Following the lead of a do-it-yourself compilation I did with Herb Alpert & The TJB, I thought it would be interesting to look at a similar one for Carpenters (although why in the world I'd need another Carpenters compilation is beyond me!) Still I thought it would be interesting. This is a 'countdown' compilation of all of the records that Carpenters placed in the Billboard Top 100, as documented by Joel Whitburn.
Listing them out and sorting them in descending order is rather revealing. Carpenters placed EXACTLY the same number in the Top 100 as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, 28. All of Herb's fit onto one CD, whereas due to longer lengths, Carpenters will have to be split up onto 2 CDs.
Here's the list:
(A note about ties: in the case of two songs reaching the same level for exactly the same number of weeks, the one that did it first gets the higher placement preference.)
I figured that the natural breaking point between the CDs would be after "Touch Me When We're Dancing". That would put the first 13 songs on the first disc, and the remaining 15 songs, all Top 12 hits or better on the second disc.
It's interesting to note that virtually all of the first 'disc' would have songs from the latter albums, where all of the earlier hits placed higher and end up on the second disc. The exeptions to that are "Bless The Beasts..." an earlier b-side hit that only charted at number 67, and the first single, "Ticket To Ride".
Though the contents of this compilation would be rather similar to the Yesterday Once More set, even down to the number of tracks, it would contain a few interesting differences, notably "Goofus" which never seems to show up anywhere, yet charted higher than "Bless The Beasts..." which shows up everywhere.
The next decision, if compiling these onto CD, would be: Which versions of the songs would I use? Good question. I haven't given it a lot of thought, but would lean either of two ways: all original mixes, or all the latest remixes. Or, it could even be whichever mixes I feel are best. Then there's the question of single mixes or album mixes in several cases. Let me know what you'd do.
If I go ahead and do it, I'll keep you posted as to my choices.
Harry
...planning, online...
Listing them out and sorting them in descending order is rather revealing. Carpenters placed EXACTLY the same number in the Top 100 as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, 28. All of Herb's fit onto one CD, whereas due to longer lengths, Carpenters will have to be split up onto 2 CDs.
Here's the list:
Code:
Chart
Pos Wks Title
74 04 Beechwood 4-5789
72 08 (Want You) Back In My Life Again
68 05 I Believe You
67 10 Bless The Beasts & Children
63 06 Those Good Old Dreams
56 05 Goofus
54 12 Ticket To Ride
44 13 Sweet, Sweet Smile
35 10 All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
32 14 Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
25 11 I Need To Be In Love
17 10 Solitaire
16 14 Touch Me When We're Dancing
12 10 It's Going To Take Some Time
12 13 There's A Kind Of Hush
11 12 I Won't Last A Day Without You
07 10 Goodbye To Love
04 13 Only Yesterday
03 13 For All We Know
03 14 Sing
02 12 Hurting Each Other
02 12 Rainy Days And Mondays
02 13 Superstar
02 14 Yesterday Once More
02 17 We've Only Just Begun
01 17 Please Mr. Postman
01 17 (They Long To Be) Close To You
01 20 Top Of The World(A note about ties: in the case of two songs reaching the same level for exactly the same number of weeks, the one that did it first gets the higher placement preference.)
I figured that the natural breaking point between the CDs would be after "Touch Me When We're Dancing". That would put the first 13 songs on the first disc, and the remaining 15 songs, all Top 12 hits or better on the second disc.
It's interesting to note that virtually all of the first 'disc' would have songs from the latter albums, where all of the earlier hits placed higher and end up on the second disc. The exeptions to that are "Bless The Beasts..." an earlier b-side hit that only charted at number 67, and the first single, "Ticket To Ride".
Though the contents of this compilation would be rather similar to the Yesterday Once More set, even down to the number of tracks, it would contain a few interesting differences, notably "Goofus" which never seems to show up anywhere, yet charted higher than "Bless The Beasts..." which shows up everywhere.
The next decision, if compiling these onto CD, would be: Which versions of the songs would I use? Good question. I haven't given it a lot of thought, but would lean either of two ways: all original mixes, or all the latest remixes. Or, it could even be whichever mixes I feel are best. Then there's the question of single mixes or album mixes in several cases. Let me know what you'd do.
If I go ahead and do it, I'll keep you posted as to my choices.
Harry
...planning, online...
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