Writer

King's first solo album was produced by John Fischbach, co-founder of Crystal Sound in Hollywood, where it was recorded. It includes Up on the Roof, a hit for the Drifters, and Child of Mine. Taylor played acoustic guitar and sang backing vocals on Goin' Back. It received little attention at first and entered the chart only after the success of Tapestry, peaking at 84.

Writing about it alongside Tapestry in Rolling Stone, Jon Landau called Writer a blessing despite its faults, though he thought the production poor. Alexis Petridis of the Guardian later called it an underrated album, noting that it was rockier than the ones that made her famous, and that it ends with a version of Up on the Roof without drums, slower than the Drifters' single.