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Length
  
44:11

Writer(1970)
  
Tapestry(1971)

Release date
  
May 1970

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music

Producer
  
John Fischbach

Artist
  
Label
  
Ode Records

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Released
  
May 1970First Remaster:9 September 2002 (Released in UK Only)Latest Remaster:21 April 2004 (Released in Japan Only)

Recorded
  
March - April 1970 at Crystal Sound, Los Angeles

Similar
  
Wrap Around Joy, Rhymes & Reasons, Speeding Time, Love Makes the World, City Streets

Writer is the debut album by Carole King and was released in 1970. King already had a successful career as a songwriter, and been a part of The City, a short-lived group she formed after moving to Los Angeles in 1968. Tracks on the album include "Up on the Roof" which was a number 4 hit for the Drifters in 1962, and "Child of Mine", which has been recorded by Billy Joe Royal, among others. The album did not receive much attention upon its release, though it entered the chart following the success of King's next album, Tapestry, in 1971.

Contents

Reviewers rate it positively if not as highly as Tapestry, one noting that it was the "most underrated of all [her] original albums". And, in a review that also covered Tapestry in Rolling Stone, Jon Landau wrote, "Writer was a blessing despite its faults" and that though the "production was poor", King herself made the album "very worthwhile".

Track listing

All songs written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King; lyrics for "Raspberry Jam" and "What Have You Got to Lose" by Toni Stern.

Side one
  1. "Spaceship Races" – 3:09
  2. "No Easy Way Down" – 4:36
  3. "Child of Mine" – 4:05
  4. "Goin' Back" – 3:20
  5. "To Love" – 3:39
  6. "What Have You Got to Lose" – 3:33
Side two
  1. "Eventually" – 5:01
  2. "Raspberry Jam" – 4:35
  3. "Can't You be Real" – 3:00
  4. "I Can't Hear You No More" – 2:46
  5. "Sweet Sweetheart" – 2:46
  6. "Up on the Roof" – 3:37

Personnel

  • Carole King - piano, vocals, backing vocals, and arrangements
  • Ralph Schuckett - organ
  • John Fischbach - Moog synthesizer
  • James Taylor - acoustic guitar and backing vocals
  • Daniel Kortchmar - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, conga
  • Charles Larkey - Fender bass
  • Joel O'Brien - drums, percussion, vibes
  • Abigale Haness and Delores Hall - backing vocals
  • Production

  • John Fischbach - Session Producer
  • Andrew Berliner - Engineer
  • Gerry Goffin - Mixing
  • Guy Webster - Cover Photograph
  • Tom Neuwirth - Liner Photographs
  • Rod Dyer, Paul Bruhwiler - Layout & Design
  • Songs

    1Spaceship Races3:10
    2No Easy Way Down4:37
    3Child of Mine4:04

    References

    Writer (album) Wikipedia


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