Tapestry- Carole King
Pop-influenced folk music.
Great when
you’re morose or feeling depressed for it’s then that you can really appreciate the quiet
talent it forecasts and all that it has to offer. Composed and written by Carole
King herself, it loses in the entrancing rhythm that characterised her sharply
different work with the 60s girl groups and female singers what it gains in
depth. King’s strong vocals tell a personal story, sentimental yet emotionally
restraint. She excels less on her own “Will you love me tomorrow” than the
Shirelles for whom she and Goffin wrote the song but, as with “(You make me
feel like) A natural woman” written for Aretha Franklin, her slow-paced rendition
is perhaps more touching. That being said, the album relies solely and heavily
on “Where you lead,” “Way over yonder,” “Feel the earth move” and “Smackwater
Jack.” The more pop-oriented “It’s too late” and “Out in the cold” (reissue) and
the ballad “So far away” are also worth checking. Expect to wallow in self-pity
right after.
UB40 Live- UB40 
Political reggae.
Pearl
Garage punk rock
Definitely a youthful take on punk rock, but for the young and the old alike. You can live without it, but you can't dislike it_ even Sharkey's whiny vocals aren't annoying enough; they actually work well with the whole thing. A proper crowd album, I-jump-on-my-bed style. Those must have been crazy funny gigs!
So many good tracks to choose from! The best: "Casbah rock", "Teenage kicks", "Get over you", "She's a run around", "Girls don't like it" "Male model" and the bonus tracks: "Emergency cases", "She can only say no", "Mars bars". The titles alone give you an idea of the band's primary concern. Their music is about one thing, good fun, and, here, they loyally stick to it.
Art & experimental rock, proto-punk.
Reed's sweet vocals murmur texts that meant to experiment with music the way The Velvet meant to experiment with life. Add to that Nico's rough singing capacities and Warhol's claws, the end result is often disturbing and meant to be so. The album is a pearl that would have shone brighter had its originality sounded a little more natural. "Sunday morning," "Venus in furs," "Run run run," are fine pieces but it's "I'm waiting for the man," "Femme fatale," "Heroin," "There she goes again" and "I'll be your mirror" that make the album a Pearl
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