Carpenters - Love Songs (1998)

The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter.
Producers: Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Jack Daugherty.
Includes liner notes by Paul Lester.
Digitally remastered by Roger Wake.

Few pop song catalogs have been as underappreciated as that of the Carpenters. Though many of their best songs ("Rainy Days and Mondays," "We've Only Just Begun") were penned by equally underrated songwriter Paul Williams, pianist Richard Carpenter got his compositional licks in too, and it was his vocalist/drummer sister Karen whose sweet but unaffected vocal style cemented these tunes' popularity and helped place them in the '70s pop canon for all time.

This collection, though essentially a functional "best of," focuses, as the title makes plain, on LOVE SONGS. Of course, it doesn't hurt that such tunes happened to be the duo's stock in trade. From the achingly evanescent "Close To You" to the uplifting, jubilant "Top Of The World," these songs celebrates the ups and downs of romance. Lend an ear and be reminded of the grace and beauty that existed in the musical world of Richard and Karen Carpenter.

Tracks
1. I Need To Be In Love
2. Solitaire
3. We've Only Just Begun
4. This Masquerade
5. You're The One
6. Superstar
7. Rainy Days And Mondays
8. Top Of The World
9. Make Believe It's Your First Time
10. I Just Fall In Love Again
11. Close To You, (They Long To Be)
12. For All We Know
13. Where Do I Go From Here
14. Only Yesterday
15. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
16. When I Fall In Love
17. Hurting Each Other
18. I Won't Last A Day Without You
19. Song For You, A
20. Goodbye To Love

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