King was an already-noted songwriter when this album appeared but this was something else - the writer singing her own material. And doing it with great success.
It gets off to a fairly lacklustre start (I Feel The Earth Move was never one of my favourites) but after that it's chock-full of great songs. So Far Away was a signature song for a young lady & I, longer ago than I care to remember; You've Got A Friend is a standard and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? a masterpiece.
Listening to this album, for me, is probably the equivalent of comfort-eating, but don't we all need some of that? Warm, honest and with the aroma of freshly-baked bread. Pour me a glass of chardonnay and we'll be fine.
The spotify link is to a 'legacy edition' album - the original ended at track 12.
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Finally, here I am! Sorry for the delay, and I still don't feel I've listened to it enough to make a judgement. However, just to say I was glad to see this one pop up as I had often wondered what it was like. And I enjoyed it too - strange experience to know several of the songs, but not necessarily having heard them sung by Carole King.
Will be listening to it more in the future I hope.
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