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Ah. OK. I'll look around,The one on the RDAM picture sleeve & ASFY, back of album flap?
I brought mine to work today. Imho, this pressing in particular is such a joy to listen to. Horizon has such a smooth, but bright, sound. It honestly sounds like an album that would have been mixed/mastered in 1977 (like a Rumours or Aja) rather than 1975, because of how masterfully it's done.That 1A1 64 disc is the A&M copy of HORIZON that I own.
I brought mine to work today. Imho, this pressing in particular is such a joy to listen to. Horizon has such a smooth, but bright, sound. It honestly sounds like an album that would have been mixed/mastered in 1977 (like a Rumours or Aja) rather than 1975, because of how masterfully it's done.
In the November 24, 1973 issue of Billboard magazine (page 24), there is a brief note about artists
needing to keep their singles at 3:30 length or shorter, if they want their single played on radio and have a chance at becoming a "hit."
As much as I do not care for the edited Only Yesterday, the single release, at least it makes sense why that song was edited for release.
Also, it is perhaps no surprise that Solitaire fell short of the top ten, simply due to its length.
At the same time--by the time Horizon was released-- Captain & Tennille were making big waves and disco was catching on.
Mixed in with some bad press and Karen's health issues and you have the perfect storm in 1975.
That Horizon managed to get to #13 in the USA is almost a miracle.
In many ways, it is a gutsy album for its time.
So, I place it back on my pedestal. My favorite Carpenters' album.
Honestly, I just think the lyrics are clumsy and probably not as pleasing to heard sung.I have Tryin’ to Get the Feelin’ Again on my Horizon playlist and I have to say I’m really happy the tape was lost back in ‘75 to be rediscovered twenty years later because the updated, harder edged 90s flavor likely helped it from sounding lukewarm. But also Karen’s incredible vocal sounds different than the other ballads, her phrasing isn’t of that overly smooth variety I bitched about earlier. Was it because it was a work lead?
Something else I just caught after hearing it was the sound of the page turning not only gives a real, almost charming kind of live-in-the-studio feel, but fits with the lyric Karen sings of reading every book to find the solution to kindle an old flame. She’s still literally searching even as she sings about it. I don’t know if that’s been talked about here but I love it.
I always remember you didn’t like the baroque-ness of it all, or just the words. I think it really feels organic, certainly at least coming from Karen. She complicates the meaning of it all. The only odd lyric for me is “re-be his lover” which is something that people might say casually but isn’t a “proper” statement, but I think that’s okay. I like the casualness of it and it feels specific and individualized to the narrator.Honestly, I just think the lyrics are clumsy and probably not as pleasing to heard sung.
Richard and I have talked about the resurfacing of the master and the opportunity it gave him to finally get the arrangement that he wanted. He wasn't sure what to do with it in '75, and of course confirms that whatever he would have come up with back then, it wouldn't have sounded anything like what he ultimately came up with in '94.I have Tryin’ to Get the Feelin’ Again on my Horizon playlist and I have to say I’m really happy the tape was lost back in ‘75 to be rediscovered twenty years later because the updated, harder edged 90s flavor likely helped it from sounding lukewarm. But also Karen’s incredible vocal sounds different than the other ballads, her phrasing isn’t of that overly smooth variety I bitched about earlier. Was it because it was a work lead?
I imagine it would’ve been something much more sparse, without much steady building towards the kind of guitar fuzz climax we get. It sounds contemporary and fresh without resorting to anything too mid90s grunge or the like, which would sound dated soon. Some sounds from that era hold up, but for me it’s more engaging in a time capsule kind of way given how wildly different the late 90s sounded.Richard and I have talked about the resurfacing of the master and the opportunity it gave him to finally get the arrangement that he wanted. He wasn't sure what to do with it in '75, and of course confirms that whatever he would have come up with back then, it wouldn't have sounded anything like what he ultimately came up with in '94.
As for the phrasing of the song, it's more or less baked into the composition of the tune itself, and something that has always sounded a little "off" to me. I've never particularly cared for this one and only listen to it about every third blue moon.