Last night I listened to Carole King's Tapestry, inspired by the book I'm currently reading (Lee Martin's The Bright Forever), in which the album plays a minor role in a major plot point: A 9-year old girl sneaks into her older brother's room and listens to his Carole King album, leaving a scratch on the album's hit track "It's Too Late" (he finds out, gets his revenge by telling his parents she hasn't returned her overdue library books, she then leaves to do so and never returns). I've heard about this album before--it won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1972 and "It's Too Late" won Record of the Year. It's really quite good, particularly the opening tracks, the jaunty "I Feel the Earth Move," piano ballad "So Far Away," and jazz-influenced "It's Too Late." Tapestry, I've read, was quite influential in defining a new generation of female singer-songwriters (Carly Simon comes to mind, who broke out big the year after Tapestry with her No Secrets and major hit "You're So Vain"). Worth a listen if you're interested in an oldie but goodie.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
Last night I listened to Carole King's Tapestry, inspired by the book I'm currently reading (Lee Martin's The Bright Forever), in which the album plays a minor role in a major plot point: A 9-year old girl sneaks into her older brother's room and listens to his Carole King album, leaving a scratch on the album's hit track "It's Too Late" (he finds out, gets his revenge by telling his parents she hasn't returned her overdue library books, she then leaves to do so and never returns). I've heard about this album before--it won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1972 and "It's Too Late" won Record of the Year. It's really quite good, particularly the opening tracks, the jaunty "I Feel the Earth Move," piano ballad "So Far Away," and jazz-influenced "It's Too Late." Tapestry, I've read, was quite influential in defining a new generation of female singer-songwriters (Carly Simon comes to mind, who broke out big the year after Tapestry with her No Secrets and major hit "You're So Vain"). Worth a listen if you're interested in an oldie but goodie.
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Can we listen to this sometime? I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy this more than "Boom Boom Pow."
my god she was amazing wasn't she? Sort of like the Cathy Dennis of her day with her writing skills :) Loved her. Loved how people still mine her material for cover versions. Glorious. thanks for the memories :) :L)
I think Cathy needs to stage a singing comeback. I always thought she was great. One of my favorite songs by her is "Moments of Love," which isn't very well known.
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