Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Yesterday Once More
2. Superstar
3. Rainy Days And Mondays
4. Top Of The World
5. Ticket To Ride
6. Love Is Surrender
7. Maybe It's You
8. Reason To Believe
9. Where Do I Go From Here
10. This Masquerade
11. It's Going To Take Some Time
12. One More Time
13. Those Good Old Dreams
14. For All We Know
15. Crystal Lullaby
16. I Believe You
17. (They Long To Be) Close To You
18. Bless The Beasts And Children
19. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
20. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day)

Disc 2:

1. I Need To Be In Love
2. Now
3. Solitaire
4. Please Mr. Postman
5. Hurting Each Other
6. I Won't Last A Day Without You
7. Sweet, Sweet Smile
8. A Song For You
9. Ordinary Fool
10. When You've Got What It Takes
11. Goodbye To Love
12. Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore
13. Sing
14. Baby It's You
15. Let Me Be The One
16. Only Yesterday
17. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
18. Touch Me When We're Dancing
19. We've Only Just Begun
20. When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #552 in Music
• Released on: 2009-11-16
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Double CD
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 147 minutes

CD Description
2009 sees the 40th anniversary of the Carpenters first record deal with A&M Records and the release of their debut album. The siblings Karen and Richard went on to be one of the world's most successful acts, through their unique style of melodies, meticulously crafted arrangements by Richard and the distinctive voice of Karen. This collection celebrates the 40 years with 40 of their greates tracks, including: "We’ve Only Just Begun", "For All We Know", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Superstar", "It’s Going to Take Some Time", "Hurting Each Other", "Goodbye to Love", "Sing", "Yesterday Once More", "Top of the World", "Please Mr. Postman", and "Only Yesterday".

Customer Reviews

The Cream of Richard and Karen
It seems that these days pop stars come and go. Famous for five minutes types! I have no doubt that if Karen was alive today, she would still be singing and Richard would be right there on the piano and doing all the arrangements. This new double album is a masterclass for anyone who wants to go into music and last more than five minutes. It isn't in chronological order and if every fan was asked to compile their favourite 40 Carpenters songs, not only would it be a difficult task to choose but we would all have a different compilation. For anyone who has never bought a Carpenters album or any NEW fans - get this! You won't regret it! Every song is a masterpiece, even those that were never released as a single and remained on an album, all 40 of these songs summarise the beautiful voice of Karen and the clever musicianship of Richard. Enjoy......put it in the car..........and sing! Sing a song!

yesterday once more
without doubt the most talented singer/song writing duo of all time.
listening to the words of Yesterday Once More always leaves a lump in my throat
since the sad death of karen in 1983 aged just 32.
karen carpenter had the most perfect singing voice of all time and if alive today i'm
sure her and richard would be just as popular today as in the 70's.
40 timeless classics.

Again no Kind Of Hush
Yet again another Carpenters collection without There's A Kind Of Hush on it. Why is this? It was a UK Top 30 hit. It's one of my favourite Carpenters songs. It's on Ultimate Collection but wasn't on the 1990 compilation Only Yesterday or Gold. Anyway a star off for that but the music is faultless.