
This is a great album, one of those ones that, listening to it on this list I will definitely keep an eye out for a copy next time I'm in a music store.
King's voice is strong and sure. Her arrangements switch from intimate and basic, to rich and full as best suited to the song.
The album cover shows Carole hand-stitching a tapestry and chilling with her cat (like a badass).
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