Track Listing

1. Yesterday Once More
2. We've Only Just Begun
3. Superstar
4. Rainy Days and Mondays
5. Goodbye to Love
6. I Believe You
7. It's Going to Take Some Time
8. This Masquerade
9. Ticket to Ride
10. Top of the World
11. Only Yesterday
12. Hurting Each Other
13. Please Mr. Postman
14. Merry Christmas Darling
15. Sing
16. Bless the Beasts and Children [From Bless the Beasts and Children]
17. I Won't Last a Day Without You
18. Touch Me When We're Dancing
19. For All We Know [From Lovers and Other Strangers]
20. (They Long to Be) Close to You
21. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3661 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD

Customer Reviews

Stereo SACD review
I am a self-confessed stereophile. I'm afraid that I haven't gotten the whole surround sound thing, so this review is of the Stereo DSD SACD layer of this disc.

Love them or hate them, this would have to be without question one of the best Stereo SACDs to demonstrate the massive difference between a standard CD and a Stereo SACD. The depth and clarity of sound is nothing short of breathtaking. Reviewers are always citing Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' as one of the best, but if you forget genres for a second and just listen to this, you will never go back to a standard CD again.

I grew up with the Carpenters, and I happen to believe that Karen Carpenter had one of the most beautiful singing voices of the century. There, I've said it. No embarrassment here. Even if you don't agree, do yourself a favour and listen to this disc - it is a life-changing experience in music reproduction. Congratulations to Richard Carpenter and the other technicians involved in the SACD remastering. It is a masterpiece.

Five stars for sound quality alone.

Unmistakable sound, impeccable mixing.... simply fantastic!
Being a fan of the Carpenters for over 30 years, there's really not a lot that I could write that has not been written before by others and myself. There's also probably NOT a mix that I haven't heard and had an issue at one point of Richard's continuous "dabbling" in the mixes of these classic tunes.

However, I must report to you - any Carpenters fan or anyone interested in finding out more about them - that THIS is the album to buy, ESPECIALLY if you are able to take advance of the SACD benefits.

Simply fantastic, words cannot explain the emotions that came back to me in full force when listening to this CD in surround, mixed the way that is. A new version of "Superstar" and also "It's Going To Take Some Time" (I believe!) as well as "tweaks" all through the mixes will make you think that Karen is alive & well & standing in the room with you.

Unbelieveable quality, and a refreshing sound that immediately unleashes the timelessness of these songs and the beauty of Karen's voice.

A MUST for any real fan.

Golden CD of Carpenters
This CD is very good. It is a level of all-songs superiors. The voice of Karen has a transparent feeling beautifully, and composition of Richard and an arrangement are refined and, moreover, have an intelligence. Such wonderful Duo will not appear again.