Carpenters Gold: Greatest Hits

by Carpenters

Carpenters Gold: Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 12 December 2000
  • Label: A&M Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:11
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Greatest hits collection of the duo's A&M catalogue, centred on Richard Carpenter's arrangements and Karen Carpenter's vocals from 1969 to 1981. It is the standard single-disc summary of their singles career.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, female-vocals, ballad, melodic, orchestral, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Yesterday Once More (3:59)
  2. Superstar (3:49)
  3. Rainy Days And Mondays (3:35)
  4. Goodbye To Love (3:57)
  5. It's Going To Take Some Time (2:59)
  6. I Won't Last A Day Without You (3:54)
  7. For All We Know (2:33)
  8. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (3:38)
  9. Touch Me When We're Dancing (3:21)
  10. Please Mr Postman (2:49)
  11. I Need To Be In Love (3:50)
  12. Solitaire (4:42)
  13. We've Only Just Begun (3:05)
  14. (They Long To Be) Close To You (3:41)
  15. This Masquerade (4:53)
  16. Ticket To Ride (4:10)
  17. Top Of The World (3:00)
  18. Only Yesterday (3:46)
  19. Sing (3:20)
  20. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem Of World Contact Day) (7:10)

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