Album US 1981 on A&M Records label
Rock and Pop (Pop Rock)
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios. Mixed at Sound Labs and A&M Recording Studios. Mastered at A&M Recording Studios. ℗ © 1981 A&M Records, Inc.
Carpenters , 1969-1983 US album by | |
Tim May g, US acoustic guitar, electric guitar | |
Richard Carpenter key, voc, *1946 US arranged by, backing vocals, keyboards, orchestrated by, producer, music by, arranged by, vocals | |
Joe Osborn b, *1937 US bass | |
Larrie Londin dr, 1943-1992 US drums | |
Ron Tutt dr, *1938 US drums | |
Tony Peluso g, 1950-2010 US electric guitar, acoustic guitar | |
Gayle Levant hrp, US harp | |
Earl Dumler ob, bs, GB oboe | |
Paulinho Da Costa perc, cng, *1948 BR percussion | |
Tom Scott sax, *1948 US tenor saxophone | |
John Bettis , *1946 US lyrics by | |
Karen Carpenter voc, dr, 1950-1983 US percussion, drums, percussion | |
Jay Dee Maness stg, *1945 US steel guitar, pedal steel | |
Daryl Dragon , *1942 US programmed by, synthesizer | |
Ian Underwood , *1939 US programmed by, synthesizer | |
John Robinson dr, perc, *1954 drums | |
Peter Knight , 1917-1985 GB orchestrated by | |
Peter Limonick perc, US percussion | |
Gerald Vinci vn, 1927-2001 US soloist, violin, concertmaster | |
Paul Riser str, *1943 US arranged by | |
Jerry Steinholtz perc, US congas | |
Dennis Budimir g, *1938 US acoustic guitar | |
Fred Tackett g, *1945 US acoustic guitar | |
Bob Conti perc, US percussion | |
The O.K. Chorale , choir | |
Frank Pooler , 1926-2013 US conductor, o.k. chorale |
Chuck Beeson art direction |
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff art direction |
Karen Carpenter backing vocals |
James Getzoff concertmaster |
Lynn Robb design, album design |
Roger Young engineer, mixed by |
David Willardson illustration |
Jerry Weintraub management |
Bernie Grundman mastered by |
Stewart Whitmore mixed by, assistant |
John Engstead photography by |
David Iveland recorded by, additional recording |
Carolyn Dennis backing vocals |
Maxine Willard Waters backing vocals |
Stephanie Spruill backing vocals |
Ray Gerhardt engineer |
Gerald Vinci concertmaster |
Ron Hicklin directed by, o.k. chorale under direction of |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Those Good Old Dreams | Carpenters | John Bettis | 4:12 |
2 | Strength Of A Woman | Carpenters | Juanita Curiel, Phyllis Brown | 3:59 |
3 | (Want You) Back In My Life Again | Carpenters | Chris Christian, Kerry Chater | 3:39 |
4 | When You've Got What It Takes | Carpenters | Bill Lane, Roger Nichols | 3:39 |
5 | Somebody's Been Lyin' | Carpenters | Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager | 4:22 |
6 | I Believe You | Carpenters | Addrisi Brothers | 3:55 |
7 | Touch Me When We're Dancing | Carpenters | J.L. Wallace, Ken Bell, Terry Skinner | 3:19 |
8 | When It's Gone (It's Just Gone) | Carpenters | Randy Handley | 4:59 |
9 | Beechwood 4-5789 | Carpenters | George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson | 3:05 |
10 | Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) | Carpenters | John Bettis | 5:00 |