'Carpenters' tan album is underrated
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Must Hear This Album
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Agree. It's my favorite Carpenters album. It's also (I believe this is still the case...) their biggest-selling, non-compilation album in the US. It's a snapshot of the duo just coming into their own, artistically, and it captured (and largely created...) the zeitgeist of popular music in that particular moment. I even love Druscilla Penny!
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The tan album is my favorite as well, I enjoy listening to every track on it. Other than the great classics ("Rainy Days and Mondays, "For All We Know," "Superstar"), I also love "Let Me Be the One," "One Love," and the Bacharach medley. Karen's voice is like honey on this album, it's rich and soothing. And yes, I've thought Druscilla Penny was silly, but it's grown on me!
John Adam
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I am also a fan of the "Tan Album" (and the original LP cover!) I love the Bacharach Medley! The medleys have always been a strong point of Richard's great arrangements and a good vehicle for Karen's vocals. Another reason I like "As Time Goes By" because of the strong medleys.
Below is a prime example that pre-dates the Tan Album but showcases their talents together and individually!
Below is a prime example that pre-dates the Tan Album but showcases their talents together and individually!
Martin Medrano
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CraigGA
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newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
GaryAlan
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Tan album, not a favorite album, but it is interesting and listenable.
That it lands between Close To You LP and A Song For You LP,
does not do it any favors, as it is too brief in comparison to them.
Generally, I do not care for Medleys, even though the one here is enjoyable.
Saturday and Druscilla Penny, two songs I rarely listen too ( two RC/JB songs that are simply inferior imho).
Strengths: A Place To Hideaway and the three singles (Rainy Days, For All We Know, Superstar).
Unfortunately, I really rarely listen to this album, whereas albums like
Offering, CTY, ASFY, Horizon, Hush, and Passage get routine play from me.
And, due to its preponderance of Medleys, is the sole reason As Time Goes By suffers,
as the early songs are its strengths: NoWhere Man and California Dreamin'.
That it lands between Close To You LP and A Song For You LP,
does not do it any favors, as it is too brief in comparison to them.
Generally, I do not care for Medleys, even though the one here is enjoyable.
Saturday and Druscilla Penny, two songs I rarely listen too ( two RC/JB songs that are simply inferior imho).
Strengths: A Place To Hideaway and the three singles (Rainy Days, For All We Know, Superstar).
Unfortunately, I really rarely listen to this album, whereas albums like
Offering, CTY, ASFY, Horizon, Hush, and Passage get routine play from me.
And, due to its preponderance of Medleys, is the sole reason As Time Goes By suffers,
as the early songs are its strengths: NoWhere Man and California Dreamin'.
__michael__
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GDBY2LV
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My first Carpenters album as well. I got talked out of buying James Taylor’s “Mud Slide Slim” album by my best friend, while looking at the new release section at Singer! Yes the fabric and sewing machine chain also had a record department with the best prices in town. $3.27 on the new releases. I was 14, and it started my obsession with them and their sound. My 3rd favorite album after A Song For You and Close to You respectively.
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