Carpenters - Horizon
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Artist: CarpentersBrand: CARPENTERS
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1998-12-08
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- Aurora
- Only Yesterday
- Desperado
- Please Mr. Postman
- I Can Dream Can't I
- Solitaire
- Happy
- (I'm Caught Between) Goodbye And I Love You
- Love Me For What I Am
- Eventide
Free Music Notes for Horizon
Free Music Review: The Ultimate Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
Horizon, the album recorded smack dab in the middle of the Carpenters twelve-year career, introduces a more mature musical sound while revealing an emotional depth that was somewhat missing on Now and Then. Karen's voice is in prime form while the Carpenters sound has reached sublime perfection. The music in Horizon perfectly gels with Karen's impeccable voice to create a listening experience unrivaled with any other Carpenters album. The opening "Aurora" introduces us to several lyrically vivid images set up against a dream-like piano solo. The strings enhance an opening song which is too beautiful and all too short. (1:00) From this moment, we realize we are not embarking into a regular Carpenters album. Karen's voice is never in better form as it is in "Only Yesterday", the first full song on the album, and second single (#4 in 1975). She begins with the husky low "After long enough of being alone" before rising to the "Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely" of the chorus. Few other Carpenters songs highlight her incredible range as this one. The song is even built differently than a regular Carpenters song, segueing into the electric guitar solo after the first chorus rather than after a bridge. From the bouncing "Only Yesterday", we slide right into a great cover of the Eagles' "Desperado." The song and lyric prove to be perfectly suited for Karen's voice and reading. And the classic harmonica only heightens the longing. One of the album's highlights comes next with "Please Mr. Postman", a #1 hit single that is just too much fun. Karen and Richard's playful arrangement of this Marvelette's song is irresistible to radio and fits in perfectly on an album which has already shown much variety. "I Can Dream, Can't I" is a beautiful melody matched with a timeless lyric, which almost sounds like a 1940's ballad. This song showcases the depth of Karen's voice while adding some 1940's harmony in several places. "Dreams are just like wine and I am drunk with mine," she sings with longing in every word. The second half of this collection begins with the top-twenty single "Solitaire." The duo's rendition of this song and haunting string arrangement become an instant album highlight. "Happy" mixes a pop melody with a delightful lyric and some 70's synthesizers to create a listening experience, again, unusual for a Carpenters song. "Goodbye and I Love You" and "Love Me for What I Am" bring together longing lyrics and beautiful readings by Karen. These underrated songs shine as some of the group's best. The closing of the album is the stirring "Eventide" which appears and disappears just like "Aurora." And with that, the dream is over. The only possible flaw that could come against this album of songs would be its length. With just 8 full songs, the album is all too short. Several songs were recorded for Horizon, but not included due to the high standard of songs on the album already. "Sailing on the Tide" and "You're Enough" were both recorded during these sessions, but would not be placed on an album until after Karen's death. Both these songs do not live up the expectations of "Only Yesterday" or "Love Me for What I Am." "Trying to Get the Feeling Again" was another song not included on an album until 1995, but Richard believed there were enough ballads on Horizon already. And what remains is the Carpenters peak recording. Horizon is the definitive Carpenters legacy.
Horizon Poster
Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. 2009.Broadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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