2x CD

Carpenters Gold

Compilation by Carpenters

Released 1998

pop soft rock easy listening

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Superstar
3:46
4.4 ★
2
Rainy Days and Mondays
3:35
4.4 ★
3
Top of the World
3:02
3.6 ★
4
Maybe It's You
3:03
5
Let Me Be the One
2:25
3.0 ★
6
Reason to Believe
3:04
4.0 ★
7
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
3:38
3.5 ★
8
Leave Yesterday Behind
3:32
3.0 ★
9
Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore
3:51
3.0 ★
10
Bless the Beasts and Children
3:15
11
It's Going to Take Some Time
2:58
4.5 ★
12
The Rainbow Connection
4:37
2.0 ★
13
Only Yesterday
3:46
14
Sweet, Sweet Smile
3:02
2.0 ★
15
There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
3:04
16
California Dreamin'
2:31
1.0 ★
17
Solitaire
4:42
3.0 ★
18
We've Only Just Begun
3:05
3.4 ★
19
This Masquerade
4:53
3.0 ★
20
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)
7:09
2.0 ★
CD 2
1
Yesterday Once More
3:58
4.6 ★
2
Please Mr. Postman
2:47
4.0 ★
3
Hurting Each Other
2:48
4.5 ★
4
I Need to Be in Love
3:50
5
Merry Christmas, Darling
3:07
3.0 ★
6
(They Long to Be) Close to You
3:42
7
All You Get From Love Is a Love Song
3:47
3.0 ★
8
Sing
3:17
4.0 ★
9
Make Believe It's Your First Time
4:10
2.0 ★
10
Ticket to Ride
4:10
3.5 ★
11
Goodbye to Love
3:57
4.5 ★
12
I Just Fall in Love Again
4:04
4.0 ★
13
I Believe You
3:56
3.0 ★
14
Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again
4:22
15
For All We Know
2:33
4.0 ★
16
Touch Me When We're Dancing
3:20
3.0 ★
17
I Won't Last a Day Without You
3:55
18
Mr. Guder
3:22
19
A Song for You
4:38
20
Karen's Theme
2:41

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Release credits

Bob Messenger
bass [10], saxophone [2], tenor saxophone [5], woodwind [6, 18]
Bobby Bruce
fiddle [14]
Buddy Childers
flugelhorn [12]
Carlena Williams
background vocals [7]
Carolyn Dennis
background vocals [16]
Chuck Findley
solo [9], trumpet [9]
Danny Woodhams
bass [6, 18]
Dave Iveland
assistant [13, 16], engineer [2.7, 2.12, 1.14, 1.20]
Dick Bogert
engineer [2.15, 1.5-6, 1.18]
Douglass Strawn
clarinet [18], woodwind [6, 18]
Earle Dumler
oboe [1.1, 1.9, 1.20, 2.9, 2.12, 2.15-16]
Ed Green
drums (drum set) [7]
Gary Sims
guitar [10]
Gayle Levant
harp [1.9, 2.9, 2.12, 2.16]
Gregg Smith
chorus master [1.20, 2.12]
Gregg Smith Singers
choir vocals [1.20, 2.12]
Hal Blaine
drums (drum set) [2.5, 2.15, 1.1-2, 1.6-7, 1.18]
Harvey Mason
drums (drum set) [16]
Jack Daugherty
orchestrator [10], producer [2.3, 2.6, 2.10-11, 2.15, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.11, 1.18]
Jack Nimitz
baritone saxophone [16]
James Getzoff
concertmaster [13, 16]
Jay Dee Maness
pedal steel guitar [9]
Jerry Steinholtz
congas [13], percussion [7]
Jim Horn
woodwind [6, 18]
Joe Osborn
bass [1.6, 1.14, 1.18, 1.20, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12], bass guitar [1.1-2, 1.8-9, 1.12, 1.16, 2.5, 2.9, 2.13, 2.15-16], engineer [16]
John Hendrickson
engineer [8, 12, 16], mix [8, 12, 16]
Julia Waters
background vocals [7]
Karen Carpenter
associate [1.13-14, 1.17, 1.20, 2.2, 2.7, 2.12], background vocals [1.1-2, 1.18, 2.7, 2.13, 2.15, 2.15-16], drums (drum set) [1.6, 1.18, 2.10], lead vocals [1.1-3, 1.6-9, 1.12-14, 1.16-20, 2.2-3, 2.5-7, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.15, 2.15-16], producer [1.3, 1.7, 1.19, 2.1, 2.8], vocal [5]
Larry Londin
drums (drum set) [13, 16]
Larry McNeely
banjo [14]
Maxine Waters
background vocals [7]
Norm Kinney
assistant [1.1-2, 1.5, 2.15]
Overbudget Philharmonic
performing orchestra [2.12, 1.20]
Paul Riser
arranger [13]
Paulinho da Costa
percussion [16]
Peter Knight
conductor [1.20, 2.12], orchestrator [2.12, 1.20]
Peter Limonick
percussion [9]
Ray Gerhardt
engineer [2.2, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 2.15, 1.1-2, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.14, 1.18, 1.20]
Ray Parker Jr.
electric guitar [7]
Richard Carpenter
Wurlitzer electric piano [2.5, 1.6, 1.18], arranger [2.2-3, 2.6-7, 2.9, 2.12, 2.15-16, 1.1-3, 1.5-9, 1.12-14, 1.16-20], background vocals [2.5, 2.7, 2.13, 2.15-16, 1.1-2, 1.8-9, 1.18], celesta [5], conductor [8, 12, 16], electric piano [1.20, 2.7], keyboard [1.1-2, 1.5, 1.8-9, 1.12, 1.16, 2.9, 2.13, 2.15-16], lead vocals [6, 18], mix [8, 12, 16], orchestrator [2.2-3, 2.5-7, 2.12-13, 2.15-16, 1.1-3, 1.5-7, 1.13-14, 1.17-20], piano [2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 1.20], producer [1.3, 1.7, 1.13-14, 1.17, 1.19-20, 2.1-2, 2.7-8, 2.12, 2.16], synthesizer [20], vocal [1.5, 1.14, 1.20, 2.7, 2.12], vocal arranger [13]
Roger Young
engineer [1.12, 1.14, 1.20, 2.7, 2.12, 2.16]
Ron Tutt
drums (drum set) [1.8-9, 1.12, 1.14, 1.20, 2.9, 2.12]
Sheridon Stokes
flute [2.9, 1.12], recorder [12], solo [9]
The Jimmy Joyce Children’s Chorus
choir vocals [8]
The O.K. Chorale
background vocals [9], other vocals [12]
Tim May
acoustic guitar [2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 1.9], banjo [12], electric guitar [13, 16], guitar [16], mandolin [12]
Tom Hensley
tack piano [14]
Tom Scott
tenor saxophone [7, 16]
Tommy Morgan
harmonica [2, 8]
Tommy Vig
congas [7]
Tony Peluso
acoustic guitar [2.16, 1.14], electric guitar [2.7, 2.9, 2.11-12, 2.16, 1.9, 1.14, 1.20], spoken vocals [20]