Gold Collection [Gold CD, Import, Original recording remastered]

Carpenters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal UK
• ASIN: B000053W01
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,985 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #46 in Music > Imports > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #100 in Music > Imports > Pop

Track Listings

1. Yesterday Once More

2. Superstar

3. Rainy Days And Mondays

4. Goodbye To Love

5. It's Going To Take Some Time

6. I Won't Last A Day Without You

7. For All We Know

8. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

9. Touch Me When We're Dancing

10. Please Mr. Postman

11. I Need To Be In Love

12. Solitaire

13. We've Only Just Begun

14. (The Long To Be) Close To You

15. This Masquerade

16. Ticket To Ride

17. Top Of The World

18. Only Yesterday

19. Sing

20. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem Of World Contact Day)

Editorial Reviews

Twenty track compilation, remastered under the personal supervision of Richard Carpenter. Extensive sleeve notes give an overview of their career and track by track breakdown in a16 page booklet. Standard jewelcase housed in a slipcase.2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation, October 12, 2003

By 

Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold Collection (Audio CD)

During the seventies, the Carpenters had considerable success in the pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic with their brand of pop music. Richard's expert arrangements and Karen's superb voice combined to create something special.

They recorded plenty of original songs but some of their biggest hits were covers. Close to you is a Bacharach-David song, originally recorded by Dionne Warwick, but her version was not released as a single. Please Mr Postman was a huge American success for the Marvelettes (and was covered by the Beatles on one of their early albums). Jambalaya is an old Hank Williams song, while Ticket to ride is a Beatles classic.

Of the original songs, Top of the world was never originally intended to be a single. However, Lynn Anderson covered the song and had a major country hit with it. She might have had a pop hit, too, but the Carpenters wisely decided to release their own version.

The strangest song here is Calling occupants of interplanetary craft. Whether you like it or not, it demonstrates that Richard and Karen were always trying to do something different.

There are so many classics here including For all we know, We've only just begun, Rainy days and Mondays, Goodbye to love, Only yesterday, Yesterday once more and I won't last a day without you. You can't get all the great Carpenters songs on a single CD but the songs here are all excellent. Among the omissions are Hurting each other, Sweet sweet smile and All you get from love is a love song, but if those were included, others would have to be left out.

If you only want a single CD of Carpenters music, this is a good one to choose.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More perfection from The Carpenters, May 24, 2001

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This review is from: Gold Collection (Audio CD)

While I am inclined personally to compile each individual album by Karen and Richard, this is a good compilation album. It has some songs that aren't on most of their greatest hits CD's. I do, however, think it is better to just get everything they ever made.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gold indeed, June 16, 2009

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R. M. Silkey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold Collection (Audio CD)

There are more compilations of greatest hits by the Carpenters than on can shake a stick at. However, this Gold issue sounds truly exceptional for such old material. I remember the Carpenters very well indeed as I grew up in the 60's and early 70's. This version is not the double disc version with the same facade, and has 20 tracks. And while you can get the double disc with a wider song selection I am not sure if it will stand up from an audiophile's perspective as this is just Gold version is just awesome. All the major tunes are hear for you listening pleasure and oh what a pleasure it is to hear Karen Carpenter sing. Her loss was so tragic. If you think you can do without the additional tunes on the double disc set I highly recommend this version based upon it's overall sound quality. You will not be dissapointed.