Carole King - The Essential Carol King Haruomi Hosono each track on the album

each track on the album comes alivethrough the Wellington-based artist’s deft production

You don't want to force it or the song's going to turn out crap

Salmena’s potent lyrical imagery and gorgeous vocals stand dead center

The song is also a sort of release—a buoyant moment that cuts through the sadness

and Prescription: Love

Carole King - The Essential Carol King Haruomi Hosono each track on the albumAs a singer, Carol King won over millions of fans with her honest portrayals of love and life. As a songwriter, she penned dozens of hits for others, many which became American pop standards. Now for the first time, these two aspects of a long and celebrated career are combined , telling the complete story of an extraordinarily gifted and successful artists, who is still actively performing to this day, more than four decades later. Disc one features