“Close To You” by Carpenters - album review
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Second album from the California-based siblings, Richard (24) and Karen (20), featuring their massive breakthrough hit “(They Long To Be) Close To You” (US #1) and the follow up smash “We‘ve Only Just Begun” (US #2). There are more enjoyable, less drippy, moments on the LP, but not many.
The Jukebox Rebel
16–Jan–2016
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:04]  Carpenters - We‘ve Only Just Begun (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) Pop Ballad |
| A2 | [01:59]  Carpenters - Love Is Surrender (Ralph Carmichael) Pop |
| A3 | [03:09]  Carpenters - Maybe It‘s You (Richard Carpenter, John Bettis) Pop Ballad |
| A4 | [03:02]  Carpenters - Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin) Country |
| A5 | [03:02]  Carpenters - Help (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop |
| A6 | [04:34]  Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B1 | [02:50] Carpenters - Baby It‘s You (Burt Bacharach, Mack David, Barney Williams) Pop Ballad |
| B2 | [02:56]  Carpenters - I‘ll Never Fall In Love Again (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) Pop |
| B3 | [04:09]  Carpenters - Crescent Noon (Richard Carpenter, John Bettis) Songwriter |
| B4 | [03:17]  Carpenters - Mr. Guder (Richard Carpenter, John Bettis) Cerebral Pop |
| B5 | [02:13]  Carpenters - I Kept On Loving You (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) Pop |
| B6 | [04:22]  Carpenters - Another Song (Richard Carpenter, John Bettis) Cerebral Pop |
