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Customer Reviews: Average Rating:  Rating :  - Thunder Rope
It's wonderful to have Carole King's "Welcome Home" album on CD, thanks to this Japanese pressing. The cardboard sleeve is a little larger than the standard CD shape and makes this release unique. Most regard this album as a failure because it did not generate hits and had poor sales. The set was recorded in January 1978. Rick Evers who was Carole's husband died of a drug overdose on March 21 of that year, which clouded the album's release in May. For Carole King fans, there are reasons to cheer. "Venusian Diamond" may have been a homage to the Beatles, but is a strong song with one of Carole's dreamiest melodies, "Then there appeared a serpent hanging like a thunder rope. He said, "Pull me." I did & fell into the wrong end of a telescope." "Morning Sun" is a lovely track with Richard Hardy's flute giving a sunny cheerful feel to the arrangement and Carole in fine voice, "In the morning the sun comes shining through my window & it's good to be alive." "Ride the Music" is also a delightful track that sounds like a carnival ride with Hardy's clarinet solo. I'm sorry this album is so overlooked because it still sounds great to my ears. Enjoy! + See Full Customer Review |  |
