Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Hi-de-Ho - (with The City)
2. Wasn't Born to Follow - (with The City)
3. Up on the Roof
4. Child of Mine
5. I Feel the Earth Move
6. So Far Away
7. It's Too Late
8. Home Again
9. Beautiful
10. Way Over Yonder
11. You've Got a Friend
12. Where You Lead
13. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
14. Smackwater Jack
15. Tapestry
16. Natural Woman, (You Make Me Feel Like) A
17. Music
18. Brother, Brother
DISC 2:
1. Sweet Seasons
2. Pocket Money
3. It's Going to Take Some Time
4. Bitter With the Sweet
5. Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone
6. At This Time in My Life - (previously unreleased)
7. Been to Canaan
8. Ties That Bind - (previously unreleased)
9. Corazon - (Spanish)
10. Believe in Humanity - (previously unreleased, live)
11. Jazzman
12. Wrap Around Joy
13. Nightingale
14. Really Rosie
15. Alligators All Around
16. There's a Space Between Us
17. Only Love Is Real
18. You've Got a Friend - (previously unreleased, live, with James Taylor)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | James Taylor | | Producer: | Lou Adler | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Carole King (vocals, piano).
This 2-CD box set contains 36 tracks including 2 previously unreleased songs and 2 previously unreleased live recordings. In addition, the package comes with a 36-page booklet with extensive liner notes and rare photos.
The two-disc set A NATURAL WOMAN collects the highlights of Carole King's eight-year tenure at Lou Adler's Ode Records. Of course, of the several albums she released between 1968 and 1976, one stands out above all others; TAPESTRY is an all-time classic, the definitive '70s singer/songwriter album and the epitome of piano rock. A NATURAL WOMAN treats the album with the respect it deserves, including it in its entirety.
What's remarkable about this 36-track collection is that as brilliant as songs like "It's Too Late," "Where You Lead" and "So Far Away" are, the rest of the set is nearly up to their level. In fact, listening to the songs from the follow-up RHYMES AND REASONS, it's remarkable that this album didn't match the stratospheric commercial success of its predecessor. The set also includes rarities like the 1972 movie song "Pocket Money" and four unreleased tracks, two live takes including a duet with James Taylor on "You're Got A Friend" and two surprisingly fine outtakes from RHYMES AND REASONS.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...this chronologically presented collation starts well...goes stellar...then gradually, amid the welter of album tracks and the occasional rarity, fritters pleasantly away...
Q (01/01/1995)
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