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Where I live, the local AC radio station had "I'm still not over you" in heavy rotation. I thought, at the time, that it was a single!
In my neck of the woods, or, should I say, dust-bowl of the out-back, one of Richard's solo singles got regular airplay also. I can't remember now if it was 'Calling Your Name Again' or 'I'm Still In Love With You' but it was one of those. I'm fairly certain that it was 'I'm Still Not Over You'. I'm also fairly sure that I've seen a 7" of it, so I think it was a single, at least, in some places. For me, though, the pick of the songs on 'Time' is probably 'In Love Alone'. I think that this song would have suited Karen well and Dionne Warwick does a stellar job with it. I also like 'Something In Your Eyes'. (More echoes of Karen). 'When Time Was All We Had' is a touching tribute to Karen, although I probably don't like Richard's vocals a great deal. Btw, I don't live in the farming 'dust bowl' anymore, so, with cleaner ears, I can better enjoy music.
If I'm Still Not Over You was released as a single in Australia it must not have had that many copies printed.
I was surfing YouTube for videos of recording sessions and came across this clip and recognised the name Paul Leim. He was the drummer on Richard's 1987 solo album and I didn't realise he is a heavy duty Nashville session drumming legend. I wonder if John Bettis put Richard onto Paul for the album, given that he lives out there.
I just wish more of "Time" had featured real drums instead of the drum programming done by Jim Cox. It has really dated the album.
Had the right singles been promoted this album wouldve done well. So many potential radio songs right off the bat. “Remind me to tell you” is what culdve been a third or fourth single.
I loved the whole album when it was released....even the Scott Grimes tune! I just don't think it has held up as well as many Carpenters performances have due to the ultra '80's production style.
I do wish Richard had let someone else do the leads, though. 'Calling Your Name Again' had SMASH written all over it in 1987, but he needed somebody like Dionne to sing that one, too.
I think the music video with Dusty Springfield was well done.
Moving it further with him doing videos for "Say yeah!" "Who do you love" etc.
wouldn't look right. And Richard would agree.
It was enough that he handled most of this on his own.
If he did a video for one of the ballads... it would be a lament, and honestly that's a hard sell.
Looking back through history, I don't think he'd want to be remembered for being the grieving brother in the 80s.
This other thing is, audiences never knew what Richard did. Some thought he was just "the piano player."
I think that's why he released his 1998 album with the title: "pianist, arranger, composer, conductor."
On both albums you're left feeling the same way Richard does--you miss Karen.
Aside from that, I'd still like to know more of what he did to produce this one.
A Dusty Springfield box set was released by Universal UK in 2011. The set, titled "Goin’ Back: The Definitive Dusty Springfield", consisted of 4 CDs, 3 DVDs, and 2 hardcover books. One of the DVDs contained her music videos, including "Something In Your Eyes" - the YouTube video had to be sourced from that DVD, as the menu matches the track listing on Amazon UK. As far as I'm aware, this is the only time that the video has seen a commercial release - it's just too bad that it was on an expensive, limited edition box set, that now appears to be out of print. I wish that it had been included as a bonus on one of the Carpenters DVDs!Something in Your Eyes is a good song, but even in the video, Dusty steals the show with it. In the video (speaking of which, has it been released on a DVD? the YouTube video looks like it was recorded from a DVD, as right at the end it goes to a menu screen that has other Dusty songs, including her Pet Shop Boys duet)
I think the video showcases Richard very well. He's a multi-talented guy, and in this video, he seems like he's relaxed and having a good time.Something in Your Eyes is a good song, but even in the video, Dusty steals the show with it. In the video (speaking of which, has it been released on a DVD? the YouTube video looks like it was recorded from a DVD, as right at the end it goes to a menu screen that has other Dusty songs, including her Pet Shop Boys duet) I never really got what Richard was doing or why he was in it. If I had tuned into MTV back in 87 and seen this video, I would've thought that it was a Dusty video for some new Dusty Springfield album, not a video for Richard Carpenter's album.
Time needed a single that could burst into the 80's music video scene, and really, Something In Your Eyes feels like, metaphorically, Video Killed The Radio Star. Had Say Yeah! or Who Do You Love? or even Remind Me To Tell You had a video, it would've made more sense and connected with Richard a lot more tha SIYE.
That's a nice song, But there's also Richard's version of (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays that he sang on Solid Gold Christmas 1984. It's to bad that he didn't include it on An Old-Fashioned Christmas or even a decade later as a bonus track on the Christmas Collection.
Are there studio versions on a CD or LP somewhere?
Nope.