I've had this record in the collection for quite a while. I can't even remember when I picked it up. Even though I have had this record for a long time, I bet that before a couple months ago I had listened to it maybe once or twice. I bought it because I knew it was a classic album that sold a gazillion copies and spoke to a generation, but for whatever reason I never really got into it. That changed a couple months ago when I listened to that Hit Parade podcast on the year 1971. It gave me a whole new appreciation for Carole King and since then I've listened to this album 6, 7 or 8 times at least. I am now in love with this album. The album literally is packed with hits. Carole had already been writing songs for many years, but for other artists. I before this album, she may have released a single or two in the early sixties , but her career never really took off. Then I think she may have had an album before this one that didn't do much. Then on this one she had the brilliant idea to dig into her catalog of amazing songs that she had written for others and record them herself. I think one a couple songs on this whole album are new compositions. The rest are basically proven hits. But to me these Carole King versions are great. I really feel the lyrics. To me there isn't a bad song on the entire record. I literally go from song to song thinking, no I like this one the best, no I like this one the best. So for me even though I have had this album for years, I consider this more of a new discovery. I will be listening to these songs for many years to come.
This is something I saw today.
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