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Track Listings
| 1. For All We Know | |||
| 2. I Believe In You | |||
| 3. It's Going To Take Some Time | |||
| 4. We've Only Just Begun | |||
| 5. Those Good Old Dreams | |||
| 6. Superstar | |||
| 7. Rainy Days And Mondays | |||
| 8. Goodbye To Love | |||
| 9. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song | |||
| 10. Top Of The World | |||
| 11. Only Yesterday | |||
| 12. Ticket To Ride | |||
| 13. Hurting Each Other | |||
| 14. Yesterday Once More | |||
| 15. Sing | |||
| 16. Touch Me When We're Dancing | |||
| 17. Please Mr. Postman | |||
| 18. I Need To Be In Love | |||
| 19. I Won't Last A Day Without You | |||
| 20. (They Long To Be) Close To You | |||
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This revamped version of the Carpenters' two original Singles LPs may, despite the absence of some Top 40 charters, stand as the definitive single-CD collection of the duo's hits. Included are most of the reasons Karen Carpenter's bring-the-pain vocals are still revered by thrift-shopping college kids and their moms alike. Despite the act's squeaky-clean image, Karen was of course more than touched by tragedy; at least one of the more hopeful of these tunes, "For All We Know," has doubt built right into its title. The best of this is smart, cry-in-your-Evian pop that sounds a lot less dated than it might in your memory. "Close to You" and "Hurting Each Other" are actually soulful claims on their then-new soft-pop tradition, while the towering "Goodbye to Love" is worthy of Rumours-era Christine McVie. Despite some duds, mostly from its later period, 1969-1981 makes its case for this enduring and sometimes classic outfit. --Rickey Wright
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too Many Redone songs!,
By Bill G. Powers (Riverside, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 1969-1981 Singles (Audio CD)
How many times is Richard Carpenter going to muck with the original masters to "spruce" these songs up? I wanted the original version of the songs on this CD, not poor redos! From a collector's standpoint this is a waste of money because songs like "It's Going To Take Some Time", "Goodbye to Love", "Superstar", and "Yesterday Once More" were redone and can be found on other numerous Carpenters collections. "It's Going To Take Some Time" here has a "staccato" choppy sound to me, and a different piano to boot. "Goodbye to Love" is also redone using different instruments, and "Yesterday Once More" suffers from the same. The CD should be titled "The Singles 1969-1981 Redone". True some songs are original or at least seem like it, such as "For All We Know" with a reprise at the end, "Bless The Beasts and The Children", and a few others. But really, if we're going to get "the singles", why can't we have the original single version of "Top Of The World" without the twangy steel guitars? My 45 doesn't sound that way! Message to Richard Carpenter: Go back to the original masters, if you even know which ones they are, give us those original versions, and then please, please stay out of the recording studio.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best,
By A Customer
This review is from: 1969-1981 Singles (Audio CD)
This is a great Carpenters greatest hits CD. All of the essential songs on here. This is a perfect CD for any new Carpenters fans to start off with. All of the songs are perfect and sound flawless. Karen & Richard are the best!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply beautiful....,
By A Customer
This review is from: 1969-1981 Singles (Audio CD)
I love this cd so much, it just makes me feel warm inside. Karens voice had the ability to penetrate your heart like nobosy else...This is the best collection for casual fans like me who are just now discovering Karens music!
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