Rhymes & Reasons

by Carole King

Rhymes & Reasons cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1972
  • Label: Ode
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:32
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Facing the immense pressure of following up back-to-back colossal commercial triumphs, the legendary songwriter maintained her signature formula of intimate, piano-driven songcraft. While possessing a slightly more subdued and melancholic atmosphere than her preceding blockbusters, the lushly orchestrated compositions further cemented her dominance in the early 1970s soft rock landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, piano, female-vocals, gentle, confessional, retro, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Come Down Easy (3:05)
  2. My My She Cries (2:19)
  3. Peace In the Valley (3:21)
  4. Feeling Sad Tonight (3:13)
  5. The First Day In August (2:47)
  6. Bitter with the Sweet (2:27)
  7. Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone (3:33)
  8. Stand Behind Me (2:28)
  9. Gotta Get Through Another Day (2:33)
  10. I Think I Can Hear You (3:25)
  11. Ferguson Road (2:38)
  12. Been to Canaan (3:38)

Credits

  • Carole King - primary artist, vocals, piano, clavinet [clavenet], electric piano [fender rhodes, wurlitzer], written-by
  • Nathaniel Rosen - cello
  • Terry King - cello
  • David Campbell - conductor [strings conducted by], arranged by [strings arranged by], viola
  • Norman Kurban - conductor [strings conducted by], arranged by [strings arranged by]
  • Harvey Mason - drums, vibraphone [vibes]
  • Charles Larkey - electric bass, double bass [string bass], written-by
  • Danny Kortchmar - electric guitar

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