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The Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (1973) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2014] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

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Date: 6 Feb 2022 11:17:30

The Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (1973) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2014] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

The Singles: 1969–1973 is an album by the brother/sister pop duo the Carpenters. A greatest hits collection, it topped the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom and became one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s. Features of this compilation include a newly recorded version of "Top of the World", "Ticket to Ride" and a number of musical introductions and segues between the songs "Superstar", "Rainy Days and Mondays" and "Goodbye to Love", the latter two were sped up in pitch, much to the regret of Richard in subsequent years.

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.

Tracklist:

01. We've Only Just Begun
02. Top Of The World
03. Ticket To Ride
04. Superstar
05. Rainy Days And Mondays
06. Goodbye To Love
07. Yesterday Once More
08. It's Going To Take Some Time
09. Sing
10. For All We Know
11. Hurting Each Other
12. (They Long To Be) Close To You

Remastered in February 2014 by Richard Carpenter and Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

Dynamic Range

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Analyzed: Carpenters / The Singles 1969-1973
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -6.26 dB -22.37 dB 4:10 01-We've Only Just Begun
DR11 -6.91 dB -21.30 dB 2:58 02-Top Of The World
DR11 -5.85 dB -20.93 dB 4:09 03-Ticket To Ride
DR11 -5.35 dB -21.88 dB 3:46 04-Superstar
DR11 -7.58 dB -23.23 dB 3:26 05-Rainy Days And Mondays
DR12 -7.06 dB -21.52 dB 3:59 06-Goodbye To Love
DR12 -6.56 dB -21.91 dB 3:58 07-Yesterday Once More
DR11 -8.61 dB -22.91 dB 2:56 08-It's Going To Take Some Time
DR12 -7.13 dB -23.28 dB 3:17 09-Sing
DR11 -10.14 dB -24.02 dB 2:35 10-For All We Know
DR13 -5.76 dB -22.72 dB 2:48 11-Hurting Each Other
DR13 -7.67 dB -25.36 dB 3:44 12-(They Long To Be) Close To You
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64

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