Carole King - Music/Fantasy

Title: Music/Fantasy Artist: Carole King Release Date: 10/29/2002 Re-Released On: 9/2/2002 Label: Sony Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 5099750876329 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Adult Contemporary, 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: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Brother, Brother
2. It's Going to Take Some Time
3. Sweet Seasons
4. Some Kind of Wonderful
5. Surely
6. Carry Your Load
7. Music
8. Song of Long Ago
9. Brighter
10. Growing Away from Me
11. Too Much Rain
12. Back to California

1. Fantasy Beginning
2. You've Been Around Too Long
3. Being at War With Each Other
4. Directions
5. That's How Things Go Down
6. Weekdays
7. Haywood
8. A Quiet Place to Live
9. Welfare Symphony
10. You Light Up My Life
11. Corazón
12. Believe in Humanity
13. Fantasy End

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Sony Music Distribution 508763

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This is a handy double-CD set from England, containing Carole King's third and fifth solo albums, which originally appeared on Ode Records in America and A&M Records and Epic Records in England. They haven't upgraded the sound in any significant way (that privilege seems reserved for Tapestry), but the sound is still more than passable, and the pairing does capture two diverse sides of King's solo work. Music was an extraordinarily good album, quite unexpectedly a match for Tapestry, and had it not followed that album it could just as easily have defined King's career and solo persona; but it never enjoyed the earlier album's mystique or mega-sales; Fantasy had a much more lush, produced sound, rooted in soul music to a surprising degree and also offering more prominent instrumental work than any record since her solo debut, Writer. Together they sum up some of the highlights of her post-Tapestry career and her later history on Ode Records, and a time when King seemed to own an obligatory place in every record collection. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Abigale Haness Vocals (Background) Al Aarons Flugelhorn, Trumpet Alan DeVeritch Viola Barry Socher Violin Bobbye Hall Percussion Arrangement, Tambourine, Bongos, Conga Carole King Piano, Arranger, Celeste, Keyboards, Horn Conductor, Piano (Electric), String Conductor, Vocals (Background) Charles Larkey Bass (Electric), String Bass, Drums, Bass (Acoustic) Charles Loper Trombone Chuck Beeson Design, Director Chuck Findley Flugelhorn, Trumpet Curtis Amy Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Flute Danny Kortchmar Vocals (Background), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) David Campbell Viola David T. Walker Guitar Dennis Karmazyn Cello Denyse Buffum Viola Drew Struzan Illustrations Ernie Watts Saxophone, Woodwind, Flute George Bohanon Trombone, Horn Section, Euphonium Glen Dicterow Violin Gordon Marron Strings Violin Haim Shtrum Violin Hank Cicalo Engineer Harvey Mason, Sr. Vibraphone, Drums, Percussion James Taylor Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic) Jeffrey Solow Cello Jim McCrary Photography Joel O'Brien Drums Judith Perett Cello Kathleen Lenski Violin Ken Yerke Violin Lou Adler Producer Merry Clayton Vocals (Background) Mike Altschul Flute, Woodwind, Saxophone Miwako Watanabe Violin Norm Kinney Assistant Ollie Mitchell Trumpet, Flugelhorn Oscar Brashear Flugelhorn Paul Polivinick Viola Plas Johnson Saxophone, Woodwind, Flute Polly Sweeney Violin Ralph Schuckett Organ, Celeste, Keyboards, Piano (Electric) Robert Lipsett Violin Roland Young Art Direction Ronald Folsom Violin Russ Kunkel Drums Sheldon Sanov Violin Susan Ranney String Bass Theresa Colderon Percussion, Conga Tom Scott Saxophone William Green Saxophone, Flute, Woodwind