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This was Carole's follow-up to her seminal, smash hit Tapestry. It of course suffers from an instant and obligatory comparison to that work. Tapestry is one of the great albums in the history of pop music. It was a top seller and was packed with hits. It was also an artistic triumph for King. This album is not made of the same cloth as Tapestry, but it might as well be, as the material is solid and it stands well on its own.

Every song on this is a winner. The difference in quality is in degrees and several of the songs compare to her best work from Tapestry. I suspect that part of the problem for this album was that it was released on the same year as its predecessor and carried not only huge expectations, but the market for King was not ready for another album while Tapestry was still hot and selling. It would have been better to wait another year and tweak the songs a little more before releasing them. Expect a beautiful album of folk/jazz/pop ballads in King's inimitable style. For fans of the singer/songwriter genre. Highlights:

Brother, Brother

Sweet Seasons

Surely

Carry Your Load

Music

Brighter

Back To California

Keep Moving

Highly Recommended and fully worth the extra money for the remastered Japanese version which includes an untitled extra track that is icing on the cake.

Based upon my recent purchases of the Supremes reissues - remastered with their original artwork, etc. - I went for all the Carole Kings Limited Editions - having been a fan since the beginning. It's great having the mini-album covers & liner notes/inserts.

I did have concern reading the only one review re: sound quality but went for all of them anyway. And I must say the quality is very good - on all 5 Limited Editions. Actually, much better than the original CD issue (back in the 90's). (I also purchased this CD when the first Japanese pressing came out in 04.) Yeah, I'm a sucker for Carole King.

Simply listening to the two - there is a notable difference. The sound on these new reissues is full and clean - even better than the original Japanese releases in 04.

I recently purchased this title along with Carole King Fantasy. I was dissapointed with the sonic quality of both in this japan mini lp series. I dont know what the source was for these,but I hear what sounds like analog distortion,and possibly surface noise,as though they used vinyl source.Track 2 on the Music albumn sounds especially bad. I have not heard the domesic release of either of these,so perhaps they are similar.Im tempted to buy a cheap used copy just to compare. This is the second japan mini series release that I have been dissapointed with. The Rod Stewart series didnt blow me away either. There was no distortion as with these King albumns, but it was actualy lacking the warmth of the domestic re-release. Beware,not all the japan releases are stellar quality.I wont even go into the Russian knock offs here.We all know about that dont we. Hey,once in awhile I buy a knock off just for the great packaging alone.I've been surprized by many of them. Not all that bad really. Are they using the japanese discs for a source? If so..bring it on. Just dont use them to knock off Carole King!