The Carpenters - The Singles 1969-73 (2014) SHM Universal Music Japan UICY40046 FLAC Beolab1700

The Carpenters - The Singles 1969-73 (2014) SHM Universal Music Japan UICY40046 FLAC Beolab1700



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The Carpenters - 1973 The Singles 1969-1973 (Mini LP PT-SHM Universal Japan 2014)
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Artist...............: The Carpenters
Album................: 1973 The Singles 1969-1973 (Mini LP PT-SHM Universal Japan 2014)
Genre................: Rock/Pop
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 57 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: CD IMAGE - LOG - CUE - SCANS

Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 23/11/2014

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Tracklisting
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01. We've Only Just Begun 04:09
02. Top Of The World 02:58
03. Ticket To Ride 04:09
04. Superstar 03:45
05. Rainy Days And Mondays 03:25
06. Goodbye To Love 03:59
07. Yesterday Once More 03:57
08. It's Going To Take Some Time 02:55
09. Sing 03:17
10. For All We Know 02:34
11. Hurting Each Other 02:48
12. (They Long To Be) Close To You 03:44


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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.

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