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Joanne S. from YAKIMA, WA
Reviewed on 8/9/2006...

This cd was a great collection of the Carpenter from 1968-1973

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A very strong album

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 05/27/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Richard Carpenter didn't have much time to write new songs for this album, so he only contributed three of his own songs (Saturday, Drusilla Penny, One love), but all of them are excellent. For the other tracks, Richard was able to identify some brilliant songs from outside sources and the end result was one of the strongest albums that the Carpenters ever recorded.



The album features Superstar (which they recorded after hearing Bette Midler sing it). For all we know (from the movie Lovers and other strangers) and Rainy days and Mondays. There's also a medley of six Bacharach-Davis songs, though I don't know why they chose to include I'll never fall in love again, since they recorded a full-length version on their previous album, but that's a minor quibble. Hideaway (written by Randy Sparks, best known as the founder of the New Christy Minstrels), Let me be the one and Sometimes are other wonderful songs.



This album is a masterpiece by the Carpenters, and makes a good starting point for anybody wishing to explore their music beyond the hits."