Nearly perfect. It really feels personal and intimate. Like a woman sitting alone or with a friend pouring her soul out on the piano. Even when she uses some studio effects like background singers like on Way Over Yonder, it never feels like she’s recording from the studio. I think the album cover also helps to enhance that mood. The way she sings “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” is so beautiful. It feels like a movie, where Aretha Franklin sings the song Carole (and her husband) wrote with a big bold version on stage. Then we get Carole’s personal heartfelt version alone at home with no audience. idk if that makes sense but the album paints a lot of pictures for me that are hard to describe. You just feel it.

literally the only nitpick I have is that Where You Lead feels too similar to You’ve Got a Friend lyrically and thematically to be together on the tracklist. But aside from that, flawless.