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Carole King - Tapestry-Legacy Edition (2-CD) Audio CD

A fair review of the Carole King "Tapestry-Legacy Edition (2-CD)" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Carole King reviews here, or go back to the Carole King tabs.

Carole King Band: Carole King
Title: Tapestry-Legacy Edition (2-CD)
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Release Date: 2008-04-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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

Feel the earth move
I realized it was time to switch to CD's. As the search for vinyl turned from a romp to the local music store to a search in the antique mall. With limited space and no future for many old vinyl friends it was time to round them up and release them to the local used book store. I cried and could only hope they would find a home that would cherish them.

It did not take long before I realized I missed them. So now I spend my days waiting for them to be reincarnated. Some that return are so tinny in sound that I can not believe they were that way to begin with. Others are so mangled that the original pattern of tunes is lost for ever.

It may be the result of time but I found this album to be all I remember and then some. It is well worth the purchase.

"Tapestry" is the best representation of Carol King and her music. If you only buy one, this is it. And you will feel the earth move under your feet.

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Finely Woven
I just remember that I thought every single song was great and how personal "Tapestry" sounded to my young ears. This landmark album from the 70's is one that my older sister owned and played endlessly, using seemingly to tap into an innermost emotional well that only teen-aged girls seem to possess. Now, almost 40 years later, that weird jumble of teen hormones having long dissipated and my sister well into adulthood, I cam listen to Carole King with an experienced heart and mind, and it holds up as a classic from the era.

"Tapestry" was one of the first albums of the singer/songwriter era that held together as an entity, and now rings pure as a dozen songs that meld into a seamless whole. King had already honed her skills as an ace commercial songwriter with husband Gerry Goffin, and this was her coming out party. As such, the twelve songs on "Tapestry" run the gamut of the confessional "It's Too Late" to the committal "You've Got a Friend" to emancipation ("Natural Woman"). It's a testament to the staying power of "Tapestry" that half of this album became hits for Carole and others (especially James Taylor's classic version of "Friend"), and the others are almost instantly recognizable.

It was that identifiable quality that raised "Tapestry" and, by association, King as a solo artist. It also opened doors for the likes of Carly Simon, Joan Armatrading and Taylor. The second disc of this set includes 11 of the album's songs recorded on various tours (missing is "Where You Lead"), with just King alone at the piano. It makes this double set a keeper for those of us that have let "Tapestry" slip from our grasp over the years.


Classic 70's
Best car listening CD ever made; I wore out my tape, had to find new!.


From the high school years
Now, nearly 40 years later, I must admit that I found a lot of extremely callow - it hadn't aged well, unlike many of my old favorites like Freewheelin Bob D or Rumors by Fleetwood M. I used to sit around and listen to this with my hippy pals as if it were philosophy. The ideas - get up every morning with a smile on your face, you make me feel like. . . -are about as deep as hippy speak. Even her voice seems limited in range to me, without a certain depth that I expect from jazz or soul vocalists. While some of the extra tracks on this are interesting and indeed raw, it is still the same old stuff. On the positive side, I did like to tap into the emotions I was feeling then and remember intimately, but again this will not enter my pantheon of much replayed favorites. I admit, this has more to say about my taste, so I don't pretend it is objective.

I would recommend this to old fans so long as they don't expect to love it the way they did as teenagers. Alas, it was disillusioning to me to listen to it critically. .


AWESOME

I hesitated initially because of the price, I have had Tapestry beginning with the album, 8-track, cassette tape and CD but it would be a mistake not to make the purchase. What a wonderful CD! The LIVE version is Carole King playing piano without all the other instrumentals you will hear on the studio version. I have this 2 set cd on my ZEN and I LOVE it!!!
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