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The Carpenters were just about the last adult pop outfit of their era with anything resembling rock credibility (they did have a little of the latter in the early days, and weren't a kid act like the Osmonds) who could have pulled off a straight Christmas album. And they did it in superb style here, illuminated throughout by the delightful, complex, often playful arrangements, courtesy of Peter Knight, Richard Carpenter, and Billy May. Actually, for a change on a Carpenters album, Richard is the dominant personality on display across this record, as both co-arranger and producer, as well as the mastermind behind the project; Karen Carpenter's voice is also prominent, to be sure, most notably on "Merry Christmas, Darling" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and she threw herself into this next-to-last completed project (and their final release before a two-year hiatus), but it's Richard who comes to the fore everywhere here, in ways that are impossible to ignore. And the results are mightily impressive, as the mood never slackens in what amounts to a wall-to-wall celebration of the Christmas holiday. After a suitably festive introductory section, Karen Carpenter's solo voice comes up on the "Christmas Waltz" and the proceedings really take off, carrying us into the most engaging rendition of Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" that has come down in many a year, and it only gets better from there, through a brace of holiday staples that end up sounding fresh in her voice and his arrangements. There's not a slack moment on this album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Storrs Willis, ComposerLyricist - Edmund Hamilton Sears, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - VICTOR HERBERT, Composer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phillips Brooks, ComposerLyricist - Lewis H. Redner, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Pietro Alessandro Yon, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Thomas Conner, ComposerLyricist - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Donald J Wyrtzen, ComposerLyricist - Lynne E. Brower, ComposerLyricist - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Drums, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gayle Levant, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Osborn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - John Ellis, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Al Stillman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Pete Jolly, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Peluso, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Tutt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Tedesco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Earle Dumler, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bain, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Klatzkin, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Remsen, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Messenger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Bahler Chorale, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Nick Perito, Arranger, Work Arranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Adapter - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Pooler, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Bartolucci, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Adolphe Adam, Composer - John Sullivan Dwight, Author - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Co-Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Al Stillman, ComposerLyricist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ROBERT ALLEN, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter E. Rollins, ComposerLyricist - JOHN D. MARKS, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Autry, ComposerLyricist - Oakley Haldeman, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nelson, ComposerLyricist - John Mason, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Felix Bernard, Composer - Richard B. Smith, Author - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johann Sebastian Bach, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Tomlinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Richards, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Howlett Peter Smith, ComposerLyricist - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Buck Ram, ComposerLyricist - KIM GANNON, ComposerLyricist - WALTER KENT, ComposerLyricist - My Morning Jacket, Arranger, Work Arranger - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Joseph Mohr, ComposerLyricist - Franz Xaver Gruber, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
The Carpenters were just about the last adult pop outfit of their era with anything resembling rock credibility (they did have a little of the latter in the early days, and weren't a kid act like the Osmonds) who could have pulled off a straight Christmas album. And they did it in superb style here, illuminated throughout by the delightful, complex, often playful arrangements, courtesy of Peter Knight, Richard Carpenter, and Billy May. Actually, for a change on a Carpenters album, Richard is the dominant personality on display across this record, as both co-arranger and producer, as well as the mastermind behind the project; Karen Carpenter's voice is also prominent, to be sure, most notably on "Merry Christmas, Darling" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and she threw herself into this next-to-last completed project (and their final release before a two-year hiatus), but it's Richard who comes to the fore everywhere here, in ways that are impossible to ignore. And the results are mightily impressive, as the mood never slackens in what amounts to a wall-to-wall celebration of the Christmas holiday. After a suitably festive introductory section, Karen Carpenter's solo voice comes up on the "Christmas Waltz" and the proceedings really take off, carrying us into the most engaging rendition of Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" that has come down in many a year, and it only gets better from there, through a brace of holiday staples that end up sounding fresh in her voice and his arrangements. There's not a slack moment on this album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:20
- Main artists: The Carpenters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Ambient / New Age / Easy Listening Kerstmuziek
© 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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