Carpenters or The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and press materials is simply "Carpenters", without the definite article. During a period in the 1970s when louder and wilder rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them among the best-selling music artists of all time. Horizon is the sixth consecutive platinum-certified album by Carpenters. It was recorded at A&M Records (mainly in Studio "D" using then-state-of-the-art 24-track recording technology, 30 Dolby and recorded at 30 inches per second). The Carpenters spent many hours experimenting with different sounds, techniques and effects. 01 - Aurora 02 - Only Yesterday 03 - Desperado 04 - Please Mr. Postman 05 - I Can Dream Can't I 06 - Solitaire 07 - Happy 08 - (I'm Caught Between) Goodbye And I Love You 09 - Love Me For What I Am 10 - Eventide LINK Carpenters - 1976 - A Kind Of Hush
A Kind of Hush is the seventh studio album by Carpenters. It was released in May 1976. Of its three excerpted singles only the title track, "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)", a cover of a 1960s song by Herman's Hermits, gave the pair a hit single - both the US Top Ten, and UK Top 20. The album, despite its gold certification and a high UK chart placing, was a commercial disappointment in the US where its chart peak was outside the Top 30. 01 - There's A Kind Of Hush 02 - You 03 - Sandy 04 - Goofus 05 - Can't Smile Without You 06 - I Need To Be In Love 07 - One More Time 08 - Boat To Sail 09 - I Have You 10 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do LINK Carpenters - 1976 - Live in Holland
Live at Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16 November 1976 01 - There's A Kind Of Hush 02 - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 03 - I Need To Be In Love 04 - Close To You 05 - Yesterday Once More 06 - Two Man Band 07 - Warsaw Concerto 08 - From This Moment On 09 - Medley 10 - Rainy Days & Mondays-Goodbye To Love LINK
