Rhymes & Reasons (Carole King album) explained

Rhymes & Reasons
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Carole King
Cover:	CKRhymes.jpg
Released:	October 1972
Recorded:	A&M (Hollywood)^[1]
Genre:	Rock, pop
Length:	35:42
Label:	Ode / A&M (Original Issue) Ode / Epic (Re-issue)
Producer:	Lou Adler
Prev Title:	Music
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Fantasy
Next Year:	1973

Rhymes & Reasons is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. Released in 1972, the album features a single "Been to Canaan", which topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number 24 on the Pop chart. The album itself also became a hit, reaching number two on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "Come Down Easy" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 3:06
2. "My My She Cries" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 2:19
3. "Peace in the Valley" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 3:23
4. "Feeling Sad Tonight" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 3:13
5. "The First Day in August" (Carole King, Charles Larkey) - 2:50
6. "Bitter with the Sweet" – 2:29

Side two

7. "Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone" – 3:34
8. "Stand Behind Me" – 2:29
9. "Gotta Get Through Another Day" – 2:35
10. "I Think I Can Hear You" – 3:26
11. "Ferguson Road" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 2:40
12. "Been to Canaan" – 3:38

Personnel

• • • Carole King – vocals, piano, clavinet, Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes Charles Larkey – bass guitar, double bass Harvey Mason – drums, vibraslap
• Ms. Bobbye Hall – tambourine, shaker, bells, congas, bongos
• Daniel Kortchmar – electric guitar
• David T. Walker – electric guitar
• Red Rhodes – steel guitar
• Harry "Sweets" Edison – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Robert "Bobby" Bryant – flugelhorn, trumpet
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Ernie Watts – flute

String Section:
Conducted and arranged by David Campbell and Norman Kurban

• David Campbell and Carole Mukogawa – viola
• Terry King and Nathaniel Rosen – cellos
• Charles Larkey – string bass
• Barry Socher, Eliot Chapo, Marcy Dicterow, Gordon Marron, Sheldon Sanov and Polly Sweeney – violin

Additional credits

• Hank Cicaloengineer
• Steve Mitchellassistant engineer
• Chuck Beesongraphic concept and design
• Jim McCraryphotography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–73)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	19
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[3]	1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[4]	3
UK Albums Chart^[5]	4
US Billboard Top LPs^[6]	2

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Natural Woman. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170422070228/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/A_Natural_Woman.html . 2017-04-22 .
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 166/167.
3. https://archive.today/20120801053213/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6957&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3t4vispr9hp1nunhtq0il85mo1 Library and Archives Canada.
4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. Japanese.
5. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons. Official Charts Company. PHP. 2012-02-07.
6. Allmusic - Carole King > Rhymes and Reasons > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
7. Web site: Top Pop Albums of 1973. billboard.biz. 2012-02-10.