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Carpenters – The Singles 1969-1973

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  • There's a certain inherent sadness listening to this concise 12-song collection of the Carpenters' early hits, especially as it opens with "We've Only Just Begun," with its hopeful, dreamy lyrics -- for it was never supposed to be definitive, just the first of at least two such collections. But changes in the public's taste and a slackening (though never a disappearance) of hits for the duo, and Karen Carpenter's death in 1983, made this the first and only real mass choice for a Carpenters collection. Ten of the duo's dozen Top Ten hits are present, from "Close to You" to "Top of the World," with their gorgeous and original slow ballad interpretation of "Ticket to Ride" and their cover of Carole King's "It's Going to Take Some Time" thrown in to offer a slightly wider perspective. Listening to this material, it's easy to accuse the Carpenters of being hopelessly retro even in their own time -- bear in mind that "We've Only Just Begun" and "Superstar" being contemporaneous with the Allman Brothers' At Fillmore East and Eat a Peach and you get the idea. But the lush melodies brought out in Richard Carpenter's arrangements and Karen's singing are justification in themselves.


    - AllMusic.com

  • Artist: Carpenters
    Label: A&M Records
    Format: LP
    Units: 1
    Country: US
    Genre: Pop & Rock
    Style: Pop Rock
  • A1 We'Ve Only Just Begun
    A2 Top Of The World
    A3 Ticket To Ride
    A4 Superstar
    A5 Rainy Days And Mondays
    A6 Goodbye To Love
    B1 Yesterday Once More
    B2 It'S Going To Take Some Time
    B3 Sing
    B4 For All We Know
    B5 Hurting Each Other
    B6 (They Long To Be) Close To You