by Joe Viglione\Dan Heilman\wrote On Pearls King reprises the early-'60s pop gems she wrote with\Gerry Goffin\, with fine results. There is just a fraction of their phenomenal work documented here, and the 16 and a half minutes per side on the vinyl LP is hardly enough time to give the listener a proper perspective. Dancin with Tears in My Eyes opens the collection, a pleasant new addition to their repertoire, but next to The Loco-Motion, One Fine Day, Chains, and Snow Queen, its purpose is more to bring the album full circle than to try to compete with these classics. One Fine Day, the song\the Chiffons\brought Top Five, was the hit, going Top 15 from this set 17 years later. Make no mistake about it, this is possibly Carole King's most important work since\Tapestry\, and why a similar album didn't follow\Tapestry\or its follow-up,\Music\, was a marketing blunder and a mystery. Missing here is\Lou Adler\'s production, though King and her co-producer,\Mark Hallman\, are hardly in