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The Carpenters' final album, Made in America, released after their two-year break from work, a period in which Karen Carpenter attempted a solo album and when Richard was incapacitated due to a drug problem, is very much a comeback effort, with a fair amount of energy on most of it, newly radiant arrangements ("The Wedding Song," etc.), one cute oldie cover ("Beechwood 4-5789," which was made into a video), and the best new songs they'd had since the mid-'70s ("Those Good Old Dreams," "Touch Me When We're Dancing"). The latter song, in particular, marked a breakthrough to a new sound and a new sensuality in Karen's image as a singer, and could have led to a new beginning for all concerned, and the album as a whole was more energetic and memorable than anything they'd done since A Song for You. Unfortunately, the singer was already suffering from worsening effects of the psychological disorder that would kill her less than two years after the release of this album -- "The Wedding Song," in particular, seems now like an unintentionally poignant bookend on the other end of her life and career from "We've Only Just Begun."
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Carpenters, MainArtist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juanita Curiel, ComposerLyricist - Phyllis Heidi Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Kerry Chater, ComposerLyricist - Chris Christian, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Roger Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - William M. Lane, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Carole Bayer Sager, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Addrisi, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Donald J Addrisi, ComposerLyricist - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Terry Skinner, ComposerLyricist - Ken Bell, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - J.L. Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Randy Handley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 A&M Records
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Album review
The Carpenters' final album, Made in America, released after their two-year break from work, a period in which Karen Carpenter attempted a solo album and when Richard was incapacitated due to a drug problem, is very much a comeback effort, with a fair amount of energy on most of it, newly radiant arrangements ("The Wedding Song," etc.), one cute oldie cover ("Beechwood 4-5789," which was made into a video), and the best new songs they'd had since the mid-'70s ("Those Good Old Dreams," "Touch Me When We're Dancing"). The latter song, in particular, marked a breakthrough to a new sound and a new sensuality in Karen's image as a singer, and could have led to a new beginning for all concerned, and the album as a whole was more energetic and memorable than anything they'd done since A Song for You. Unfortunately, the singer was already suffering from worsening effects of the psychological disorder that would kill her less than two years after the release of this album -- "The Wedding Song," in particular, seems now like an unintentionally poignant bookend on the other end of her life and career from "We've Only Just Begun."
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:12
- Main artists: The Carpenters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1981 A&M Records ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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