The album won four Grammy awards and eventually sold more than 10.5 million copies, more than either Simon & Garfunkels Bridge Over Troubled Water (9 million) or the Beatles Abbey Road (6 million).
With its reliance on pianos and gentle drumming, Tapestry is a light and airy work on its surface, occasionally skirting the boundaries of jazz, but it’s also an intensely emotional record, the songs confessional and direct in its time it connected with listeners like few records before it, and it remains an illuminating experience decades later.ġ2. Singer-songwriter Carole King achieved stardom with the release of her album Tapestry on February 10, 1971. Always a superior pop composer, King reaches even greater heights as a performer new songs like the hits “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel the Earth Move” rank solidly with past glories, while songs like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” take on added resonance when delivered in her own warm, compelling voice. A remarkably expressive and intimate record, it’s a work of consummate craftsmanship. More than 400 of her compositions have been recorded by over 1000 artists, resulting in 100 hit singles from Will You Love Me Tomorrow for the. It was a great cultural accomplishment because Carole King was the first female artist to have achieved. A beautiful re-creation of her timeless hits Carole King is without question the most successful and revered female singer-songwriter in pop music history. It ranked number one in 1971 on the Billboard 200 and remained on the charts for four years. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2117 | Genre: PopĬarole King brought the fledgling singer/songwriter phenomenon to the masses with Tapestry, one of the most successful albums in pop music history. Tapestry (1971), recorded after King moved to LA, became one of the first albums that King lent her voice. Or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 885 MB