Within its dozen songs were any number of stories that lent it a resonance and scope rare in pop albums of the time, and some of those stories could also apply now.Īs anyone who saw the Broadway show Beautiful knows, King had an entirely different life before Tapestry: living on the East Coast, married (to fellow songwriter Gerry Goffin) and having children while writing and recording demos as part of the Brill Building song factory. (Adele’s 21 topped it, at 24 weeks, but that’s the recent exception.) And subsequent generations may know it from the remake - with revised, less subservient lyrics - of “Where You Lead” done for The Gilmore Girls.īut sales figures, ubiquity, and Grammy Awards ( Tapestry won Album of the Year and also walked away with three other awards, including Song and Record of the Year) were never the sum of what Tapestry accomplished. After its release, it was the Number One album in the country for an astonishing 15 weeks straight, a feat that seems unimaginable now. Like other 1971 staples, from Led Zeppelin IV to Joni Mitchell’s Blue, Carole King’s second solo LP - released 50 years ago today, and recently named the 25th greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone - has always seemed to be there. All these decades later, it’s easy to take Tapestry for granted.
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