Rhymes & Reasons (Carole King album)

Rhymes & Reasons is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. Released in 1972, the album features a single "Been to Canaan", which topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number 24 on the Pop chart. The album itself also became a hit, reaching number two on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing
All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.
 * Side one
 * 1) "Come Down Easy" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 3:06
 * 2) "My My She Cries" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 2:19
 * 3) "Peace in the Valley" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 3:23
 * 4) "Feeling Sad Tonight" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 3:13
 * 5) "The First Day in August" (Carole King, Charles Larkey) - 2:50
 * 6) "Bitter with the Sweet" – 2:29
 * Side two
 * 1) "Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone" – 3:34
 * 2) "Stand Behind Me" – 2:29
 * 3) "Gotta Get Through Another Day" – 2:35
 * 4) "I Think I Can Hear You" – 3:26
 * 5) "Ferguson Road" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 2:40
 * 6) "Been to Canaan" – 3:38

Personnel
String Section:
 * Carole King – vocals, piano, clavinet, Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes
 * Charles Larkey – bass guitar, double bass
 * Harvey Mason – drums, vibraslap
 * Ms. Bobbye Hall – tambourine, shaker, bells, congas, bongos
 * Daniel Kortchmar – electric guitar
 * David T. Walker – electric guitar
 * Red Rhodes – steel guitar
 * Harry "Sweets" Edison – flugelhorn, trumpet
 * Robert "Bobby" Bryant – flugelhorn, trumpet
 * George Bohanon – trombone
 * Ernie Watts – flute

Conducted and arranged by David Campbell and Norman Kurban
 * David Campbell and Carole Mukogawa – viola
 * Terry King and Nathaniel Rosen – cellos
 * Charles Larkey – string bass
 * Barry Socher, Eliot Chapo, Marcy Dicterow, Gordon Marron, Sheldon Sanov and Polly Sweeney – violin

Additional credits

 * Hank Cicalo – engineer
 * Steve Mitchell – assistant engineer
 * Chuck Beeson – graphic concept and design
 * Jim McCrary – photography