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The Carpenters - Ticket To Ride (1970) [1986, Japan, 1st Press]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 11 Jan 2023 22:22:55

"Ticket to Ride" is the first studio album by American music duo the Carpenters. At the time of its initial release in 1969, it was issued under the title "Offering", with a completely different cover photo. It was a commercial failure and produced only one minor hit single, a ballad version of the Lennon-McCartney song "Ticket to Ride". After the Carpenters' subsequent breakthrough, however, in 1970 the album was reissued internationally under the name "Ticket to Ride" and sold moderately. The album is far more self-contained than other Carpenters albums; excluding the orchestrations, bass by Joe Osborn and occasional guitar from Gary Sims, most of the instruments were played by Karen and Richard Carpenter themselves - drums and keyboards respectively - and 10 of the 13 songs were written by Richard and his lyricist John Bettis. It also stands out from subsequent Carpenters albums in that the lead vocals are evenly split between the two band members; on later albums, Karen Carpenter would perform most of the lead vocals and this is one of two albums where Karen provided virtually all of the drumming, the other being Now & Then, released in 1973.

~Wikipedia

The Carpenters' first long-player, cut in 1969 (and originally released as Offering) amid the breakdown of America's postwar social contract, the Vietnam War's soaring to a crescendo of bloodshed, the coming apart of the Beatles, and the final flowering (and wilting) of the youth rebellion of the prior four years. And in the middle of all of that, Karen and Richard Carpenter issued a finely crafted record that moved effortlessly between Spanky & Our Gang-style pop/rock ("Your Wonderful Parade") and art-song. In some ways, Ticket to Ride is the Carpenters' most interesting album, for it contains a range of interests and sounds that were modified or abandoned on subsequent albums. The lushly orchestrated "Someday" is a brilliant showcase for Richard's arranging skills and the most dramatic side of Karen's voice it points the way toward songs like "Crescent Noon" on the next album, and although that highly dramatic sound proved a blind alley, it did result in some ravishing performances by the duo. "All I Can Do" is the most solid reminder of their origins as part of a light jazz trio called Spectrum, a pleasing vocal workout that might've been well covered by the Manhattan Transfer. Their version of "Get Together" is about as convincing as a version by the Cowsills would've been, but it's balanced by Richard's slow ballad arrangement of "Ticket to Ride," an unexpected and beguiling (if too upbeat) cover of Neil Young's "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," and a couple of superb originals, "Eve" and "All of My Life."

~Review by Bruce Eder

Release of the album: "Offering" - 1969, October, 9 [LP A&M Records, Cat.# SP 4205, USA]; "Ticket To Ride" - 1970, November, 10 [LP A&M Records, Cat.# SP 4205, USA]
Release of this CD: 1986, October, 21 [CD A&M Records/Canyon Records (Japan), Cat.# D32Y3080 / EAN: T4988012230034]
Made by Canyon Records, Inc. in Japan

Notes: Reissue. A part of the "Audio Master Plus" Series.

Credits:

Arranged By – Richard Carpenter
Artwork – Tom Wilkes
Bass – Bob Messinger, Joe Osborn
Drums – Karen Carpenter
Electric Bass – Karen Carpenter
Engineer – Ray Gerhardt
Guitar – Gary Sims
Keyboards – Richard Carpenter
Photography By – Jim McCrary
Producer – Jack Daugherty
Shaker – H. Alpert
Vocals – Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter

Tracklist:

01. Invocation (01:00)
02. Your Wonderful Parade (02:54)
03. Someday (05:17)
04. Get Together (02:37)
05. All Of My Life (03:06)
06. Turn Away (03:12)
07. (They Long To Be) Close To You (03:55)
08. Ticket To Ride (04:13)
09. Don't Be Afraid (02:09)
10. What's The Use (02:43)
11. All I Can Do (01:42)
12. Eve (02:53)
13. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (04:20)
14. Benediction (00:43)

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DR10 -4.87 dB -18.57 dB 2:54 02-Your Wonderful Parade
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See also:
The Carpenters - A&M Gold Series (1991)

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