Music (Carole King album)
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Studio album by Carole King | |||||
Released | 1971 Expanded Remaster: 21 April 2004(Released in Japan Only) |
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Genre | Rock/Pop | ||||
Length | 40:00 | ||||
Label | A&M/Ode(Original Issue) Ode/Sony Music(Re-Issue) Sony Music Direct(Remastered CD) |
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Producer | Lou Adler | ||||
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Carole King chronology | |||||
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Music was the third album by Carole King and the continuation of the style laid down in Tapestry. This time Carole King plays the piano and celeste on many tracks. Music peaked the album charts in the United States at #1.
Songs include "It's Going to Take Some Time", "Sweet Seasons", "Brother Brother", and "Music". ("It's Going To Take Some Time" was a hit covered by The Carpenters.)
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Carole King, except where noted.
- "Brother, Brother" – 3:00
- "It's Going to Take Some Time" (King/Toni Stern) – 3:35
- "Sweet Seasons"(King/Stern) – 3:15
- "Some Kind of Wonderful" (King/Gerry Goffin) – 3:07
- "Surely" – 4:58
- "Carry Your Load" – 2:52
- "Music" – 3:50
- "Song of Long Ago" – 2:44
- "Brighter" – 2:46
- "Growing Away from Me" – 3:03
- "Too Much Rain" (King/Stern) – 3:35
- "Back to California" – 3:23
[edit] Chart positions
Year | Chart | Position |
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1972 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Personnel
- Carole King - Piano, Electric Piano, Electric Celeste, Backing Vocals
- Ralph Schuckett - Organ, Electric Piano, Electric Celeste
- Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals
- James Taylor - Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Charles Larkey - Electric and Acoustic bass
- Joel O'Brien, Russ Kunkel - Drums
- Ms. Bobbye Hall - Congas, Bongos, Tambourine
- Teresa Calderon - Congas
- Curtis Amy - Tenor Sax, Electric Flute
- Oscar Brashear - Flugelhorn
- William Green, William Collette, Ernest Watts, Plas Johnson, Mike Altschul - Woodwind, Flute, & Saxophone
- Abigale Haness - Backing Vocals
- Merry Clayton - Backing Vocals
[edit] Production
- Producer: Lou Adler
- Engineers: Hank Cicalo
- Assistant Engineer: Norm Kinney
- Art Direction: Roland Young
- Design: Chuck Beeson
- Photography: Jim McCrary
Preceded by There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone |
Billboard 200 number-one album January 1 - January 21, 1972 |
Succeeded by American Pie by Don McLean |