Carpenters: The Essential Collection, 1965-1997

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Carpenters: The Essential Collection, 1965-1997
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Artist: Carpenters
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2006-08-31
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Caravan
  2. Parting Of Our Ways, The
  3. Looking For Love
  4. I'll Be Yours
  5. Iced Tea
  6. You'll Love Me
  7. All I Can Do
  8. Don't Be Afraid
  9. Invocation
  10. Your Wonderful Parade
  11. All Of My Life
  12. Eve
  13. Ticket To Ride
  14. Get Together
  15. Interview
  16. Love Is Surrender
  17. Maybe It's You
  18. Close To You, (They Long To Be)
  19. Mr. Guder
  20. We've Only Just Begun
  21. Merry Christmas Darling
  22. For All We Know (from "Lovers And Other Strangers")
Music CD 2
  1. Rainy Days And Mondays
  2. Superstar
  3. Let Me Be The One
  4. Bless The Beasts And Children (from "Bless The Beasts And Children")
  5. Hurting Each Other
  6. It's Going To Take Some Time
  7. I Won't Last A Day Without You
  8. Song For You, A
  9. Top Of The World
  10. Goodbye To Love
  11. This Masquerade
  12. Sing
  13. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  14. Yesterday Once More
  15. Oldies Medley: Fun, Fun, Fun / End Of The World, The / Da Doo Ron Ron / Deadman's Curve / Johnny Angel / Night Has A Thousand Eyes, The / Our Day Will Come / One Fine Day
  16. Yesterday Once More (Reprise)
  17. Radio Contest Outtakes
Music CD 3
  1. Morinaga Hi-Crown Chocolate Commercial
  2. Please Mr. Postman
  3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  4. Only Yesterday
  5. Solitaire
  6. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again
  7. Good Friends Are For Keeps
  8. Ordinary Fool
  9. Sandy
  10. There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)
  11. I Need To Be In Love
  12. From This Moment On
  13. Suntory Pop Jingle #1
  14. Suntory Pop Jingle #2
  15. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
  16. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day)
  17. Sweet, Sweet Smile
  18. Christ Is Born
  19. White Christmas
  20. Little Altar Boy
  21. Ave Maria
Music CD 4
  1. Where Do I Go From Here
  2. Little Girl Blue
  3. I Believe You
  4. If I Had You
  5. Karen/Ella Medley: This Masquerade / My Funny Valentine / I'll Be Seeing You / Someone To Watch Over Me / As Time Goes By / Don't Get Around Much Any More / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
  6. 1980 Medley: Sing / Knowing When To Leave / Make It Easy On Yourself / Someday / We've Only Just Begun
  7. Make Believe It's Your First Time
  8. Touch Me When We're Dancing
  9. When It's Gone
  10. Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)
  11. Those Good Old Dreams
  12. Now
  13. Karen's Theme

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Free Music Review: So many jewels with Karen's beautiful voice
Hit: 5 Stars

A few favorites come to mind. Of course "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" were always my favorites from my high school days. But the real jewels were the songs I didn't really listen to until 20 years later. That's when I found "A Song For You" with Karen's beautiful and haunting vocal, and great tenor sax solo by Bob Messenger; which became one of my all-time favorite pop ballads. Prior to hearing this rendition, I had only heard Woody Herman's Thundering Herd play this on their Grammy Winning album "Giant Steps." I hadn't even heard of Leon Russell.

But I must also add the wonderful "1980 MEDLEY - Sing/Knowing When To Leave/Make It Easy On Yourself/Someday/We've Only Just Begun", in which Richard orchestrated some beautiful string and woodwind movements. Especially on "Make It Easy On Yourself" - extremely lush string arrangement and first-rate vocal harmonies. Oh, but "Someday" stands out with the marvelous voicings of the strings, flute and oboe; plus the addition of the O.K. Chorale Singers (angelic choir-like voices) - WOW!. I almost lose it every time the singers come in. Thank you Richard, for writing some of the most brilliant string and woodwind accompaniments for Karen's "One-In-A-Million" voice.

I'd be remiss, not to mention Richard's orchestrating great strings and woodwinds (first oboe, then flutes and clarinets) in "Where Do I Go From Here." Last, but not least (for me) - The happy, upbeat, Latin-tinged, "All You Get From Love Is A Love Song" showcasing the tenor saxophone of Tom Scott.

I'm a woodwind and percussion player (and have always wanted to play the string family), so I sometimes lean on the side of listening to more the orchestrations than I do of the vocals of The Carpenters. Not to take away anything from the moving and beautiful voice of Karen, but I feel that Richard really complemented Karen greatly by writing so many wonderful string and woodwind passages in their music, to move the listener besides just Karen's voice. So I'm not going to apologize for overdoing the kudos on the orchestrations and not enough on Karen. Most all of the reviews have done the praising of Karen, so that should satisfy her fans. I (like the majority) loved and adored Karen Carpenter.
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Carpenters: The Essential Collection, 1965-1997 Poster

The sprawling suburbs that sprang up south of Los Angeles during the postwar industrial boom gave white pop two of its most accomplished icons, Brian Wilson's Beach Boys, out of Hawthorne, and Downey's Carpenters. That geography subtly permeates the first disc of this four-CD, 89-track anthology, from the living room demos and indie singles that pushed them to a Hollywood Bowl battle of the bands victory while still teens to their first triumphs for A&M Records, just across town in Hollywood. Assembled, burnished, and annotated with loving care by Richard Carpenter, it's a collection that chronicles an expansive musical vision rooted in prerock pop, yet fueled by the ambitious, neo-baroque arrangement consciousness of the '60s L.A. music scene. Karen Carpenter's warm, inviting alto may have been the band's trademark, but it's Richard's perfect studio frameworks--and a far-ranging taste for material that spans standards, Bacharach's "Close to You," Leon Russell's "Superstar," "A Song for You, " and "This Masquerade"--that made the Carpenters' music considerably more than the sum of its parts. Filled with a wealth of rare outtakes, remixes, radio spots, TV performances (including a duet-medley between Karen and the great Ella Fitzgerald), and commercial spots, Essential is exactly that for a Carpenters fan. --Jerry McCulley

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