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The formula behind the Carpenters' albums was starting to get fairly routine -- a hit single and an oldie or two (which sometimes was the single) surrounded by some well-produced soft pop/rock, driven by electric piano, strings, and a guitar solo or two cropping up. "There's a Kind of a Hush" and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" are the two most memorable tracks on this pleasant, well-sung, and well-played, but basically bland, album, A Kind of Hush. There are virtues here -- "You" has a good guitar solo by Tony Peluso, and the vocals on "Sandy" are radiant, but this record was where the real rot began to set into the Carpenters' fortunes, in terms of remaining connected to rock. Instead of covering Leon Russell's or Carole King's contemporary material, they're doing songs like "Can't Smile Without You" -- the latter is very sweetly sung by Karen Carpenter, and gets a lyrical but spare arrangement from Richard Carpenter, but they needed something more credible to the under-30 audience (and especially material that, if not attractive to guys in that age range, at least wouldn't make them self-conscious about listening to it with their girlfriends) on this album, and it wasn't here. If you close your eyes, it's possible to imagine Captain & Tennille, not to mention Debby Boone, taking lessons from this release, although Karen's voice was still beyond comparison with any of them.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Carpenters, MainArtist - Les Reed, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Stephens, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Randy Edelman, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Gus Kahn, Author - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne King, ComposerLyricist - William Harold, ComposerLyricist - Harold William, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Chris Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold/Martin/Morrow, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Geoffrey Stanton Morrow, ComposerLyricist - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Gayle Levant, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - JIM GORDON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Osborn, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Albert Hammond, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Tony Peluso, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Harpsichord, Hammond Organ, Piano, Rhodes , Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earle Dumler, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Shostac, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - The O.K. Chorale, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Lewis Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Howard Greenfield, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Neil Sedaka, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Iveland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Chronique
The formula behind the Carpenters' albums was starting to get fairly routine -- a hit single and an oldie or two (which sometimes was the single) surrounded by some well-produced soft pop/rock, driven by electric piano, strings, and a guitar solo or two cropping up. "There's a Kind of a Hush" and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" are the two most memorable tracks on this pleasant, well-sung, and well-played, but basically bland, album, A Kind of Hush. There are virtues here -- "You" has a good guitar solo by Tony Peluso, and the vocals on "Sandy" are radiant, but this record was where the real rot began to set into the Carpenters' fortunes, in terms of remaining connected to rock. Instead of covering Leon Russell's or Carole King's contemporary material, they're doing songs like "Can't Smile Without You" -- the latter is very sweetly sung by Karen Carpenter, and gets a lyrical but spare arrangement from Richard Carpenter, but they needed something more credible to the under-30 audience (and especially material that, if not attractive to guys in that age range, at least wouldn't make them self-conscious about listening to it with their girlfriends) on this album, and it wasn't here. If you close your eyes, it's possible to imagine Captain & Tennille, not to mention Debby Boone, taking lessons from this release, although Karen's voice was still beyond comparison with any of them.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 10 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:33:56
- Artistes principaux : The Carpenters
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : A&M
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
© 1976 A&M Records ℗ 1976 A&M Records
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