tomswift2002
Well-Known Member
I remember it. It just doesn't mean much. The solo album was just about the worst seller in A&M history. "Something in Your Eyes" got there based on Dusty. We also can't forget that that solo record is 31 years-old. Even if it had attracted a lot of attention, it would long since have dissipated. I'm actually pretty surprised either of his solo records are on the streamers but they're cheap enough to add so I guess UMG thought, "Why not"?
We've seen other odd things in the music industry. Like who would have thought that a dead artist (Louis Armstrong) would be able to make it big on the charts nearly 2 decades after they had passed away?
Or how about Brian Wilson. Sure he had a single released in the 60's that didn't do all that well, and before 2005 he didn't do that well on the charts with his solo albums and singles, and yet it seems that since he released his version of Smile and his Christmas album What I Really Want For Christmas, his solo career has really taken off.
With Richard, I think the problem was that he really didn't do much of anything to really promote his solo stuff or even get his name out there. Like even releasing the odd solo single over the past 20 years, or even doing a solo track and having that promoted on a Carpenters compilation (think of what it would've been like if he had included a new solo track on 40/40 or The Nation's Best, with a sticker on the front claiming "Featuring a NEW Solo track by Richard Carpenter.)