Writer (studio album) by Carole King

Writer by Carole King
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 17,473rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (213th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,266th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,473rd)
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CAROLE KING - Writer: (1970) - 12" Vinyl Record LP - VG
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Carole King - Writer - A&M Records SP-77006 - 12" 33rpm Vinyl
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Carole King Writer: Carole King Vinyl LP Ode Records SP-77006 1970
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Carole King bestography

Writer is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Carole King on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Carole King is Tapestry which is ranked number 251 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,609.

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74/100 (from 42 votes)
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08/28/2021 08:30 NHGRANITE  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,70270/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.

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90/100
From 01/10/2017 13:51
The songs on this are overall her best. Its different than her other albums in that its a noisy rock band album. Has classics like Up On the Roof, Goin Back, No Easy Way Down.
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From 08/30/2016 08:04
This is such an underrated gem of an album.
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From 07/30/2015 13:46
The debut album with some nice tunes like Eventually and To Love and some shitty compositions.
Only worth listening if you have some spare time :)
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