Thoroughbred (Carole King album)
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Thoroughbred is an album by American
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 singer-songwriter Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

, released in 1976.

Track listing

  1. "So Many Ways" (King) – 3:11
  2. "Daughter of Light" (Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...

    , King) – 3:11
  3. "High Out of Time" (Goffin, King) – 3:15
  4. "Only Love is Real
    Only Love is Real
    "Only Love Is Real" is a song written and performed by Carole King. The song was included on her 1976 album, Thoroughbred. The single peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was King's fourth and final number one on the Easy Listening chart, where it remained for one week in...

    " (King) – 3:29
  5. "There's a Space Between Us" (King) – 3:20
  6. "I'd Like to Know You Better" (King) – 2:48
  7. "We All Have to Be Alone" (Goffin, King) – 3:44
  8. "Ambrosia" (King, Dave Palmer
    David Palmer (vocalist)
    David Palmer is an American vocalist and songwriter, most noted for his lead vocals on the Steely Dan song "Dirty Work" and as lyricist of the Carole King #2 hit, "Jazzman". Palmer was born and raised in Warren Township, Watchung, New Jersey....

    ) – 3:16
  9. "Still Here Thinking of You" (Goffin, King) – 3:11
  10. "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (King) – 3:50

Personnel

  • Carole King - synthesizer, guitar, piano, vocals, background vocals
  • Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar
    Danny Kortchmar
    Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...

     - guitar, vocals
  • Russ Kunkel
    Russ Kunkel
    Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...

     - drums
  • Ralph MacDonald
    Ralph MacDonald
    Ralph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr...

     - percussion
  • David Crosby
    David Crosby
    David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...

     - background vocals
  • Graham Nash
    Graham Nash
    Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...

     - background vocals
  • Tom Scott
    Tom Scott (musician)
    Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...

     - saxophone
  • Leland Sklar
    Leland Sklar
    Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...

     – bass
  • J.D. Souther - background vocals
  • James Taylor
    James Taylor
    James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....

     - guitar, background vocals
  • Waddy Wachtel
    Waddy Wachtel
    Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work...

     - guitar

Production notes
  • Lou Adler - producer
  • Milt Calice - engineer
  • Hank Cicalo
    Hank Cicalo
    Hank Cicalo is an American recording engineer, most notable for his work in the 1960s and 1970s. Among the artists Cicalo recorded are The Monkees, Carole King and George Harrison.-The Monkees:...

    - engineer

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Pop albums 3
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