This album was always sort of a joke among
Carole King
's serious fans, containing 12 songs drawn from six albums, and liner notes that fail even to acknowledge the existence of
Writer
, her one pre-
Tapestry
solo LP.
A Natural Woman
supplanted it later, and the addition of two live cuts,
"Eventually"
and
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
from the
Carnegie Hall
concert on the 1999 reissue (
Ode
/
Epic
Legacy
65846), doesn't extended the range or depth of the selection sufficiently. On the other hand, the 1999 remastering does improve the listening pleasure inherent in what is here -- the material off of
,
Music
Rhymes & Reasons
, and others is now very robust, with vivid instrumentation and a close, rich profile of
King
's voice. The selection of
's work is still only an inch deep, but it's a more rewarding inch. ~ Bruce Eder