One to One (Carole King album)

One to One is the twelfth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1982 by Atlantic Records.^[1] It is also the name of the accompanying concert video. The album peaked at number 119 on the Billboard 200.^[2]

One to One the video contains on-camera comments by Carole King as well as live performances from One to One the studio album, and some of her best-known songs from previous LP's.

The New York Times wrote that "King good-naturedly dishes out humanitarian truisms like chicken soup."^[5] The Globe and Mail noted that "the band of folk-jazz musicians she has assembled around her is Nashville and California perfect," but deemed the album a "likeable, although undistinguished collection of songs."^[6]

All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.

1. "One to One" (King, Cynthia Weil) – 3:16
2. "It's a War" – 3:08
3. "Lookin' Out for Number One" – 3:15
4. "Life Without Love" (Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin, Warren Pash) – 3:48
5. "Golden Man" – 5:24
6. "Read Between the Lines" – 2:54
7. "(Love Is Like A) Boomerang" – 2:35
8. "Goat Annie" – 4:01
9. "Someone You Never Met Before" (Goffin, King) – 3:16
10. "Little Prince" – 2:06

Musicians and vocalists

• Carole King – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4), grand piano (1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10), Wurlitzer electric piano (2), Fender Rhodes (10)
• Reese Wynans – grand piano (1, 3, 8), Fender Rhodes (1, 4–7), organ (2, 9), synthesizers (4)
• Robert McEntee – acoustic guitar (1, 5), electric guitar (2–5, 7, 8), backing vocals (2, 3, 5), first guitar solo (5), slide guitar (8)
• Eric Johnson – electric guitar (1, 3–5, 7), second guitar solo (5), Fender Rhodes (7)
• Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar solo (2), electric guitar (9)
• Charles Larkey – bass
• Steve Meador – drums (1–9)
• Christopher Dennis – percussion (1–5, 7), tambourine (6), goat bell (8)
• Richard Hardy – flutes (5), alto saxophone (7)
• Mark Hallman – backing vocals (1–6), acoustic guitar (8)
• Debbie James – backing vocals (5)
• Louise Goffin – backing vocals (6, 9)
• Sherry Goffin – backing vocals (6)

Horns (Tracks 2 & 3)

• George Bohanon – horn arrangements
• John Mills – baritone saxophone
• Richard Hardy – tenor saxophone
• Donald Knaub – bass trombone
• Michael Mordecai – trombone
• Raymond Crisara – trumpet
• Scott McIntosh – trumpet

String on "Little Prince"

• Bill Ginn and Mark Hallman – string arrangements
• Leonard Posner – concertmaster
• Ted Herring and Delta Holl – cello
• Sallie Banks, Shirley Blair, Stepen Edwards and Lucia Woodroff – viola
• Michael Fizzell, Marylynn Fletcher, Dorothy Goodenough, Georgeann Nero, Nancy Nicoles, Leonard Posner, Douglas Tabony and Betty Whitlock – violin

Production

• Carole King – producer
• Mark Hallman – producer
• Chet Himes – engineer
• James Tuttle – additional engineer, assistant engineer
• Tom Cummings – remixing (4), assistant engineer (10)
• Bobby Hata – mastering at Amigo Studios (Burbank, California)
• Gayle Goff – production coordinator
• Dick Reeves – art direction, design
• John Wilson – art direction, design, illustration
• Bill Maye – art direction and design assistance
• Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
• Michael Brovsky and Witt Stewart – direction, management

The album's lead single, "One to One", peaked at No. 45 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1982.

• Carole King discography.