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YOUR FAVORITE CARPENTERS ALBUM
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Cam89 may have been adhering to one of this forum's old original conventions, which loosely dictated that album titles were generally typed in all-caps. (It wasn't really a convention, just more like a style.) This may have been due to the early forum software not being able to easily display italics or underlines -- it was possible, but you had to jump through a few hoops to do it.You don’t need to SHOUT! We can hear you just fine here.
I see that Lovelines is a strong choice, but for me, the only thing I do not like about Lovelines is that I feel there was stronger material from Karen's solo album that could have been chosen. If I Had You and If We Try are great, but the other selections are weak in comparison from what there was to choose from. I think Lovelines was a last minute decision to lift the solo album off with an upbeat song, best left off
I TYPE IN CAPITALS SO I CAN SEE THE LETTERS, MY CANCER TREATMENT IS AFFECTING MY VISION I AM NOT SHOUTINGYou don’t need to SHOUT! We can hear you just fine here.
Also you forgot an album. Where’s Live In Japan? You’ve got Palladium but not Japan.
I TYPE IN CAPITALS SO I CAN SEE THE LETTERS, MY CANCER TREATMENT IS AFFECTING MY VISION I AM NOT SHOUTING
You don’t need to SHOUT! We can hear you just fine here.
Also you forgot an album. Where’s Live In Japan? You’ve got Palladium but not Japan.
I TYPE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE OF VISION ISSUES... I WILL TRY LOWERCASE NEXT TIME.OK. Not pointing fingers, but it was the original poster, Ken, with his one sentence in all capitals. Many online forum members consider that to be shouting, but really, it's just letters on a screen. It's better to ask Ken nicely not to type in all capitals, rather than judge his intentions so harshly.
Cam89 was simply using all caps for album titles, and I find nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, it's still the form I use after all these years. All caps for album, movie, show titles, and quotation marks and mixed case for song and episode titles.
I try not to use a lot of italics because when quoted, many forum posts are placed in italics automatically and therefore, anything italicized to start with, does not stand out.
I TYPE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE OF VISION ISSUES... I WILL TRY LOWERCASE NEXT TIME.
I TYPE IN CAPITALS SO I CAN SEE THE LETTERS, MY CANCER TREATMENT IS AFFECTING MY VISION I AM NOT SHOUTING
I see that Lovelines is a strong choice, but for me, the only thing I do not like about Lovelines is that I feel there was stronger material from Karen's solo album that could have been chosen. If I Had You and If We Try are great, but the other selections are weak in comparison from what there was to choose from. I think Lovelines was a last minute decision to lift the solo album off with an upbeat song, best left off, and Remember When Lovin' Took All Night does not work for me at all. The vocal stacks are great but too subdued in the mix and better choices and examples are in others: Still Crazy After All These Years and Guess I Just Lost My Head, Last One Singing the Blues: the rhythm and blues type selections, are my favorites. (Thankfully, patience was rewarded years later!) Then, I would have really liked Lovelines better. There were so many good ones to choose from, despite being a little high in vocal range. The disco ones are my least favorite, except for My Body Keeps Changing My Mind and Love Makin Love To You, which I feel could have been great singles, but so much of the solo album was not disco. But, I'm just one person, but thankfully, I add to the others who love Karen's voice. The rhythm and blues selections actually compliment the Carpenters selections better and would have made the album stronger.