NewCC0049: Carole King

Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 05/08/2001 - 04:05
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  • Tapestry (71): *****
  • A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968 - 1976) (94): *****
  • Really Rosie (75): ****
  • Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago (78): ****
  • Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18 1971 (96): ****
  • Music (71): *** 1/2
  • City Streets (89): ***
  • Writer (70): ***
  • Thoroughbred (76): ***
  • In Concert (94): ***
  • Wrap Around Joy (74): ** 1/2
  • Rhymes & Reasons (72): ** 1/2
  • Fantasy (73): ** 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever