The
Carpenters Legacy Lives On...
Close
To You
Close
To You certainly got the ball rolling for the continued success
of the Carpenters in the early 1970s. Close To You the single
stayed at the #1 chart position in the United States for a month,
and the album itself got as high as #2.
When
Richard Carpenter was asked on a PBS interview, "What was
your favorite recording experience?", Richard replied "Probably
Close To You". Richard also commented in the Close to You
documentary that the song Close to You is what made the Carpenters
as a group an overnight success.
Both
the song and album Close To You also went on to give the Carpenters
early success at the Grammy awards, winning Best Contemporary
Vocal Performance and Best New Artist.
I
personally think that the Carpenters "Close to You"
album is the best of all the original studio albums. Every song
on the album is very good to great. I especially like "Reason
To Believe", which Karen Carpenter herself said in concert
was one of her's and Richard's earliest favorite songs to sing
together.
I
also just love "Love is Surrender", which was written
by Ralph Carmichael, another favorite of mine, who wrote one of
my favorite albums from my life "His Land", with songs
by Cliff Richard and Cliff Barrows. The Live Concert that the
Carpenters did for the BBC also has a wonderful rendition of the
song.
Close
To You - Song/Track List:
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1.
We've Only Just Begun
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2.
Love Is Surrender
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3.
Maybe It's You
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4.
Reason To Believe
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5.
Help
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6.
Close To You
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7.
Baby It's You
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8.
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
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9.
Cresent Noon
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10.
Mr. Guder
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11.
I Kept On Loving You
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12.
Another Song
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Albums - Singles
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