Carole King - Speeding Time

Title: Speeding Time Artist: Carole King Release Date: 1983 Re-Released On: 2/8/2005 Label: WEA International, Atlantic, Wounded Bird Records Duration: 38:19 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 075678011825, 664140011823, 081227862862 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock Moods: Earnest, Literate, Poignant, Melancholy, Plaintive, Soothing, Wistful, Calm/Peaceful, Reflective, Sentimental, Passionate, Intimate, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Computer Eyes
2. One Small Voice
3. Crying in the Rain
4. Sacred Heart of Stone
5. Speeding Time
6. Standin' on the Borderline
7. So Ready for Love
8. Chalice Borealis
9. Dancing
10. Alabaster Lady

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Atlantic 2004 CD Wounded Bird Records 118 2000 CD WEA International 80118

Speeding Time

Carole King was reunited with Lou Adler -- the man responsible for her legendary Ode albums, including Tapestry and Music -- for this disappointing experiment in digital sound and synthesizers. If there's one artist utterly at odds with state-of-the-art technology, it's Carole King. The charm of her best albums was that they sounded like demos, and her performances never needed clever sonic trickery or up-to-the-minute studio wizardry in order to be good. Dragging her forcibly into the '80s was not the brightest of Adler's ideas. The result is ten songs, all adequate, some fine, struggling to overcome totally unsympathetic arrangements. "Computer Eyes" is a case in point; an engaging midtempo break-up song, choked half to death by pointless, frantically sped-up synthesizer arpeggios. "Crying in the Rain," originally recorded by the Everly Brothers, is given a similarly stultifying synth makeover. "Alabaster Lady" allows King to get back behind an acoustic piano (at least for a minute or two), and in doing so, provides this album's moment of magic. ~ Charles Donovan, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bob Glaub Bass Bobby Hata Mastering Bobbye Hall Percussion Brian Hagiwara Photography, Design Carole King Synthesizer, Piano, Vocals (Background), Guitar, Vocals Chet Himes Engineer Danny Kortchmar Vocals, Guitar Jim Shea Cover Photo Lee Ritenour Guitar Lou Adler Producer Plas Johnson Sax (Tenor), Wind Robbie Kondor Synthesizer, Keyboards, Harmonica, Programming Russ Kunkel Drums Sherry Goffin Vocals Steve Meador Drums