CARPENTERS SINGLES 1969/1981</br></br>Product Description</br></br>This tops any single-CD Carpenters collection previously available in the U.S.?? adding smashes like I Won't Last a Day Without You; Please Mr. Postman; Only Yesterday ?? and Touch Me When We're Dancing to (They Long to Be) Close to You; Top of the World; Superstar ?? and the rest of these pop treasures. 21 tracks?? including a version of For All We Know from a British TV special!</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>This revamped version of the Carpenters' two original <I>Singles</I> LPs may?? despite the absence of some Top?40 charters?? stand as the definitive single-CD collection of the duo's hits. Included are most of the reasons Karen Carpenter's bring-the-pain vocals are still revered by thrift-shopping college kids and their moms alike. Despite the act's squeaky-clean image?? Karen was of course more than touched by tragedy; at least one of the more hopeful of these tunes?? "We Know??"has doubt built right into its title. The best of this is smart?? cry-in-your-Evian pop that sounds a lot less dated than it might in your memory. "lose to You" and "Hurting Each Other" are actually soulful claims on their then-new soft-pop tradition?? while the towering "oodbye to Love" is worthy of <i>Rumours</i>-era Christine McVie. Despite some duds?? mostly from its later period?? <I>1969-1981</I> makes its case for this enduring and sometimes classic outfit. <I>--Rickey Wright</I></br>hheadphone