The Definitive, Canonical, Digital Discography

Carpenters

The Ultimate Collection

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Disc: 1

1	Ticket to Ride
2	(They Long to Be) Close to You
3	We've Only Just Begun
4	For All We Know
5	Rainy Days and Mondays
6	Superstar
7	Bless the Beasts and Children
8	Hurting Each Other
9	It's Going to Take Some Time
10	Goodbye to Love
11	Top of the World
12	I Won't Last a Day Without You
13	Sing
14	Yesterday Once More
15	This Masquerade
16	Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
17	Please Mr. Postman

Disc: 2

1	Desperado
2	Only Yesterday
3	Solitaire
4	There's a Kind of Hush
5	I Need to Be in Love
6	Goofus
7	All You Get from Love Is a Love Song
8	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
9	Sweet Sweet Smile
10	I Believe You
11	Touch Me When We're Dancing
12	(Want You) Back in My Life Again
13	Those Good Old Dreams
14	Beechwood 4-5789
15	Now
16	Make Believe It's Your First Time
17	Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again

Disc 3

1	Lovelines - Karen Carpenter
2	If I Had You - Karen Carpenter
3	Still Crazy After All These Years - Karen Carpenter
4	When Time Was All We Had
5	Calling Your Name Again
6	Sandy
7	Karen's Theme

Three-cd 41-track digitally remastered collection. The first two discs feature tracks recorded as a duo while the third disc collects tracks from their solo albums respectively. Packaged in a tri-fold digipack with an 11-page booklet.

Audio CD released 19 April 2006
Number of Discs: 3
Format: Box set
Label: Universal

Review

There's really no way you call 34 tracks an 'ultimate collection' - there's so many left out - including, of course Honolulu City Lights, as others have said. Very naughty title, maybe naughty to be releasing yet another permutation. It seems to be an annual event now.

The final disc is an insult to both Carpenters; Many more of Karen's great solo tracks should be here. And to be fair, even Richard's solo stuff is not fairly represented.

But, a great collection of tracks on the first two discs, selling at a reasonable price - with an honest title, a good set - "The Carpenters: A Selection". Now go buy it!

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30 August 2008 |