GaryAlan
Well-Known Member
Firstly, it made sense to include Now, You're Enough, At The End of A Song and Look To Your Dreams.
The later song "closes" the album and is a great song in its own right.
The other three were some of the very "last" tracks Karen recorded, so that makes good "sense" for inclusion.
Ordinary Fool is a fantastic vocal, so you can not ignore its inclusion.
Sailing On The Tide was virtually complete and is a full-on Carpenters' "background harmony" song,
so it deserves its place.
Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore and Two Lives are also relatively "recent" recordings (as of early 1983),
being work-leads from Made In America, two excellent offerings.
Make believe It's Your First Time was probably a gift to fans for its resemblance to the solo.
Really, only Prime Time Love can truly be called an "outtake."
I may not care for chorales, but on this particular album, it fits.
The choral parts add a bit of "ethereal-ness" to the collection, for good reason.
So, as an album, as a collection, as a TRIBUTE--
a fine offering. Oh, as a #6 in UK, someone liked it.
The later song "closes" the album and is a great song in its own right.
The other three were some of the very "last" tracks Karen recorded, so that makes good "sense" for inclusion.
Ordinary Fool is a fantastic vocal, so you can not ignore its inclusion.
Sailing On The Tide was virtually complete and is a full-on Carpenters' "background harmony" song,
so it deserves its place.
Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore and Two Lives are also relatively "recent" recordings (as of early 1983),
being work-leads from Made In America, two excellent offerings.
Make believe It's Your First Time was probably a gift to fans for its resemblance to the solo.
Really, only Prime Time Love can truly be called an "outtake."
I may not care for chorales, but on this particular album, it fits.
The choral parts add a bit of "ethereal-ness" to the collection, for good reason.
So, as an album, as a collection, as a TRIBUTE--
a fine offering. Oh, as a #6 in UK, someone liked it.