cam89
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I have been a huge fan of Karen Carpenter's solo album, and I can remember when reading a clip in Entertainment Weekly, that her solo album was going to be released. I was ecstatic, and would wonder what kind of songs she would sing. The weeks went by, and I collected any information and photos in magazines that made mention of it. I hoped that it would be a blockbuster album. The day finally came when it was released and I bought the cassette of it. Karen Carpenter. Her solo album. I finally had it in my hands, and I couldn't wait to get home to hear it.
I was amazed. It was beautiful. My only dissapointment was that there were no good photographs in the album. Or song lyrics. I did like the back album cover, but wished it were in a real photo form and not colored over.
The music was wonderful. I loved ALL BECAUSE OF YOU and the slow, country-jazz feel to it. MAKE BELIEVE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME was magestic. Oh just wonderful. MAKING LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON was superb. She had remarkable talent. LAST ONE SINGIN THE BLUES was well done for a song where she was singing an outtake, probably to familiarize the musicians with the tempo and style of the song. I was not particularily fond of STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU, STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS or GUESS I JUST LOST MY HEAD, as beautifully as they were done. But the other songs were fine.
I was very impressd and I would have told Karen that she did a great job! If she were alive. And of course the 9 other unreleased songs are superb too. I wonder about the other 2 that no one has heard...Basket Case and Church Choir...Anyone else know about those?
My thoughts,
Cameron Longo
[email protected]
I have been a huge fan of Karen Carpenter's solo album, and I can remember when reading a clip in Entertainment Weekly, that her solo album was going to be released. I was ecstatic, and would wonder what kind of songs she would sing. The weeks went by, and I collected any information and photos in magazines that made mention of it. I hoped that it would be a blockbuster album. The day finally came when it was released and I bought the cassette of it. Karen Carpenter. Her solo album. I finally had it in my hands, and I couldn't wait to get home to hear it.
I was amazed. It was beautiful. My only dissapointment was that there were no good photographs in the album. Or song lyrics. I did like the back album cover, but wished it were in a real photo form and not colored over.
The music was wonderful. I loved ALL BECAUSE OF YOU and the slow, country-jazz feel to it. MAKE BELIEVE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME was magestic. Oh just wonderful. MAKING LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON was superb. She had remarkable talent. LAST ONE SINGIN THE BLUES was well done for a song where she was singing an outtake, probably to familiarize the musicians with the tempo and style of the song. I was not particularily fond of STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU, STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS or GUESS I JUST LOST MY HEAD, as beautifully as they were done. But the other songs were fine.
I was very impressd and I would have told Karen that she did a great job! If she were alive. And of course the 9 other unreleased songs are superb too. I wonder about the other 2 that no one has heard...Basket Case and Church Choir...Anyone else know about those?
My thoughts,
Cameron Longo
[email protected]