The Carpenters - A Song for You
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Artist: The CarpentersEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-01-12
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- A Song for You - The Carpenters, Russell, Leon
- Top of the World - The Carpenters, Bettis, John
- Hurting Each Other - The Carpenters, Udell, Peter
- It's Going to Take Some Time - The Carpenters, King, Carole
- Goodbye to Love - The Carpenters, Carpenter, Richard
- Bless the Beasts and Children - The Carpenters, Devorzon, Barry
- Flat Baroque - The Carpenters, Carpenter, Richard
- Piano Picker - The Carpenters, Edelman, Randy
- I Won't Last a Day Without You - The Carpenters, Nichols, Roger [Son
- Crystal Lullaby - The Carpenters, Carpenter, Richard
- Road Ode - The Carpenters, Sims, Gary
- A Song for You (Reprise) - The Carpenters, Russell, Leon
Free Music Notes for A Song for You
Free Music Review: SUPERSTARDOM
Hit: 5 Stars
Was the Carpenter's music success due only to the effects of style and tempo, or was there much more? Were the Carpenters a performing music preference for all people/all ages in the early 1970s? Was the music fundamental to the scheme of learning perhaps? Super-stardom is a rigorous definition that informs us that a small number of people can earn large sums of money in the field they work in. This is very true for the Carpenters. The small differences in the Carpenter's music ability were magnified to disproportionate levels of success in a relatively short period in the 1970s. Consumers knew they were listening to superstars before they could become superstars - a reflection in the Carpenter's 1971 album 'Carpenters' with the song "Superstar". The 1972 album 'A Song For You' is somewhat of a perfect sequel to the 1971 album 'Carpenters' for obvious reasons - and there is an addition of a white heart on the CD sleeve cover that I own. Easy listening pop - being a preferred generic style by many consumers - saw the album lined with melody, harmony and rhythm, pitch and tempo developing with an affective character. It is very much a personality album, with Karen's voice relating intelligence to character with the characteristics determining the listening pleasure of the album. The opening and closing track, "A Song for You" was penned by the rock legend, Leon Russell, and more than hints that the album is a concept album - and the CD packaging seems complete. The Carpenters have crafted a rich structural sound experience - from their humble beginnings to this richness of sound and experimentation. At 38 minutes this album is then considered to be a representation of the Carpenter's finest recording moments. One only has to consider that a total of six singles were lifted from the album and charted well. Richard penned much of the music arrangements and co-wrote, 'Top of the World', 'Goodbye to Love', and 'Crystal Lullaby' - not a bad effort for a piano prodigy. All of the remaining songs are covers which did not gain much success as covers beyond the Carpenter's covering the songs. It could be said that the songs could have been written for Karen. Karen was voted as the Best Rock Drummer for 1975 in a Playboy poll. Karen shares the drumming on this album with Hal Blaine. The album has a definitive smooth classical New Haven jazz influence - and one could imagine the Carpenters performing freely to Yale university students - which makes the music feel more universally accessible. I listen to both 'Carpenters' and 'A Song for You' albums on the 11th day of each month. These are albums recorded fully or partially in 1971. My favorite songs on this album are "Bless the Beasts and the Children" and the opening 'A Song for You' - a song for me as listener alone - and the closing track (slightly esoteric) 'A Song for You'; although the entire album as a concept is near perfect and I do love each track. Karen was the drummer who could sing (inspiring my own drumming ability and sense of rhythm) - she also liked to play softball and baseball. She is deeply missed: Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 - 4 February, 1983). Thank you Karen, Richard and band - but especially to the enigmatic Karen.
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