Complete List Of Carole King Albums And Discography

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This Complete List Of Carole King Albums And Songs presents the full discography of Carole King studio albums. Carole King was born in 1942. She stands as one of the most successful and popular songwriters of all time. Carole King hails from the area of New York City. This complete Carole King discography also includes every single live album. All these spectacular albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Carole King album as well as all original album covers. Every album listed below showcases the entire album tracklisting.

CAROLE KING STUDIO ALBUMS

Writer

Released May 1970

Vinyl Track Listings:

Side A

“Spaceship Races” – 3:09
“No Easy Way Down” – 4:36
“Child of Mine” – 4:05
“Goin’ Back” – 3:20
“To Love” – 3:39
“What Have You Got to Lose” – 3:33

Side B

“Eventually” – 5:01
“Raspberry Jam” – 4:35
“Can’t You Be Real” – 3:00
“I Can’t Hear You No More” – 2:46
“Sweet Sweetheart” – 2:46
“Up on the Roof” – 3:37

Tapestry

Released February 10, 1971

CD Track Listings:

“I Feel the Earth Move” – 3:00
“So Far Away” – 3:55
“It’s Too Late” (lyrics by Toni Stern) – 3:54
“Home Again” – 2:29
“Beautiful” – 3:08
“Way Over Yonder” – 4:49
“You’ve Got a Friend” – 5:09
“Where You Lead” (King, Stern) – 3:20
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:13
“Smackwater Jack” (Goffin, King) – 3:42
“Tapestry” – 3:15
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) – 3:59

Music

Released December 1971

CD Track Listings:

“Brother, Brother” – 3:00
“It’s Going to Take Some Time” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:35
“Sweet Seasons” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:15
“Some Kind of Wonderful” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) – 3:07
“Surely” – 4:58
“Carry Your Load” – 2:52
“Music” – 3:50
“Song of Long Ago” – 2:44
“Brighter” – 2:46
“Growing Away from Me” – 3:03
“Too Much Rain” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:35
“Back to California” – 3:23

Rhymes & Reasons

Released November 1972

Vinyl Track Listings:

“Come Down Easy” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:06
“My My She Cries” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 2:19
“Peace in the Valley” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:23
“Feeling Sad Tonight” (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:13
“The First Day in August” (Carole King, Charles Larkey) – 2:50
“Bitter with the Sweet” – 2:29
“Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone” – 3:34
“Stand Behind Me” – 2:29
“Gotta Get Through Another Day” – 2:35
“I Think I Can Hear You” – 3:26
“Ferguson Road” (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:40
“Been to Canaan” – 3:38

Fantasy

Released June 1973

CD Track Listings:

1. Fantasy Beginning
2. You’ve Been Around Too Long
3. Being At War With Each Other
4. Directions
5. That’s How Things Go Down
6. Weekdays
7. Haywood
8. A Quiet Place To Live
9. Welfare Symphony
10. You Light Up My Life
11. Corazón
12. Believe In Humanity
13. Fantasy End

Wrap Around Joy

Released September 1974

CD Track Listings:

1. Nightingale
2. Change In Mind, Change Of Heart
3. Jazzman
4. You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine
5. You’re Something New
6. We Are All In This Together
7. Wrap Around Joy
8. You Gentle Me
9. My Lovin’ Eyes
10. Sweet Adonis
11. A Night This Side Of Dying
12. The Best Is Yet To Come

Really Rosie (soundtrack)

Released February 1975

CD Track Listings:

“Really Rosie” – 1:51
“One Was Johnny” – 2:08
“Alligators All Around” – 1:54
“Pierre” – 5:38
“Screaming and Yelling” – 1:16
“The Ballad of Chicken Soup” – 2:15
“Chicken Soup with Rice” – 4:20
“Avenue P” – 3:03
“My Simple Humble Neighborhood” – 3:07
“The Awful Truth” – 3:11
“Such Sufferin'” – 2:55
“Really Rosie” (Reprise) – 1:40

Thoroughbred

Released January 1976

CD Track Listings:

“So Many Ways” – 3:11
“Daughter of Light” (Gerry Goffin, King) – 3:11
“High Out of Time” (Goffin, King) – 3:15
“Only Love is Real” – 3:29
“There’s a Space Between Us” – 3:20
“I’d Like to Know You Better” – 2:48
“We All Have to Be Alone” (Goffin, King) – 3:44
“Ambrosia” (King, Dave Palmer) – 3:16
“Still Here Thinking of You” (Goffin, King) – 3:11
“It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” – 3:50

Simple Things

Released July 1977

CD Track Listings:

“Simple Things” (King, Rick Evers)　– 2:41
“Hold On” (King, Evers)　– 4:37
“In the Name of Love”　– 3:04
“Labyrinth”　– 4:03
“You’re the One Who Knows”　– 5:05
“Hard Rock Cafe”　– 3:44
“Time Alone”　– 2:37
“God Only Knows” – 6:19
“To Know That I Love You” (King, Evers)　– 3:31
“One”　– 5:04

Welcome Home

Released: May 1978

CD Track Listings:

“Main Street Saturday Night”
“Sunbird” (King, Rick Evers)
“Venusian Diamond” (King, Evers, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
“Changes”
“Morning Sun”
“Disco Tech” (King, Hallman, McEntee, Galloway, Rivera, Wooten, Hardy)
“Wings of Love” (King, Evers)
“Ride the Music”
“Everybody’s Got the Spirit”
“Welcome Home”

Touch the Sky

Released June 1979

CD Track Listings:

“Time Gone By” 4:13
“Move Lightly” 4:58
“Dreamlike I Wander” 3:50
“Walk With Me” 2:52
“Good Mountain People” 3:23
“You Still Want Her” 4:39
“Passing of the Days” 2:48
“Crazy” 4:00
“Eagle” 4:35
“Seeing Red” 3:50

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King

Released 1980

CD Track Listings:

Dancin’ with Tears in My Eyes
Locomotion
One Fine Day
Hey Girl
Snow Queen
Chains
Oh No Not My Baby
Hi De Ho
Wasn’t Born to Follow
Goin’ Back

One to One

Released 1982

CD Track Listings:

“One to One” (King, Cynthia Weil) – 3:16
“It’s a War” – 3:08
“Lookin’ Out for Number One” – 3:15
“Life Without Love” (Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin, Warren Pash) – 3:48
“Golden Man” – 5:24
“Read Between the Lines” – 2:54
“(Love Is Like A) Boomerang” – 2:35
“Goat Annie” – 4:01
“Someone You Never Met Before” (Goffin, King) – 3:16
“Little Prince” – 2:06

Speeding Time

Released 1983

CD Track Listings:

“Computer Eyes” (King, Gerry Goffin) – (3:08)
“One Small Voice” (King) – (3:01)
“Crying in the Rain” (King, Howard Greenfield) – (2:32)
“Sacred Heart of Stone” (King, Goffin) – (3:45)
“Speeding Time” (King, Goffin) – (4:49)
“Standin’ on the Borderline” (King, Goffin) – (2:55)
“So Ready for Love” (King) – (5:22)
“Chalice Borealis” (King, Rick Sorensen) – (2:35)
“Dancing” (King) – (4:00)
“Alabaster Lady” (King) – (5:45)

City Streets

Released April 1989

CD Track Listings:

1. City Streets
2. Sweet Life
3. Down to the Darkness
4. Lovelight
5. I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
6. Legacy
7. Ain’t That the Way
8. Midnight Flyer
9. Homeless Heart
10. Someone Who Believes in You

Colour of Your Dreams

Released July 25, 1993

CD Track Listings:

“Lay Down My Life” – 5:14
“Hold out for Love” – 4:51
“Standing in the Rain” (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:04
“Now and Forever” – 3:13
“Wishful Thinking” – 3:17
“Colour of Your Dreams” – 3:02
“Tears Falling Down on Me” – 4:57
“Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare” – 4:34
“Just One Thing” – 5:04
“Do You Feel Love” – 5:24
“It’s Never Too Late” (Goffin, King) – 3:41

Love Makes the World

Released September 25, 2001

CD Track Listings:

“Love Makes the World” (Sam Hollander, Carole King, Dave Schommer) – 4:23
“You Can Do Anything” (Babyface, King, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:58
“The Reason” (Back vocals by Celine Dion) (Mark Hudson, King, Greg Wells) – 4:39
“I Wasn’t Gonna Fall in Love” (King, Sager) – 4:04
“I Don’t Know” (Paul Brady, Gary Burr, Hudson, King) – 3:04
“Oh No, Not My Baby” (Gerry Goffin, King) – 3:28
“It Could Have Been Anyone” (David Foster, King, Sager) – 3:53
“Monday Without You” (Brady, Hudson, King) – 4:02
“An Uncommon Love” (Rob Hyman, King, Rich Wayland) – 3:34
“You Will Find Me There” (Joel Campbell, King) – 4:25
“Safe Again” (King) – 2:42
“This Time” (King) – 3:42

A Holiday Carole

Released November 1, 2011

CD Track Listings:

1. My Favorite Things
2. Carol of the Bells
3. Sleigh Ride
4. Christmas Paradise
5. Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday
6. Chanukah Prayer
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
9. Christmas in the Air
10. Do You Hear What I Hear
11. This Christmas
12. New Year’s Day

CAROLE KING LIVE ALBUMS

1996: The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971

Released October 29, 1996

CD Track Listings:

“I Feel the Earth Move” – 3:36
“Home Again” – 2:45
“After All This Time” – 3:19
“Child of Mine” (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:03
“Carry Your Load” – 2:59
“No Easy Way Down” – (Goffin, King) 5:32
“Song of Long Ago” – 3:24
“Snow Queen” (Goffin, King) – 3:51
“Smackwater Jack” (Goffin, King) – 3:49
“So Far Away” – 4:12
“It’s Too Late” (King, Toni Stern) – 4:22
“Eventually” (Goffin, King) – 4:38
“Way Over Yonder” – 4:13
“Beautiful” – 2:39
“You’ve Got a Friend” [Performed with James Taylor] – 6:25
“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” / “Some Kind of Wonderful” / “Up on the Roof” [medley; performed with James Taylor] (Goffin, King) – 7:46
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) – 4:09

2005: The Living Room Tour

Released July 12, 2005

CD Track Listings:

Disc 1:

“Welcome To My Living Room” – 1:58
“Peace in the Valley” (King, Toni Stern) – 3:42
“Love Makes the World” (King, Sam Hollander, Dave Schommer) – 4:23
“Now and Forever” – 3:18
“Where You Lead I Will Follow” (King, Toni Stern) – 3:24
- Duet with her daughter, Louise Goffin
“Lay Down My Life” – 4:20
“Jazzman” (King, Dave Palmer) – 4:00
“Smackwater Jack” (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:12
“Wishful Thinking” – 4:12
“Medley: “Take Good Care of My Baby/”It Might As Well Rain Until September”/”Go Away Little Girl”/”I’m into Something Good”/”Hey Girl”/”One Fine Day”/”Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin, King) – 8:39

CD Two:

“Loving You Forever” (King, Gary Burr) – 3:32
“It’s Too Late” (King, Stern) – 5:22
“So Far Away” – 4:52
“Sweet Seasons” (King, Stern) – 3:21
“Chains” (Goffin, King) – 4:09
“Pleasant Valley Sunday” (Goffin, King) – 3:45
“Being At War With Each Other” – 4:05
“I Feel The Earth Move” – 4:04
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) – 3:58
- Duet with her daughter, Sherry Goffin Kondor.
“You’ve Got a Friend” – 5:32
“The Locomotion” (Goffin, King) – 3:38

Live at the Troubadour

Released May 4, 2010

CD Track Listings:

“Blossom” (James Taylor) 3:09
“So Far Away” (Carole King) 4:41
“Machine Gun Kelly” (Danny Kortchmar) 2:59
“Carolina in My Mind” (Taylor) 4:16
“It’s Too Late” (King, Toni Stern) 4:59
“Smackwater Jack” (Gerry Goffin, King) 5:25
“Something in the Way She Moves” (Taylor) 4:04
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin, King) 4:12
“Country Road” (Taylor) 3:49
“Fire and Rain” (Taylor) 5:44
“Sweet Baby James” (Taylor) 3:34
“I Feel the Earth Move” (King) 4:05
“You’ve Got a Friend” (King) 5:51
“Up on the Roof” (Goffin, King) 4:09
“You Can Close Your Eyes” (Taylor) 2:49

COMPILATION ALBUMS

1978: Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago

Released 1978

CD Track Listings:

Side one
1. “Jazzman”
2. “So Far Away”
3. “Sweet Seasons”
4. “Brother, Brother”
5. “Only Love Is Real”
6. “I Feel The Earth Move”
7. “It’s Too Late”
8. “Nightingale”
9. “Been To Canaan”
10. “Smackwater Jack”
11. “Corazón”
12. “Believe In Humanity”

A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968–1976)

Released: September 13, 1994

Disc 1:
1. Hi-De-Ho
2. Wasn’t Born to Follow
3. Up on the Roof
4. Child of Mine
5. I Feel the Earth Move
6. So Far Away
7. It’s Too Late
8. Home Again
9. Beautiful
10. Way Over Yonder
11. You’ve Got a Friend
12. Where You Lead
13. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
14. Smackwater Jack
15. Tapestry
16. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
17. Music
18. Brother, Brother

Disc 2:
1. Sweet Seasons
2. Pocket Money
3. It’s Going to Take Some Time
4. Bitter With the Sweet
5. Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone
6. At This Time in My Life
7. Been to Canaan
8. Ties That Bind
9. Corazón
10. Believe in Humanity (live, Central Park, New York, NY)
11. Jazzman
12. Wrap Around Joy
13. Nightingale
14. Really Rosie
15. Alligators All Around
16. There’s a Space Between Us
17. Only Love Is Real
18. You’ve Got a Friend (live, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY) (feat. James Taylor)

The Essential Carole King

Released 2010

Disc 1
1 It Might As Well Rain Until September
2 Child of Mine
3 I Feel the Earth Move
4 So Far Away
5 It’s Too Late
6 You’ve Got a Friend
7 Sweet Seasons
8 Been to Canaan
9 Corazon
10 Jazzman
11 Nightingale
12 Only Love Is Real
13 Will You Love Me Tomorrow/Some Kind of Wonderful/Up On the Roof
14 Really Rosie
15 Pierre
16 You Can Do Anything
17 The Reason
18 Now and Forever

Disc 2
1 Will You Love Me Tomorrow
2 Take Good Care of My Baby
3 Every Breath I Take
4 Crying in the Rain
5 The Locomotion
6 Up On the Roof
7 Chains
8 One Fine Day
9 Oh No Not My Baby
10 Just Once in My Life
11 Pleasant Valley Sunday
12 You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman
13 No Easy Way Down
14 Wasn’t Born to Follow
15 Hey Girl

The Legendary Demos

Released April 24, 2012

CD Track Listings:

“Pleasant Valley Sunday” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
“So Goes Love” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
“Take Care of My Baby” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler)
“Like Little Children” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
“Beautiful” (Carole King)
“Crying in the Rain” (Carole King, Howard Greenfield)
“Way Over Yonder” (Carole King)
“Yours Until Tomorrow” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
“It’s Too Late” (Carole King, Toni Stern)
“Tapestry” (Carole King)
“Just Once in My Life” (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Phil Spector)
“You’ve Got a Friend” (Carole King)

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