ullalume
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To quote a rare Herb-Alpert-as-Dore-Alpert track: "Summer School, that ain't cool!"
Tru dat, Harry
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To quote a rare Herb-Alpert-as-Dore-Alpert track: "Summer School, that ain't cool!"
Interestingly enough, in the Liner Notes to JP Treasures, Richard Carpenter writes of When You've Got What It Takes: "Catchy Roger Nichols' melody that is reminiscent of I Kept On Loving You...".
Liner Notes to JP Treasures,
Richard Carpenter writes of
When You've Got What It Takes:
"Catchy Roger Nichols' melody that is reminiscent of
I Kept On Loving You..."
It had not registered with me that this song was reminiscent of the earlier song,
until I reread the notes.
Same here. Maybe if Richard had done the vocals on When You've Got What It Takes, and sped up the melody, but I just listened to I Kept On Loving You the other day, and it is much more upbeat and brighter.I read this years ago and I just don’t hear it. The two songs are nothing like each other.
It's a shame they were getting this kind of review on what was to be their comeback album.
Made In America
Stereo Review Oct 1981
As they went into the late 1970s they slid into an easy listening, schmaltz genre of material that they never really got away from.
As for Strength Of A Woman.....it is an excellent song. I am in the minority, I don't care.
I noticed the reviewer--Stereo Review--
failed to mention ....When It's Gone.
IMHO that is a great song, sung beautifully.
Based on the last couple of comments, just an observation...How many times have we glanced over their songs only later to come across a hidden nuance in Karen's vocal or the painstaking detail in the arrangement? And it suddenly becomes one of our favorites!
There are some gorgeous acoustic multi-tracked guitar parts that are played constantly throughout the track but which are unfortunately too buried to be really appreciated once the song starts to build. I’d love to hear the track stripped back. Overlay the orchestra on top of those guitar parts and it starts to really take shape. The other thing I love about it is the little “pop-pop-pop” sounds that you hear at 1:32, 2:47 and 3:08. Just sublime. Karen’s last, lingering “gone” is absolutely gorgeous, reminiscent of the ending of Two Sides. I have this track on my Spotify “Sleep” playlist and it instantly sends me into a slumber if I’ve had a stressful day. Pure Carpenters heaven.
And, after reading that review --Stereo Review--the Album is rated:
"Very Good" and performance as "Cheery".....
So, that review--I don't get it--either the recording is rated "very good,"
and the reviewer proceeds to "tells me Why"......or, as I was expecting...after reading it,
a more negative rating.
The reviewer does NOT, in his/her review, substantiate the rating as given: Very Good.
Actually, what I consider to be "negatives" for this album are not even approached.
As for Strength Of A Woman.....it is an excellent song. I am in the minority, I don't care.
I love how Karen performs the song. Whether I agree with the lyric--or, nor--is secondary.
the Album is rated:
"Very Good" and performance as "Cheery"