Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 05/25/1999
Run Time: 51:02
This album was always sort of a joke among
Carole King's serious fans, containing 12 songs drawn from six albums, and liner notes that fail even to acknowledge the existence of
Writer, her one pre-
Tapestry solo LP.
A Natural Woman supplanted it later, and the addition of two live cuts,
"Eventually" and
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" from the
Carnegie Hall concert on the 1999 reissue (
Ode/
Epic/
Legacy 65846), doesn't extended the range or depth of the selection sufficiently. On the other hand, the 1999 remastering does improve the listening pleasure inherent in what is here -- the material off of
Tapestry,
Music,
Rhymes & Reasons, and others is now very robust, with vivid instrumentation and a close, rich profile of
King's voice. The selection of
King's work is still only an inch deep, but it's a more rewarding inch.
~Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
;)
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