Tapestry = Carole King (1971)

[DudeAsInCool]

Tapestry = Carole King (1971)

For a decade, King wrote pop songs with her then-husband, Gerry Goffin: hits such as Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" (Eva Boyd was the couple's baby sitter) and the Monkees' "Pleasant Valley Sunday." Then King's friend James Taylor encouraged her to sing her own tunes. "We would record my songs, and then we would go to another studio where James was recording his album," King said of making Tapestry. She slowed down "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (originally a hit for the Shirelles in 1961), heightening the melancholy inside, while her warm, earnest singing brought out the sadness in "It's Too Late" and the earthy joy on "I Feel the Earth Move." On Tapestry, King remade herself as an artist and created the reigning model for the 1970s female singer-songwriter.

Total album sales: 10 million

Peak chart position: 1

http://www.rollingstone.com/features/cover...en.asp?pid=2136

[liesabath]

One of the dearest vinyls I have :)

[rainbowdemon]

An old favorite of mine too!

[DudeAsInCool]

This was huge when it came out. If I recall, it had a ton of chart hits and wasone of the biggest selling albums of all time. If you are not familiar with it, give it a listen if you are into tasteful and song writing and mellow stuff