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Re: 24-05-2024
Carole King’s Tapestry is one of the rare albums that immediately plays in your head the moment its title, cover art, or songs are mentioned. Having achieved status of near-mythical proportions, it is the singer-songwriter record you’d bring to the proverbial desert island if you were limited to one choice. Renowned for its lifelike production, Tapestry now sounds clearer, richer, and more emotional courtesy of Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g LP.
Faithful to original album producer Lou Adler’s vision of making King (and not just any pianist player) appear seated and playing in front of listeners, this audiophile reissue plays with stellar transparency, balance, warmth, intimacy, and perhaps most importantly, feeling.
The results mirror what went down in the A&M Studios. Lean, simple, direct, and so nakedly real the sonics evoke what might be heard on a professional demo tape, this collectable LP gives what Rolling Stone deems the 36th Greatest Album of All Time the due it deserves. King’s personal singing, her graceful pianism, the integral rhythmic foundation provided by the likes of drummer Russ Kunkel and guitarist Danny Kortchmar, and the symmetrical contributions of guest instrumentalists ranging from saxophonist Curtis Amy to guitarist James Taylor resonate with three-dimensional imaging and cozy realism. Every note, every basic movement, accurately rendered with exquisite detail and full-bodied tonality.
“…This Mobile Fidelity reissue is the version to own…”
—Jeff Dorgay, TONEAudio, Issue 62
Tracklist:
- 01. I Feel the Earth Move
- 02. So Far Away
- 03. It’s Too Late
- 04. Home Again
- 05. Beautiful
- 06. Way Over Yonder
- 07. You’ve Got a Friend
- 08. Where You Lead
- 09. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
- 10. Smackwater Jack
- 11. Tapestry
- 12. (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
