newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
"Ordinary Fool" is gorgeous on all counts. Karen's vocal is perfection and it's proof that when Richard really works for the good of the song, few are better. The ending is just chill-inducing. I would love to have heard a full album of Carpenters doing material like this without worrying about chart action. It is, for me, one of the best tracks Carpenters ever did
It's not a track I play that often but when I do hear it, it never fails to blow me away. I too would have loved to hear them do an album full of jazz standards like this song. In a lot of reviews of Lovelines, the track When I Fall In Love is singled out a lot for praise for the same reason: it's pure gold.