Albums recommandés

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.