Voice of the Heart

by Carpenters

Voice of the Heart cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 October 1983
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:24
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Paulinho da Costa, Dennis Budimir, Karen Carpenter, Gayle Levant, Tim May, Jay Dee Maness, Joe Osborn, Peter Limonick, Chuck Findley, Earl Dumler, Tom Scott, Richard Carpenter, Tony Peluso, Ed Greene, Ron Gorow, Larrie Londin, Ron Tutt, Dick Bolks, John Phillips, Fred Tackett, John Audino, Chuck Domanico

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The first posthumous album released following Karen Carpenter's tragic passing, 'Voice of the Heart' comprises polished outtakes from their previous two studio sessions. The record provides a poignant, melancholic coda to their era-defining run of soft rock.

Genres

Descriptors: posthumous, female vocalist, ballad, melodic, polished

Tracklist

  1. Now (3:51)
  2. Sailing On The Tide (4:23)
  3. You're Enough (3:48)
  4. Make Believe It's Your First Time (4:08)
  5. Two Lives (4:34)
  6. At The End Of A Song (3:39)
  7. Ordinary Fool (3:42)
  8. Prime Time Love (3:11)
  9. Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore (3:50)
  10. Look To Your Dreams (5:15)

Credits

  • Carpenters - primary artist
  • Dick Bolk - conductor [o.k. chorale]
  • Jules Chaikin - contractor, task misc
  • Karen Carpenter - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Ron Hicklin - music director [o.k. chorale under the direction of], task misc
  • Tim May - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • The O.K. Chorale - backing vocals
  • Joe Osborn - bass

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