"growing away from me" is lousy quality recording

don't buy this cd for "growing away from me" as the recording sounds like it was burned from an old album, lots of pops and crackling. surely they could have found a better source tape or cleaned it up.

Carole King follows up "Tapestry" with a pretty good album

One of the problems with having the best selling record of all time is that you have to follow it up, which is what happened when Carole King put out "Music" at the end of 1971. Once you acknowledge that coming up with another "Tapestry" was going to be impossible, "Music" is actually one if her better albums. The biggest difference between the two was that this time King was singing mostly new songs this time around, several of which were written with her new collaborator Toni Stern. The tradeoff ends up being that the melodies are a stronger but that the lyrics are not as sublime as what we heard on "Tapestry." A few of the songs, most notably the opening song "Brother, Brother" and "Carry Your Load," are much more political than what we had heard prior to this from the singer-songwriter. The great irony was that most of King's best songs always sound better performed by somebody else. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin is the classic example, but on "Music" we have "It's Gonna Take Some Time," which was successfully covered by the Carpenters. Still, there is something to be said for hearing King sing the songs she wrote that were made famous by others, such as "Some King of Wonderful" which was recorded by the Drifters. My choice for best song on the album would be "Song of Long Ago," on which King's friend James Taylor shows up to sing backing vocals. Most music fans can get buy with "Tapestry" and a Carole King hits collection in their music library, but for those who consider themselves King aficionados "Music" is her third best album with 1975's "Really Rosie" coming in second; guess what is in first place.

Passionate Music

Carole King pours her passion into her music. The first time I heard this collection on LP I felt the magic. It is my favorite album because it was the first one to introduce me to this rare song writer. I must have worn out that LP and graduated to cassette. I wore that out too. Thanks to CD, I can play it on and on without a worry.



Music followed her landmark album Tapestry both released in 1971. While it did not receive the recognition of the former album, these songs continue in the same soulful path. Carole's genius shines throughout.



The list of Pop and R & B singers who have recorded her songs seems endless. Carole's lyrics are timeless and inspirational for all generatons.