2001 Carole King – Love Makes The World
Love Makes The World is the 16th studio album by Carole King, released in 2001. Distributed by Koch Records, it was her first release on her Rockingale Records label. As of 2025, it is her most recent album of new material.
During the release for the album, King appeared in a series of television advertisements for Gap, in which her daughter Louise Goffin performs “So Far Away” and King performs “Love Makes the World”.
Tracks
1 Love Makes The World (Sam Hollander, Carole King, Dave Schommer) 4:23
2 You Can Do Anything (Babyface, Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager) 3:58
3 The Reason (Mark Hudson, Carole King, Greg Wells) 4:39
4 I Wasn’t Gonna Fall In Love (Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:04
5 I Don’t Know (Paul Brady, Gary Burr, Mark Hudson, Carole King) 3:04
6 Oh No, Not My Baby (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 3:28
7 It Could Have Been Anyone (David Foster, Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager) 3:53
8 Monday Without You (Paul Brady, Mark Hudson, Carole King) 4:02
9 An Uncommon Love (Rob Hyman, Carole King, Rich Wayland) 3:34
10 You Will Find Me There (Joel Campbell, Carole King) 4:25
11 Safe Again (Carole King) 2:42
12 This Time (Carole King) 3:42
Biography
Musicians
1 Love Makes The World
| Guitar | Steve Hamilton |
| Acoustic Guitar | Steve Hamilton |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Programming | Dave Schommer |
| Sax | Dave Boruff |
| Percussion | Duke Mushroom |
| Background Vocals | Danny Woods |
| Background Vocals | Carole King |
| Vocals | Carole King |
2 You Can Do
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums (programming) | Babyface |
| Guitar | Babyface |
| Keyboards | Babyface |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Programming | Babyface |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Background Vocals | Babyface |
| Background Vocals | Carole King |
| Vocals | Carole King |
3 The Reason
| Bass | Armand Sabal-Lecco |
| Drums | Greg Wells |
| Guitar | Greg Wells |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Programming | CJ Vanston |
| Programming | Lester Mendez |
| Background Vocals | Celine Dion |
| Background Vocals | Carole King |
| Vocals | Celine Dion |
| Vocals | Carole King |
4 I Wasn’t Gonna Fall In Love
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Guitar | Rudy Guess |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Programming | Lester Mendez |
| Trumpet | Wynton Marsalis |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Background Vocals | Carole King |
| Vocals | Carole King |
5 I Don’t Know
| Bass | Armand Sabal-Lecco |
| Drums (programming) | Michael McCoy |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Guitar | Rudy Guess |
| Acoustic Guitar | Gary Burr |
| Electric Piano | Paul Brady |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Background Vocals | Gary Burr |
| Background Vocals | Mark Hudson |
| Background Vocals | Paul Brady |
| Background Vocals | Carole King |
| Vocals | Carole King |
6 Oh No, Not My Baby
| Acoustic Bass | Charles Larkey |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Vocals | Carole King |
7 It Could Have Been
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Guitar | Rudy Guess |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Piano | David Foster |
| Programming | Simon Franglen |
| Vocals | Carole King |
8 Monday Without You
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Greg Wells |
| Guitar | Rusty Anderson |
| Acoustic Guitar | Gary Burr |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Piano | Paul Brady |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Background Vocals | Gary Burr |
| Background Vocals | Mark Hudson |
| Background Vocals | Paul Brady |
| Background Vocals | Carole King |
| Background Vocals | Steven Tyler |
| Vocals | Carole King |
9 An Uncommon Love
| Acoustic Bass | Charles Larkey |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Programming | Randy Waldman |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Vocals | K.D. Lang |
| Vocals | Carole King |
10 You Will Find Me There
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Piano | CJ Vanston |
| Programming | CJ Vanston |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Vocals | Carole King |
11 Safe Again
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Keyboards | Randy Waldman |
| Piano | Carole King |
| Flute | David Shostac |
| French Horn | James Thatcher |
| Oboe | Barbara Northcutt |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Vocals | Carole King |
12 This Time
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Russ Kunkel |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Guitar | Rudy Guess |
| Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Programming | CJ Vanston |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Vocals | Carole King |
Strings
Viola – Brian Dembow, David Walther (Track 9)
Violin – Endre Granat, Julie Ann Gigante, Jacqueline Brand, Miran Kojian, Michael Rishik, Amy Hershberger (Track 9)
Liner Notes
Producer – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Producer – Pop Rox (Track 1)
Producer – Babyface (Track 2)
Producer – David Foster (Track 7)
Producer (Executive) – Carole Bayer Sager
Arranged By (Vocals) – Carole King (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Babyface (Track 2)
Arranged By (Strings) – Carole King (Track 9)
Arranged By (Track) – CJ Vanston (Track 12)
Recorded By – Alejandro Rodriguez, Bobby Arnold, Chris Brooke, Erik Gillberg, Felipe Elgueta, Humberto Gatica, Michael McCoy, Paul Boutin, Rudy Guess
Recorded By (Assistant) – Chris Brooke, Cesar Ramirez, Christian Robles, Frederik Sarhagen, Kevin Guarnieri, Kevin Meyers, Jesse Gorman, Mike Tocci
Mastered By – Vlado Meller, Steve Kadison
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica
Art Direction, Design – Vigon/Ellis
Photography – Joyce Tenneson
Mastered At Sony Music Studios, NYC
Mixed At Westlake Studios
Recorded At Westlake Studios
Recorded At Brandon’s Way Recording
Recorded At The Rude Stude
Recorded At Chartmaker Studios
Recorded At The Ranch
Recorded At Paradise Sound
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At The Fire Station
Phonographic Copyright Rockingale Records
Copyright Rockingale Records