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Carpenters by Carpenters (The) (CD, Dec-1998, A&M Records USA) 
Carpenters by Carpenters (The) (CD, Dec-1998, A&M Records USA)

 
Carpenters by Carpenters (The) (CD, Dec-1998, A&M Records USA)

Release Date: Dec 1998
Format: CD
Record Label: A&M Records (USA)
Genre: Contemp. Pop Vocals, Pop Vocal
UPC: 082839350228
Product ID: EPID3079786
Description: The Carpenters: Richard Carpenter (vocals, arranger, keyboards); Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums). Additional personnel includes: Bob Messenger (reeds, bass); Douglas Strawn, Jim Horn (reeds); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine (drums). All tr...
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Track Listing
1. Rainy Days and Mondays
2. Saturday
3. Let Me Be the One
4. Hideaway, (A Place to)
5. For All We Know
6. Superstar
7. Druscilla Penny
8. One Love
9. Bacharach/David Medley: Knowing When To Leave / Make It Easy On Yourself / Always Something There To Remind Me, (There's) / I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Walk On By / Do You Know The Way To San Jose
10. Sometimes

Details
Contributing Artists:Hal Blaine, Jim Horn
Producer:Jack Daugherty
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
The Carpenters: Richard Carpenter (vocals, arranger, keyboards); Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel includes: Bob Messenger (reeds, bass); Douglas Strawn, Jim Horn (reeds); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine (drums).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
The Carpenters' radio-friendly soft rock virtually defined the genre in the early 1970s, and this album--their third full-length--was the group's ace card. Following on the heels of the wildly successful CLOSE TO YOU, CARPENTERS features more breezy melodies marked by rich arrangements and beautiful lead vocals, courtesy of siblings Richard Carpenter and Karen Carpenter, respectively.
The record is most notable for two of the duo's strongest and best-loved singles. "Rainy Days and Mondays," written by soft-pop gods Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, is a bittersweet pop masterpiece fleshed out by Richard's string orchestrations and smoothly produced backing vocals, while Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett's "Superstar," from its melancholic verse to its dramatic chorus, is equally hard to resist. (Both songs showcase Karen's sultry alto.) The rest of the album includes Richard's bubble-gum pop originals, another Williams-Nichols tune ("Let Me Be the One"), and a medley of Burt Bacharach-Hal David tunes. Even more commercially streamlined than its predecessors, CARPENTERS is a classic of early-'70s pop.

Editorial Reviews
...Ultimately the Carpenters have more going for them than against. There is no question that they have contributed mightily to the inherently limited genre of MOR music...
Rolling Stone (06/24/1971)

...Ultimately the Carpenters have more going for them than against. There is no question that they have contributed mightily to the inherently limited genre of MOR music...
Rolling Stone (06/24/1971)

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