The Carpenters were a brother and sister, active as a vocal and intrumental duo between 1969 and 1983. Richard Carpenter is a respected singer-songwriter, producer and musician, whilst his sister Karen had one of the most distinctive and best loved voices in music history, she was also an accomplished drummer. Known professionally as simply 'Carpenters', Richard and Karen were the number 1 selling American music act of the 1970's, and released ten albums between 1969 and 1983, as well as Christmas, live and compilation albums.
Karen Carpenter tragically died in 1983 from cardiac arrest, due to complications of anorexia nervosa, which she had battled for many years. At the time of Karen's death very little was known or understood about eating disorders, it is widely thought that Karen's story sparked enough interest and subsequent awareness, that todays more enlightened view of eating disorders is in some small way a result of Karen's death.
Richard posthumously released an album of Karen's solo tracks in 1996, and has also released or overseen Carpenters duo albums, as well as many compilations since Karen died.
40/40 is a compilation double album consisting of forty tracks, celebrating forty years since Richard and Karen signed their recording deal with A & M Records. The album was released in Japan in April 2009, and had a worldwide release in October 2009, all tracks have been digitally remastered. Since the release of the album, many fans have complained about the omission of the track 'There's A Kind Of Hush', so for this posting it has been added as a bonus.
For those who may question the relevance of this music in respect to todays artists, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Shania Twain, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, LeAnn Rimes, Anastacia, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Jones of Stereophonics and Johnny Borrell of Razorlight, are just some of todays artists who have have listed Karen Carpenter as a huge influence on their careers.
Carpenters - 40 / 40 [Disc One]
1. Yesterday Once More
2. Superstar
3. Rainy Days And Mondays
4. Top Of The World
5. Ticket To Ride
6. Love Is Surrender
7. Maybe It's You
8. Reason To Believe
9. Where Do I Go From Here?
10. This Masquerade
11. It's Going To Take Some Time
12. One More Time
13. Those Good Old Dreams
14. For All We Know
15. Crystal Lullaby
16. I Believe You
17. (They Long To Be) Close To You
18. Bless The Beasts And The Children
19. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
20. There's A Kind Of Hush [Bonus Track]
21. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
Carpenters - 40 / 40 [Disc Two]
Tracklist
1. I Need To Be In Love
2. Now
3. Solitaire
4. Please Mr. Postman
5. Hurting Each Other
6. I Won't Last A Day Without You
7. Sweet, Sweet Smile
8. A Song For You
9. Ordinary Fool
10. When You've Got What It Takes
11. Goodbye To Love
12. Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore
13. Sing
14. Baby, It's You
15. Let Me Be The One
16. Only Yesterday
17. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
18. Touch Me When We're Dancing
19. We've Only Just Begun
20. When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)
The Carpenters – From The Top (4 CD Box Set)
1 comments Posted by Anthony (Luckystar) at Sunday, April 12, 2009
The songs from this box set are everything from the Richard Carpenter Trio recordings from 1965 to their biggest hits in the early 1970s to the last song ever recorded by the Carpenters : "Now". This box set included some rare tracks including radio interviews, contests and commercial jingles.
2. The Parting Of Our Ways
3. Looking For Love
4. I'll Be Yours
5. Iced Tea
6. You'll Love Me
7. All I Can Do
8. Don't Be Afraid
9. Invocation
10. Your Wonderful Parade
11. All Of My Life
12. Eve
13. Ticket To Ride
14. Get Together
15. Interview
16. Maybe It's You
17. (They Long To Be) Close To You
18. We've Only Just Begun
19. Merry Christmas Darling
20. For All We Know
2 Rainy Days And Mondays
3. Let Me Be The One
4. Bless The Beasts and Children
5. Hurting Each Other
6. Top Of The World
7. Goodbye To Love
8. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
10. Canta (Spanish Version of "Sing")
11. Yesterday Once More
12. Fun, Fun, Fun
13. The End Of The World
14. Da Doo Ron Ron
15. Dead Man's Curve
16. Johnny Angel
17. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
18. Our Day Will Come
19. One Fine Day
1. Please Mr. Postman
2. Only Yesterday
3. Solitaire
4. Good Friends Are For Keeps
5. Ordinary Fool
6. I Need To Be In Love
7. From This Moment On (Live @ The Palladium)
8. Suntory Pop Jingle #1
9. Suntory Pop Jingle #2
10. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
11. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
12. Christ Is Born
13. White Christmas
14. Little Altar Boy
15. Ave Maria
2. Little Girl Blue
3. If I Had You
4. My Body Keeps Changing My Mind
5. Still Crazy After All These Years
Sing
Knowing When To Leave
Make it Easy on Yourself
Someday
We've Only Just Begun
7. Touch Me When We're Dancing
8. When It's Gone
9. Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)
10. Now
The Carpenters - Christmas Collection (2 CDs)
2 comments Posted by Anthony (Luckystar) at Friday, November 21, 2008
As people will know Christmas seems to come earlier every year! so at Luckystar and Countrystar we are kicking off the christmas holiday celebrations with our first Christmas posts.
Disc 1 -
1. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
2. Overture : Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) / I Saw Three Ships / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Away In A Manger (Luther's Cradle Hymn) / What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) / Carol Of The Bells / O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
3. The Christmas Waltz
4. Sleigh Ride
5. It's Christmas Time / Sleep Well, Little Children
6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
7. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
8. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
9. Silent Night
10. Jingle Bells
11. The First Snowfall / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
12. Carol Of The Bells
13. Merry Christmas Darling
14. I'll Be Home For Christmas
15. Christ Is Born
16. Winter Wonderland / Silver Bells / White Christmas
17. Ave Maria
Disc 2 -
1. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
2. Overture : Happy Holiday / The First Noel / March Of The Toys / Little Jesus / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / In Dulce Jubilo / Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) / Angels We Have Heard On High
3. An Old-Fashioned Christmas
4. O Holy Night
5. (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
6. Medley : Here Comes Santa Claus / Frosty The Snowman / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Good King Wenceslas
7. Little Altar Boy
8. Do You Hear What I Hear?
9. My Favorite Things
10. He Came Here For Me
11. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
12. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
13. Selections From "The Nutcracker" : Overture Miniature / Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies / Trepak / Valse Des Fleurs
14. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
DL - The Carpenters - Christmas Collection (Disc 1)
DL - The Carpenters - Christmas Collection (Disc 2)
