Which One Disc Would You Remove from the Carpenters' Catalogue?
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Which One Disc Would You Remove from the Carpenters' Catalogue?
Geographer
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100%. What you said!
Nemily
"I'm goin' way down south to Baton Rouge, tonight"
Don 't go anywhere
I've mentioned more then a few times that I am an unapologetic fan of "MIA" and "Offering" and combined they are close behind VOTH in this poll. And for the record (pun intended), they are all staying my rotation. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I don't think anyone took this "thought project" as a serious attempt to eliminate a Carpenters album. It's just the opposite of "what's your favorite?". I'm actuall surprised that i even participated as I tend to not do surveys of "worsts", as I like to look on positives.
I would never consider tossing out my copy of VOICE OF THE HEART. The fact that it gets the least amount of plays from me is by design. I've limited the amount of plays it gets as every now and again I'll explore a song and it almost feels like a "new" Carpenters recording as it's not well-worn in my brain..
I would never consider tossing out my copy of VOICE OF THE HEART. The fact that it gets the least amount of plays from me is by design. I've limited the amount of plays it gets as every now and again I'll explore a song and it almost feels like a "new" Carpenters recording as it's not well-worn in my brain..
newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
This is precisely why I hardly ever listen to tracks like 'Top Of The World' or 'Close To You. I played them to death in the early years of my fandom and they've just worn too thin on me now.
Mark-T
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Seriously Mark?! ... seriously????
I certainly was not trying to stir up a can of worms, to mix metaphors. I just wanted to have some new discussion from a different angle. Even I love quite a bit of Made in America... So, my apologies to anyone offended.
newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
No need to apologise, everyone these days feels the need to apologise. Everyone took it as lighthearted as it was intended. If people get offended, so what?
100%!! I was totally being silly as Mark’s suggestion is a tough one for me! 😀No need to apologise, everyone these days feels the need to apologise. Everyone took it as lighthearted as it was intended. If people get offended, so what?
newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
Most of the albums have at least one song that would make my list of "Carpenters favorites," but VOTH does not have such an entry for me -- so I'd vote for that one.
I have to admit some surprise that only one person has voted for Offering, since it's so different from what came after. A person who got into Carpenters later in the game might be more put off by its less polished sound.
I have to admit some surprise that only one person has voted for Offering, since it's so different from what came after. A person who got into Carpenters later in the game might be more put off by its less polished sound.
Alan71
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I would have chosen As Time Goes By but it wasn’t in the list of options. Wikipedia (or rather, whoever edited it) classes it as a studio album. That one really is scraping the barrel. So I went for Lovelines instead. Voice of the Heart I can forgive, as her last recordings needed an album home.
Mark-T
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I intentionally left As Time Goes By off the list as Richard described it as a single disc boxed set.
Absolutely agree with you! I think it's their weakest effort, though I wouldn't want to be without it, either. : )
Vinylalbumcovers
Ah am so steel een luv weeth yoo
It really is. It is, however, in Richard’s wheelhouse so it does make sense coming from him. “Back in My Life” again from MIA is desperation personified. It was them trying to be trendy. I’d take Goofus over that one any day.
Ed
David A
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Hah! two
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in response to my choice.It's less a comment about the quality of the music itself - the principle reason I chose Lovelines is that it has the least resonance with my youth and what attached me to the Carpenters forever. By the time this album came out my life was heavily involved in post-college career-building, and so kind of got "lost in the shuffle" of life.
newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
I get that - we've all experienced their music in different parts of our lives. But man, this album is a masterpiece. Richard blended Karen's four solo tracks with other songs from their later years and it blends so beautifully. It's just an outstanding addition to their canon, and years too late.
David A
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Can't disagree - and I DID say in my original post, that it was with reluctance that I chose ANY album, given that there are songs on EVERY album that I adore. In retrospect I should have just passed on this thread
(to be clear, nothing "wrong" with the thread - just difficult for me to choose anything).tomswift2002
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Might be a topic for its own thread, but I wonder what would've happened if Richard decided to release Lovelines in 1983 instead of Voice of the Heart.
newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
Excellent idea! I may well just start a thread 🙂.
And more to the point, what would have happened if he'd released Voice Of The Heart in 1989?
From This Moment On
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This. VOTH is one of my top five Carpenters albums.
From This Moment On
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I couldn't vote off Lovelines as it has the sublime The Uninvited Guest.
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