12" Vinyl

Close to You

Album by Carpenters

Released 1 February 1970

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Tracklist

1
(They Long to Be) Close to You
4:34
4.0 ★
2
Baby It’s You
2:50
3.0 ★
3
Love Is Surrender
1:59
4.0 ★
4
Maybe It’s You
3:09
4.0 ★
5
Reason to Believe
3:02
4.0 ★
6
Help
3:02
4.0 ★
7
We’ve Only Just Begun
3:04
3.4 ★
8
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
2:56
3.0 ★
9
Crescent Noon
4:09
3.0 ★
10
Mr. Guder
3:17
3.0 ★
11
I Kept on Loving You
2:13
3.0 ★
12
Another Song
4:22
3.0 ★

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Release credits

Bob Messenger
flute [10], woodwind
Danny Woodhams
bass
Dick Bogert
engineer
Douglass Strawn
clarinet [7], woodwind
Earle Dumler
oboe [3]
Hal Blaine
drums (drum set)
Jack Daugherty
producer
Jim Horn
woodwind
Joe Osborn
bass
Karen Carpenter
background vocals [3, 7, 10], drums (drum set), lead vocals
Kessel / Brehm Photography
photography
Ray Gerhardt
engineer
Richard Carpenter
Wurlitzer electric piano, arranger, background vocals [3, 7, 10], lead vocals, orchestrator
Tom Wilkes
art direction

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Close to You
12" Vinyl
19 August 1970
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Close to You
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19 August 1970
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Close to You
12" Vinyl (Club edition)
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October 1970
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We’ve Only Just Begun
12" Vinyl (Club edition)
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Close to You
8-Track Cartridge
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Close to You
Cassette
1970
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Close to You = 愛のプレリュード
12" Vinyl
1970
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8-Track Cartridge
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Close to You
7" Vinyl (Mini-Album, Jukebox)
1970
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Cerca de Ti, Acabamos De Empezar Y Otros Exitos
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We've Only Just Begun
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Junto a Vos
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1970
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Junto a Vos
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1971
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Close to You
Cassette
1971
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Close to You
Vinyl (Quadraphonic)
1972
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Close to You
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1972
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12" Vinyl
1975
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Close to You
12" Vinyl
1982
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Close to You
CD (AM+)
25 January 1986
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CD (AM+)
1986
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CD (AM+)
8 March 1989
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CD (AM+)
1990
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CD
1990
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Close to You
CD (Karen in My Memories Series)
1 March 1993
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Close to You = 遥かなる影
CD
23 December 1998
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Close to You
CD (Remastered Classics Series)
12 January 1999
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Close to You
CD
27 September 2000
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CD (AM+)
2002
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CD (AM+)
2007
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Close to You
SHM-CD
26 August 2009
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SHM-CD
19 September 2012
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Close to You
Digital Media
10 February 2014
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SHM-CD
26 October 2016
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Digital Media
8 August 2018
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Close to You
12" Vinyl (180g vinyl)
24 January 2020
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1 February 1970
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19 August 1970
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1970
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Close to You
12" Vinyl
1986
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Close To You
Digital Media (Remastered)