At the Pinnacle of Pop Albums...

Tapestry is on the very short list of the greatest Rock/Pop albums of the 1970's. There are 4 or 5 monster hits still burned in to my brain from 1971-72.



The most amazing thing is how well the whole album has held up. Artfully written tunes with accessible lyrics and clean arrangements and production carry the day. Carol King's voice won't make anybody forget contemporary vocalists like Karen Carpenter or Marilyn McCoo (5th Dimension), but it works well here.

Excellent must have!

My mother had the original LP, but I used to play it until unfortunately, I eventually wore out the grooves! I am happy that it is remastered and included some gems worth listening to!

A timeless winner album !

Four Grammy were conquered for this work. Far beyond all these prizes , this work was recorded with such commitment level that it will be hard for you not get involved for his aura .

Carole King was in the top of his creative and interpretative powers with themes which have surpassed its own time to become hymns : You 've got a friend , Tapestry , It's too late are now, part of a legend .

If you want to get close to a giant album , where the artistic quality , the real sense of expression and wishes for say something , this is for you .

Buy back ones youth

As the search for vinyl turned from a romp to the local music store to a search in the antique mall. I realized it was time to switch to CD's. 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.

Carole King proves she can sing her own songs (big time)

In terms of becoming an overnight sensation after having worked with some notable success in the music business, you are hard pressed to find a better example than Carole King. Having written some early hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," in the late 1960's King got the chance to record and sing her own songs. The result was "Tapestry," an album that basically everybody had to have (Think "Rumors" or "Thriller" if you are not old enough to remember). "Tapestry" was on the charts for over six years and when we talk about singer-songwriters this album is the fountainhead for the genre.



"Tapestry" is an album that announces it's presence with authority with the opening pounding piano chords of "I Feel The Earth Move" and ends with a truly soulful "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." In between there was the beautiful simplicity of "So Far Away," "Way Over Yonder," and "You've Got A Friend." Fans of "The Gilmore Girls" will recognize "Where You Lead," and will probably miss hearing King sing it with her daughter. This was really the first album after the Beatles broke up where you there were a whole bunch of hit singles to be found: in addition to all of the above you can throw in "It's Too Late" as well. "Tapestry" remains a simple, classic album of pop music that made pretty much every album that followed it suffer in comparison.



It is a bit funny to think that to help sell the CD version of one of the best selling albums of all time someone thought there was a need to have bonus tracks. Now, as a general rule, I like bonus tracks on albums from the Sixties. However, this particular album ends with "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," and today's generation should be able to enjoy the sense of completion that provided to listening to "Tapestry" the same way we all did way back when. There is such a thing as preserving our musical heritage, not that there is anything wrong with either the unreleased "Out in the Cold" and an unreleased live solo piano version of "Smackwater Jack" from 1973. But niether can improve on the original ending.