The Very Best of the Carpenters
The Very Best of the Carpenters | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Carpenters | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1981 | |||
Genre | Pop, adult contemporary | |||
Label | Festival (cat no. RML 52017) | |||
Producer | Richard Carpenter | |||
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The Very Best of the Carpenters is a compilation album by the Carpenters, released in 1982 by Festival Records in Australia and New Zealand (cat no. RML 52017).[1] The album spent one week at the top of the Australian albums chart in 1983.
The album was the only Oceania-exclusive compilation of the Carpenters' material released by Festival Records. Although the album is not specifically a "greatest hits" collection, several of the tracks did not reach the charts in either Australia or New Zealand: "Ticket to Ride"; "This Masquerade", as it was not a single; and "Those Good Old Dreams". "Beechwood 4-5789" was only a hit in New Zealand, reaching number 10 on the singles chart there in early 1982.[2]
On the cover of the album, "It's Going to Take Some Time" is titled "It's Going to Take Some Time This Time" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is simply rendered "Close to You".[1]
This album is also noteworthy in that, for decades, it was the only album appearance of the single-edit of ‘’’Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft’’’.
Track listing
Side one
- "Top of the World"
- "Ticket to Ride"
- "Only Yesterday"
- "This Masquerade"
- "Beechwood 4-5789"
- "It's Going to Take Some Time"
- "Superstar"
- "Rainy Days and Mondays"
- "Goodbye to Love"
Side two
- "We've Only Just Begun"
- "Those Good Old Dreams"
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
- "Yesterday Once More"
- "Please Mr. Postman"
- "Hurting Each Other"
- "Sing"
- "For All We Know"
- "Close to You"
Charts
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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Australian Kent Music Report | 1 |
New Zealand Albums Chart[3] | 2 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[4] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[5] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b "Carpenters - The Very Best Of The Carpenters (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "charts.nz - Carpenters - Beechwood 4-5789". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "charts.nz - Carpenters - The Very Best Of The Carpenters". charts.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Platinum and Gold Albums 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – The Carpentes – The Very Best of the Carpenters". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- v
- t
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- Karen Carpenter
- Richard Carpenter
- Offering (Ticket to Ride) (1969)
- Close to You (1970)
- Carpenters (1971)
- A Song for You (1972)
- Now & Then (1973)
- Horizon (1975)
- A Kind of Hush (1976)
- Passage (1977)
- Christmas Portrait (1978)
- Made in America (1981)
- Voice of the Heart (1983)
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984)
- Lovelines (1989)
- As Time Goes By (2001)
- Live in Japan (1975)
- Live at the Palladium (1976)
- The Singles: 1969–1973 (1973)
- The Singles: 1974–1978 (1978)
- The Very Best of the Carpenters (1982)
- Yesterday Once More (1984)
- Only Yesterday (1990)
- From the Top (1991)
- Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration (1995)
- Love Songs (1997)
- Reflections (1998)
- The Singles: 1969–1981 (2000)
- The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 (2002)
- Carpenters Perform Carpenter (2003)
- Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition (2004)
- The Ultimate Collection (2006)
- 40/40 (2009)
- Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
- Time (1987)
- Karen Carpenter (1996)
- Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (1998)
- "Looking for Love"
- "Ticket to Ride"
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
- "We've Only Just Begun"
- "Merry Christmas, Darling"
- "For All We Know"
- "Rainy Days and Mondays"
- "Superstar"
- "Bless the Beasts and Children"
- "Hurting Each Other"
- "It's Going to Take Some Time"
- "Goodbye to Love"
- "Sing"
- "Yesterday Once More"
- "Top of the World"
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
- "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
- "Please Mr. Postman"
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
- "Only Yesterday"
- "Solitaire"
- "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)"
- "I Need to Be in Love"
- "Goofus"
- "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
- "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
- "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
- "I Believe You"
- "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
- "(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
- "Those Good Old Dreams"
- "Beechwood 4-5789"
- "Make Believe It's Your First Time"
- "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore"
- "Little Altar Boy"
- "Honolulu City Lights"
- "Something in Your Eyes"
- "If I Had You"
- "Ave Maria"
- "The Rainbow Connection"
- "Let Me Be the One"
- "A Song for You"
- "This Masquerade"
- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
- "Can't Smile Without You"
- "I Just Fall in Love Again"
- "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"
- "Where Do I Go from Here"
and specials
- Make Your Own Kind of Music (1971)
- Live at the BBC (1971)
- Very First TV Special (1976)
- Space Encounters (1978)
- A Christmas Portrait (1978)
- Music, Music, Music (1980)
- Gold: Greatest Hits (1991 VHS / 2002 DVD)
- Interpretations (1995 VHS / 2003 DVD)
- Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters (1998)
- Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story (2007)
- Discography
- Songs
- John Bettis
- Tony Peluso
- If I Were a Carpenter
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
- The Karen Carpenter Story
- Classic Carpenters
- Category