Soulful Tapestry

Infobox Album | Name = Soulful Tapestry
Type = Album
Artist = Honey Cone


Released = 1971
Recorded =
Genre = R&B/Soul/Funk
Length = 41:56
Label = Hot Wax
HA-707
Producer = Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry, and Edith Wayne.
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:vi3m96oohep5 link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=3029&name=Honey+Cone link]
Last album = "Sweet Replies"
(1971)
This album = "Soulful Tapestry"
(1971)
Next album = "Love, Peace & Soul"
(1972)|

"Soulful Tapestry" is the third studio album by Girl group the Honey Cone. It was released by Hot Wax/Invictus Records in 1971 (see 1971 in music).

Album information

The name of the album was based on and inspired by Carole King's Pop/Rock break-through 1971 album "Tapestry." The album contained the group's three highest charting singles including; the funky soul upbeat number "Want Ads" - In the vein of The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back," this single became the group's highest charting single and biggest single of their career hitting number one in April, 1971; "Stick Up" - a similar follow up to "Want Ads," the song peaked at number eleven in the US in August, 1971; and "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Pt. 1)" - a Latin flavoured slam at a lover gone cold with similar chord progressions akin to The Isley Brothers' 1962 hit Twist & Shout, a number fifteen hit in November, 1971.

Lyrically, the material was quietly instrumental in developing the message of female empowerment through song. With the aggressive funk music fronted by lead singer, Edna Wright's gospel growl, and lyrics centered around love abandoned and love found, female commentary on modern relationships was becoming less out-of-place. Other notable moments on the album include "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Pt. 2)" - an instrumental to the first part, the gospel-inspired "Who's It Gonna Be?," the gritty ballad "All The King's Men," and the funky bass-driven ballad "The Day I Found Myself."

Though out of print, like the group's other releases, all of the tracks on this album are featured on Honey Cone's "Soulful Sugar: The Complete Hot Wax Recordings" (2001, Castle Music UK).

Track listing

# "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" - 3:31
# "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 2)" - 4:17
# "Don't Count Your Chickens (Before They Hatch)" - 3:47
# "Little More" - 3:02
# "Stick Up" - 3:23
# "Want Ads" - 3:10
# "Who's It Gonna Be" - 4:15
# "How Does It Feels" - 3:49
# "V.I.P." - 2:59
# "The Day I Found Myself" - 5:54
# "All The King's Horses (All The King's Men)" - 3:49

Production

* Producer: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry, and Edith Wayne.
* Arranger: Angelo Bond, General Norman Johnson, and Greg Perry.
* Engineer: Barney Perkins