The Bottom Line
Pros
- "Lay Down My Life"
- "Loving You Forever"
- "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman"
- "Peace in the Valley"
Cons
- "Where You Lead I Will Follow" (the Gilmore Girls themesong ... extended version)
Description
- One of America's best singer/songwriters with all her best songs
- Timeless tunes that'll send chills running
- Carole King's greatest hits
Guide Review - Carole King "The Living Room Tour" CD Review
The Living Room Tour is the most perfect name for the performances that shaped this CD. Carole King is just the sort of person you'd want walking into your living room and sitting down at your piano, leading you in a singalong to her classic hit, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow."King is one of those songwriters whose career has spanned decade after decade of popular music trends, but whose craft is so perfectly timeless that her songwriting style almost never changes. King's career has survived through industry experiments like Grunge, Country-Pop, Disco, and Hair Bands, and her songs are still as beautiful as ever.
"Peace in the Valley" still makes my little heart palpitate with sadness and hope. Hearing King's weathered, ever-earnest voice pull out lines like: "Take care of little jealousies and thought that kills for fun / hold your heart in readiness / it's so easy to come undone."
And the great moments don't stop there. The song list speaks for itself: "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Love Makes the World," "Wishful Thinking," "I Feel The Earth Move," "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman," and on and on.
If you love great songs that have no pretenses and fill no pigeonholes, Carole King is your gal. Her catalog of work is just chock full of tunes that'll send chills down your spine.
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