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Karen Carpenter (Import) (CD)

By: Karen Carpenter (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Karen Carpenter (Import) (CD) Album By Karen Carpenter (Artist)
1   Lovelines  
2   All Because Of You  
3   If I Had You  
4   Making Love In The Afternoon  
5   If We Try  
6   Remember When Lovin' Took All Night  
7   Still In Love With You  
8   My Body Keeps Changing My Mind  
9   Make Believe It's Your First  
10   Guess I Just Lost My Head  
11   Still Crazy After All These Years  
12   Last One Singin' The Blues  
 

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Title Note

Karen Carpenter recorded her only solo album in 1979 and 1980 with members of Billy Joel's backing band. It remained unreleased until 1996.

Personnel includes: Karen Carpenter, Peter Cetera (vocals); Michael Brecker (saxophone); Bob James, Greg Phillinganes, Rob Mounsey, Richard Tee (keyboards); Steve Gadd (drums); Airto Moreira (percussion).

Recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, New York; A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California between May 2, 1979 and 1980. Includes liner notes by Richard Carpenter and Phil Ramone.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Karen Carpenter's only solo album, recorded in New York in 1979 with producer Phil Ramone but unreleased until 1996, was also the only album she ever recorded with a producer other than her older brother Richard. The difference is immediately obvious. Ramone, whose biggest client was Billy Joel, prefers a looser, more spacious sound than Richard's note-perfect, almost-antiseptic orchestral pop.

Not to take anything away from Karen and Richard's endless string of classic pop singles, but it is refreshing to hear Karen's near-perfect voice, a dusky, melancholy alto with bell-like clarity, in a more relaxed and jazz-influenced setting. Arrangements are by jazz greats Bob James and Rod Temperton, and accompaniment includes most of Joel's backing band. The clear highlight, a sensuous yet melancholy version of Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years," is easily among the best things Karen Carpenter ever recorded in her short career.

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