A Holiday Carole by Carole King (CD, Nov-2011, Hear Music (Starbucks))

Album Features
UPC:	888072331624
Artist:	Carole King
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2011
Record Label:	Hear Music (Starbucks)
Genre:	Christmas, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
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

Details
Playing Time:	37 min.
Producer:	Louise Goffin
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel.Recording information: Cutting Cane Studios, Davie, FL; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; Studio Without Walls, Encino, CA; The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Universe Of Soul, Pacific Palisades, CA; Xacca Sounds, Marina Del Rey, CA.Photographers: Elissa Kline; Eric Raptosh; Carole King.Carole King's first studio album in over ten years, Holiday Carole, opens on a familiar note with a light, jazzy take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things." King's daughter Louise Goffin produced the album and co-wrote the three original pieces, which include the Latin-tinged "Christmas Paradise," the free and easy "Christmas in the Air," and the lovely closing ballad "New Year's Day," and while they may not be as instantly familiar as "Carol of the Bells," "Sleigh Ride," or "Do You Hear What I Hear," they blend in well amidst the yuletide standards. Fueled by King's laid-back delivery and precise diction, Holiday Carole, which represents the first seasonal release from the pop legend, breezes by without a whole lot of pomp and circumstance, touching on multiple genres while remaining true to both the holiday spirit and the singer's distinctive cadence. ~ James Christopher Monger