Fantasy

by Carole King

Fantasy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1973
  • Label: Ode
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:36
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Moving decisively away from the intimate acoustic folk-pop that defined her early solo success, King ambitiously embraced a lush, jazz-inflected aesthetic and socially conscious lyricism on this song-cycle. The seamless, interconnected suite features complex horn and string arrangements backing her distinctively earthy vocal delivery, tackling themes of urban decay and racial inequality. The project signifies a mature, highly progressive phase in the iconic songwriter's 1970s catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, Acoustic, conscious, political, melodic, suite

Tracklist

  1. Fantasy Beginning (1:02)
  2. You've Been Around Too Long (3:35)
  3. Being At War With Each Other (3:50)
  4. Directions (4:37)
  5. That's How Things Go Down (3:04)
  6. Weekdays (2:45)
  7. Haywood (5:07)
  8. A Quiet Place To Live (2:02)
  9. Welfare Symphony (3:20)
  10. You Light Up My Life (3:12)
  11. Corazรณn (4:08)
  12. Believe In Humanity (3:22)
  13. Fantasy End (1:32)

Credits

  • Carole King - primary artist, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, arranged by [strings], arranged by [horns], written-by, horn conductor, strings conductor, keyboard, hornarranger, stringsarranger, background vocals vocal
  • Charles Larkey - bass, double bass [string]
  • Denis Brott - cello
  • Dennis Karmazyn - cello
  • Jeffrey Solow - cello
  • Judy Perett - cello
  • Bobbye Hall - congas, bongos
  • Susan Ranney - double bass [string], bass

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