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| Carpenters - Song for You Band: Carpenters Tracks: - A Song For You - Top Of The World - Hurting Each Other - It's Going To Take Some Time - Goodbye To Love - Intermission - Bless The Beasts And Children - Flat Baroque - Piano Picker - I Won't Last A Day Without You - Crystal Lullaby - Road Ode - A Song For You (Reprise) A 70's CLASSIC OF CLASSICS This super album contains six chart hits from "Bless The Beasts And Children" to the #1 "Top Of The World". This was the third consecutive chart topping platinum album for the Carpenters. The album opens with the title track the Leon Russell penned "A Song For You". This moving song digs deep and touches the soul. Karen sings with a powerful yearning that tugs at about every emotion, and Bob Messenger's thrilling sax solo is a complete delight. "Goodbye To Love" is equally impressive with it's extended fuzz guitar solo enthusiastically performed by Tony Peluso. Richard Carpenter's shimmering production and dreamy arrangement on "Road Ode", take this song about life on the road into new emotional territory and catches the listener by the Heart strings. Another standout is the quirky jazz flavored instrumental "Flat Baroque". The song features Norm Herzberg adding spice on the bassoon, Richard's precise and sprite keyboards and, Karen's flavor full work on the drums. Karen's voice is at an emotional power point on this album. With her broad range and capitivating lower register Karen's angelic voice reaches further into the soul than your normal singer. All this is wrapped in Richard Carpenter's always spectacular and concise musical arrangements. The remastered version of this CD also comes with newly added liner notes written by Richard Carpenter.<BR>"A Song For You" is Truly a classic among classics. The Top of the World for The Carpenters With this 1972 release, The Carpenters really made it to the "Top of the World". In my opinion, every song on this album could have been a hit single - especially the opener, "A Song for You." Karen's lonesome vocal adds to the "chill." Next comes their #1 hit "Top of the World" and then "Hurting Each Other" (#2), "It's Going to Take Some Time" (#12), "I Won't Last a Day without You" (#11), and then the majestic "Goodbye to Love" (#7) with a rock ending that will knock your socks off! The rest of the album has many beautiful moments, ending with the haunting "Road Ode" and then a reprise of "A Song for You." One could not ask for a better album by this group. Karen and Richard are at their best, and this album proves it! One of the best of the best! This album should be one of the first purchases for a new Carpenters fan (yes, they have new fans, I only "discovered" them a couple of years ago, now I'm hooked!). Of course this album has some of their biggest chartbusters, namely "Top of the World", "Goodbye To Love", "I Won't Last a Day Without You" and "Hurting Each Other" (one of my all-time faves), but what really makes this one a gotta-have-it CD is the title track. Leon Russell and The Carpenters were always a perfect combination, and this is right up there with "This Masquerade" and "Superstar". Seriously, it's an incredible song, and the Reprise after "Road Ode" is downright chilling. Another great one is "Bless The Beasts And Children", if you like "Sing" you'll Love this one. The only turkey on this disc is "Piano Picker". Richard just hasn't sung lead well since "I Kept On Loving You" on the "Close to You" CD. Buy Carpenters Song For You at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
