Rhymes And Reasons is a 1972 album by Carole King.

Track listing

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

Musical Credits

• Carole King – vocals, piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
• Charles Larkey – electric bass, string bass
• Harvey Mason – drums, vibraphone
• Bobbye Hall – tambourine, shaker, bells, bongo drum, conga drum
• 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
  
  

String Section:
Conducted and arranged by Norman Kurban and David Campbell

• David Campbell and Carole S. Mukogawa – viola
• Terry King and Nathaniel Rosen – cellos
• Charles Larkey – string bass
• Barry Socher, Eliot Chapo, Marcy E. Dicterow, Gorden H. 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