Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances
Compilation by Carpenters
Released 1997
Tracklist
- CD 1: Close to You/Their Greatest Hits
- 1We've Only Just Begun3:063.4 ★
- 2Superstar3:494.4 ★
- 3Rainy Days and Mondays3:354.4 ★
- 4Goodbye to Love3:574.5 ★
- 5(They Long to Be) Close to You3:42
- 6All You Get From Love Is a Love Song3:483.0 ★
- 7For All We Know2:334.0 ★
- 8I Won't Last a Day Without You3:56
- 9Hurting Each Other2:474.5 ★
- 10Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft7:09
- 11Top of the World3:003.5 ★
- 12(Want You) Back in My Life Again3:393.0 ★
- 13Ticket to Ride4:113.5 ★
- 14Sing3:194.0 ★
- 15Can't Smile Without You3:232.0 ★
- 16Bless the Beasts and Children3:15
- 17It's Going to Take Some Time2:594.5 ★
- 18Sweet, Sweet Smile3:01
- 19Touch Me When We're Dancing3:223.0 ★
- 20I Need to Be in Love3:51
- 21Solitaire4:403.0 ★
- CD 2: Only Yesterday/Dreams and Memories & Yesterday Once More/Looking Back
- 1Only Yesterday4:00
- 2One More Time3:313.0 ★
- 3Those Good Old Dreams4:145.0 ★
- 4Don't Cry for Me Argentina5:47
- 5Look to Your Dreams5:143.0 ★
- 6Yesterday Once More3:584.6 ★
- 7Fun, Fun, Fun1:33
- 8The End of the World2:29
- 9There's a Kind of Hush3:054.0 ★
- 10Help3:054.0 ★
- 11Jambalaya (On the Bayou)3:383.5 ★
- 12Deadman's Curve1:37
- 13Johnny Angel1:33
- 14The Night Has a Thousand Eyes1:50
- 15Beechwood 4-57893:073.0 ★
- 16Bacharach Medley: Any Day Now/Baby It's You/Knowing When to Leave/Make It Easy on Yourself/There's Always Something There to Remind Me/I'll Never Fall in Love Again/Walk on By/Do You Know the Way to San Jose?14:39
- 17Please Mr. Postman2:514.0 ★
- 18Reason to Believe3:044.0 ★
- 19Our Day Will Come1:57
- 20One Fine Day1:39
- 21Yesterday Once More (reprise)0:591.0 ★
- CD 3: When I Fall in Love/Romantic Gems & Silent Night/Beloved Christmas Classics
- 1When I Fall in Love3:103.5 ★
- 2I Believe You3:563.0 ★
- 3When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)5:013.0 ★
- 4Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)5:023.0 ★
- 5Love Is Surrender1:53
- 6Maybe It's You3:08
- 7Make Believe It's Your First Time4:102.0 ★
- 8Little Girl Blue3:253.0 ★
- 9This Masquerade4:533.0 ★
- 10A Song for You4:35
- 11Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore3:523.0 ★
- 12Now3:523.0 ★
- 13I Just Fall in Love Again4:054.0 ★
- 14Silent Night3:203.0 ★
- 15Christ Is Born3:133.0 ★
- 16White Christmas2:30
- 17Little Altar Boy3:453.0 ★
- 18Merry Christmas, Darling3:073.0 ★
- 19Ave Maria2:363.0 ★
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Release credits
- percussion [3]
- bass [13], saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [3.18, 2.9], woodwind [1.1, 2.10, 2.18]
- background vocals [6]
- background vocals [19]
- solo [11], trumpet [11]
- drums (drum set) [1, 8]
- bass [1.1, 2.10, 2.18]
- synthesizer [12]
- assistant [1.12, 1.19, 2.3, 2.15, 3.1, 3.1-4, 3.8], engineer [1.6, 3.13]
- acoustic guitar [3]
- engineer [2.10, 2.18, 1.1, 1.7]
- clarinet [1], whistle [15], woodwind [2.10, 2.18, 1.1]
- horn [12], oboe [3.3, 3.7, 3.11-13, 1.2, 1.7, 1.19, 2.2]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- conductor [4]
- acoustic guitar [3]
- guitar [13]
- harp [2.3, 2.5, 2.9, 2.15, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7-8, 3.11-13, 1.15, 1.19]
- concertmaster [4]
- assistant [1, 8]
- chorus master [13]
- choir vocals [13]
- drums (drum set) [2.10-11, 2.18, 3.18, 1.1-3, 1.7]
- synthesizer [12]
- orchestrator [13], producer [2.10, 2.18, 1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.17]
- concertmaster [3.2-3, 1.12, 1.19, 2.3, 2.15]
- pedal steel guitar [2.3, 3.3, 3.7]
- congas [2], percussion [6]
- drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.9, 1.15]
- woodwind [1.1, 2.10, 2.18]
- bass [3.13, 1.1, 1.6, 1.13, 2.10, 2.18], bass guitar [3.1-4, 3.7-8, 3.11-12, 3.18, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.9, 2.15, 1.2-3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.15, 1.19]
- tenor saxophone [12]
- background vocals [6]
- associate [1.6, 1.21, 2.1, 2.17, 3.13], background vocals [3.2-3, 1.1-3, 1.6-7, 1.7, 1.12, 1.19, 2.3, 2.15], drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.13, 2.10, 2.18, 3.3], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.10-11, 2.17-18, 1.1-3, 1.5-7, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.19, 1.21, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11-13, 3.18], percussion [2.3, 3.3], producer [1.11, 1.14, 2.6, 2.11, 3.9]
- drums (drum set) [3.2-3, 1.19]
- background vocals [6]
- assistant [2-3, 7]
- performing orchestra [13]
- arranger [2]
- percussion [2.3, 1.12, 1.19]
- keyboard [1]
- arranger [2.5, 3.1, 3.8], conductor [13], orchestrator [1, 4, 8, 13]
- percussion [4, 11]
- engineer [1.1-3, 1.6-7, 1.13, 2.10, 2.17-18, 3.1-2, 3.8, 3.13]
- electric guitar [6]
- Wurlitzer electric piano [1.1, 3.18, 2.10, 2.18], arranger [1.1-3, 1.5-7, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.19, 1.21, 2.1, 2.3, 2.10-11, 2.15, 2.17-18, 3.3-4, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11-13], background vocals [1.1-3, 1.6-7, 1.12, 1.19, 2.3, 2.15, 3.2-3, 3.11, 3.18], celesta [18], electric piano [6], keyboard [1.2-3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.15, 1.19, 3.2-4, 3.7-8, 3.11-12, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.9, 2.15], lead vocals [1.1, 2.10, 2.18], orchestrator [3.2-3, 3.9, 3.13, 3.18, 1.1-3, 1.5-7, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.19, 1.21, 2.1, 2.3, 2.10-11, 2.15, 2.17-18], piano [3.13, 3.18, 1.6], producer [3.1, 3.8-9, 3.13, 1.6, 1.11, 1.14, 1.19, 1.21, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.11, 2.17], vocal [1.6, 3.13], vocal arranger [2]
- assistant [1], mix [1, 8]
- engineer [2.3, 2.15, 1.6, 1.12, 1.19, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.8, 3.13], mix [1]
- task [4]
- drums (drum set) [3.4, 3.7, 3.11-13, 2.3, 2.5, 2.15, 1.12]
- flute [7, 12], solo [7, 12]
- choir vocals [14]
- background vocals [3.7, 3.12, 2.5], choir vocals [4]
- acoustic guitar [1.12, 1.19, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7, 3.11-12, 2.3, 2.5], electric guitar [2.3, 2.15, 1.12, 1.19, 3.2-3]
- tenor saxophone [1.6, 1.12, 1.19, 2.15]
- harmonica [3]
- congas [6]
- acoustic guitar [19], electric guitar [1.4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.19, 3.3, 3.7, 3.11, 3.13], guitar [9]
Issues
T1997





