Rhymes & Reasons (Carole King album)

Rhymes & Reasons
Studio album by Carole King
Released	October 1972
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	35:42
Label	A&M/Ode Records
Producer	Lou Adler
Carole King chronology
Music (1971) Rhymes & Reasons (1972) Fantasy (1973)

Rhymes & Reasons is a 1972 album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. It peaked at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

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Track listing

All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.

1. "Come Down Easy" – 3:06 (King, Toni Stern)
2. "My My She Cries" – 2:19 (King, Stern)
3. "Peace in the Valley" – 3:23 (King, Stern)
4. "Feeling Sad Tonight" – 3:13 (King, Stern)
5. "The First Day in August" – 2:50 (King, Charles Larkey)
6. "Bitter with the Sweet" – 2:29
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" – 2:40 (Gerry Goffin, King)
12. "Been to Canaan" – 3:38 (#24 Pop and #1 AC)

Personnel

• Carole King – vocals, piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
• Charles Larkey – electric and string bass
• Harvey Mason – drums, vibraphone
• Bobbye Hall – tambourine, shaker, bells, bongo drum, conga drum
• 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 Norman Kurban and David Campbell

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

Additional Credits

• Hank Cicalo - Engineer
• Steve Mitchell - Assistant Engineer
• Chuck Beeson - Graphic Concept and Design
• Jim McCrary - Photography