CARPENTERS: COLLECTED (3 CDs)

The Collected album by The Carpenters brings a beautiful collection from the immense popular soft-pop duo. From their humble beginnings in the late '60s until today, siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter are one of the most successful duos in musical history. With Karen's absolutely perfect vocal delivery and Richard's creative arrangements, they are unstoppable. This 3 CD set brings together their hits, album tracks and more. It delivers the best selection of easy listening songs in a nutshell. Glorious pop nuggets by The Carpenters will melt the heart and uplift the soul, including "Close to You", "Ticket to Ride", "We've Only Just Begun", "Superstar", "Rainy Days And Mondays", "Bless the Beasts And the Children", "Hurting Each Other" and many more. An Easter egg is the track "Karen's Theme" by Richard Carpenter, who dedicated this song to Karen after her tragic death in 1983.



- 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 (the Recognized Anthem of the World Contact Day)
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 Trying to Get the Feeling Again

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