Tapestry
Album by Carole King
Released	March, 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	44:31
Label	Ode
Producer(s)	Lou Adler
Professional reviews
AMG link
Carole King chronology
Writer (1970)	Tapestry (1971)	Music (1971)

Tapestry is a ground-breaking pop album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). The album features King's well-crafted, heartfelt songs sung in her honest, intriguing voice with minimal production by Lou Adler. It has earned a spot as one of the quintessential recordings of the rock era. Tapestry was ranked number 1 for fifteen weeks and remained on the charts for over six years. The album also garnered four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; Record of the Year ("It's Too Late"); and Song of the Year ("You've Got a Friend"). Cover for album Tapestry by Carole King. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Tapestry (1971) Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is a Jewish American singer and songwriter. ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... For the 1979 song by M, see Pop Muzik. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Ode Records was started by Lou Adler in 1967 after he sold Dunhill Records to ABC Records. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Lou Adler (born in 1935) is an American born legendary record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_out_of_5. ... Tapestry (1971) Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is a Jewish American singer and songwriter. ... Writer is a 1970 album by Carole King. ... زي الزفت ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Tapestry (1971) Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is a Jewish American singer and songwriter. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... See also: 1970 in music, other events of 1971, 1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Youve Got a Friend is a song from the early 1970s which marked the singer-songwriter movement. ...

King wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album, several of which had already been hits for other artists such as Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" and the Shirelles's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?". James Taylor, who encouraged King to sing her own songs, would have a #1 hit with "You've Got A Friend." Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an iconic American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Shirelles were an influential American girl group in the early 1960s. ... The Best of James Taylor album cover James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

In December 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Tapestry as the 36th greatest album ever. Also in 2003, the TV network VH1 named it the 39th greatest album ever. Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (which originally stood for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (then a division of Warner Communications and then-current owners of MTV, which originally came up with the idea of the channel). ...

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Track listing

All songs by Carole King, except where noted.

Original vinyl release

1. "I Feel the Earth Move" - 2:58
2. "So Far Away" - 3:55
3. "It's Too Late" (King, Toni Stern) - 3:53
4. "Home Again" - 2:29
5. "Beautiful" - 3:08
6. "Way Over Yonder" - 4:44
7. "You've Got a Friend" - 5:09
8. "Where You Lead" (King, Stern) - 3:20
9. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (Gerry Goffin, King) - 4:12
10. "Smackwater Jack" (Goffin, King) - 3:41
11. "Tapestry" - 3:13
12. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) - 3:49

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CD reissue

The album was reissued in 1999 as a CD, with two previously unreleased bonus tracks. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Interference colors. ...

1. "I Feel the Earth Move" - 2:58
2. "So Far Away" - 3:55
3. "It's Too Late" - 3:53
4. "Home Again" - 2:29
5. "Beautiful" - 3:08
6. "Way Over Yonder" - 4:44
7. "You've Got a Friend" - 5:09
8. "Where You Lead" - 3:20
9. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" - 4:12
10. "Smackwater Jack" - 3:41
11. "Tapestry" - 3:13
12. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - 3:49
13. "Out in the Cold" - 2:44
14. "Smackwater Jack" [live] - 3:21

Personnel

• Carole King - synthesizer, guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals, background vocals
• Curtis Amy - bass, flute, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, string quartet
• Steve Barzyk - drums
• David Campbell - cello, viola
• Merry Clayton - vocals, background vocals
• Terry King - cello, tenor saxophone, string quartet
• Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, conga, electric guitar, vocals
• Russ Kunkel - drums
• Charles Larkey - bass, electric bass, string bass, string quartet
• Joni Mitchell - background vocals
• Joel O'Brian - drums
• Michael Pultand
• Ralph Schuckett - piano, keyboard, electric piano
• Barry Socher - violin, tenor saxophone, viola, string quartet
• Perry Steinberg - bass, violin, tenor saxophone, string bass
• Taylor Boy and Girl Choir (Joni Mitchell and James Taylor) - background vocals
• James Taylor - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals, grandfalloon
• Julia Tillman - vocals, background vocals

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Production

• Producer: Lou Adler
• Engineers: Vic Anesini, Hank Cicalo, Bob Irwin, Carole King
• A&R: Steven Berkowitz
• Mixing: Bob Irwin
• Mastering: Vic Anesini, Steve Hall
• Surround mix: Paul Klingberg
• Product manager: Jessica Sowin
• Project manager: Jessica Sowin
• Project director: Howard Frank
• Preparation: Bob Irwin
• Art direction: Roland Young
• Design: Chuck Beeson
• Reissue design: Smay Vision
• Photography: Jim McCrary
• Liner notes: James Taylor

Charts

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Awards