John Adam
"A House Is Not A Home"
Even though most of agree that Karen peaked vocally by the mid 70's, she still never sang badly after that. Physically she certainly wasn't in top form anymore. I imagine she had to make adjustments to work with the power and strength she had. She didn't play drums on recordings much anymore, her singing became gentler, vocals needed to be beefed up with choirs and background singers to get that Carpenters sound.
I still think her singing was amazing coming in to the 1980's, and had she been in a better place, her voice would of remained strong into the next couple decades.
I still think her singing was amazing coming in to the 1980's, and had she been in a better place, her voice would of remained strong into the next couple decades.