Carole King United States

The best album credited to Carole King is Tapestry which is ranked number 246 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 7,121.

Carole King is ranked number 262 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 7,726.

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Carole King best albums

The following albums by Carole King are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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1971
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1973
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226
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1970
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68
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1974
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1976
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65
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1975
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50
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1972
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28
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1989
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6
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1979
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Total albums: 26. Page 1 of 3

This may not be a complete discography for Carole King.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Carole King bestography composition

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1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 12 0%
1980s 4 0%
1990s 4 0%
2000s 3 0%
2010s 3 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 20 77%
Yes 6 23%
Live? Albums %
No 25 96%
Yes 1 4%

Carole King best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Rating: 89 (214 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 88 (183 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 87 (187 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 87 (192 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 84 (151 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 82 (147 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 82 (140 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 82 (147 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 82 (140 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 82 (16 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Music)
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Rating: 81 (140 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 80 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Writer)
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Rating: 80 (16 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Music)
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Rating: 80 (7 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Writer)
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Rating: 80 (12 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Wrap Around Joy)
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Rating: 80 (140 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Tapestry)
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Rating: 79 (7 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Writer)
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Rating: 79 (8 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Writer)
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Rating: 79 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Writer)
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Carole King ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 44 votes)
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 11.7.

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From 11/03/2013 19:47
Carole King (born Klein) was an able pianist from the age of four and by her late teens had developed into a competent songwriter with her boyfriend (later to be husband) Gerry Goffin supplying lyrics. The duo were recruited by Don Kirshner and joined his legendary song writing team, working out of the Brill Building in New York.

As the 60’s became the 70’s Carole King was established as one of the premier songwriters of the decade. Her list of credits is simply incredible and includes Take Good Care of My Baby, Up on the Roof, the Locomotion to name but a few She had delivered a string of dozens of hits for a vast cross section of artists but with the exception of 1962’s sublime It Might As Well Rain Until September success as a performer had proved to be elusive. Her partnership and marriage with Goffin dissolved in the late 60’s

As a melodic songwriter she ranks as one of the greatest of the 20th Century and her catalogue of great songs covers a huge variety of styles and influences. Simply she is one of the best
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From 06/05/2013 10:33
Tapestry is one of the best albums of all time.Beautiful.
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From 09/06/2012 00:34
A songwriter for the generations creates one brilliant album of her performing her own songs. Brilliance. Shame she couldn`t repeat Tapestry.
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