The Singles: 1969–1973
なんとカーペンターズのアルバムで全米No.1を獲得したのは本作のみ。彼らの公式ベスト・アルバムがリマスターで登場。69~73年までに発表されたシングルばかりで構成され、入門編にも最適。
シングルス 1969～1973 / カーペンターズ / Amazon
The Singles: 1969–1973 is an album by the brother/sister pop duo The Carpenters. A greatest hits collection, it topped the charts in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and became one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s. Features of this compilation include a newly recorded version of “Top of the World”, “Ticket to Ride” and a number of musical introductions and segues between the songs “Superstar”, “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “Goodbye to Love”. It has been certified 8× platinum in the U.S. alone. In the UK, the album reached #1 for 17 (non-consecutive) weeks.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “We’ve Only Just Begun / 愛のプレリュード“ | Paul Williams; Roger Nichols | 4:03 | |
| 2. | “Top of the World / トップ・オブ・ザ・ワールド“ | Richard Carpenter; John Bettis | 2:56 | |
| 3. | “Ticket to Ride / 涙の乗車券“ | John Lennon; Paul McCartney | 4:10 | |
| 4. | “Bonnie Bramlett; Leon Russell | 3:49 | ||
| 5. | “Rainy Days and Mondays / 雨の日と月曜日は“ | Paul Williams; Roger Nichols | 3:40 | |
| 6. | “Goodbye to Love / 愛にさよならを“ | Richard Carpenter; John Bettis | 3:50 | |
| 7. | “Yesterday Once More / イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア“ | Richard Carpenter; John Bettis | 3:50 | |
| 8. | “It’s Going to Take Some Time / 小さな愛の願い“ | Carole King; Toni Stern | 2:55 | |
| 9. | “Sing / シング“ | Joe Raposo | 3:20 | |
| 10. | “For All We Know / ふたりの誓い“ | Fred Karlin, Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer | 2:34 | |
| 11. | “Hurting Each Other / ハーティング・イーチ・アザー“ | Gary Geld; Peter Udell | 2:46 | |
| 12. | “(They Long to Be) Close to You / 遥かなる影“ | Burt Bacharach; Hal David | 3:42 |