The importance of this album stems not so much from its huge sales but from what critic Robert Christgau says in "Christgau's Record Guide": "King has done for the female voice what countless singer-composers achieved years ago for the male: liberated it from technical decorum. She insists on being heard as she is – not raunchy and hot-to-trot or sweeet and be-yoo-ti-ful, just human, with all the cracks and imperfections that implies." (1981)
King wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album, several of which had already been hits for other artists such as Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and The Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". Three songs were co-written with King's ex-husband Gerry Goffin. James Taylor, who encouraged King to sing her own songs, and who also played on Tapestry, would have a #1 hit with "You've Got a Friend."
In 2003, the album was ranked number 36 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2001, the VH1 TV network named Tapestry the 39th greatest album ever. In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
Various artists combined to re-record all the original tracks for more than one tribute album; the first, released in 1995, entitled Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King, and the second, released in 2003, entitled A New Tapestry — Carole King Tribute.
Track Listing
All songs by Carole King except where noted.
- "I Feel the Earth Move" – 2:58
- "So Far Away" – 3:55
- "It's Too Late" (lyrics by Toni Stern) – 3:53
- "Home Again" – 2:29
- "Beautiful" – 3:08
- "Way Over Yonder" – 4:44
- "You've Got a Friend" – 5:09
- "Where You Lead" (lyrics by Stern) – 3:20
- "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:12
- "Smackwater Jack" (Goffin, King) – 3:41
- "Tapestry" – 3:13
- "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) – 3:49
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