4. A Song For You / トップ・オブ・ザ・ワールド
カーペンターズのオリジナル曲に加え、L・ラッセル, C・キング, P・ウィリアムス等の作品を取り上げた通算4作目。最高傑作とも言われる意欲作。
A Song for You is the fourth album released by Carpenters, released on June 13, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, “A Song for You was intended to be a concept album (of sorts) with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the ‘song’.”
Six songs were released as A-side singles internationally: “Hurting Each Other”, “It’s Going to Take Some Time”, “Goodbye to Love”, “Top of the World”, “I Won’t Last a Day Without You”, and “Bless the Beasts and Children”.
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Tracking List of a Song For You
| Side 1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “A Song for You“ | Leon Russell | 4:42 | |||||||
| 2. | “Top of the World“ | John Bettis, Richard Carpenter | 2:56 | |||||||
| 3. | “Hurting Each Other“ | Gary Geld, Peter Udell | 2:46 | |||||||
| 4. | “It’s Going to Take Some Time“ | Carole King, Toni Stern | 2:55 | |||||||
| 5. | “Goodbye to Love“ | Bettis, Carpenter | 3:50 | |||||||
| 6. | “Intermission” | Carpenter | 0:22 | |||||||
| Side 2 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 7. | “Bless the Beasts and Children“ | Perry Botkin, Jr., Barry DeVorzon | 3:07 | |||||||
| 8. | “Flat Baroque“ | Carpenter | 1:45 | |||||||
| 9. | “Piano Picker” | Randy Edelman | 1:59 | |||||||
| 10. | “I Won’t Last a Day Without You“ | Roger Nichols, Paul Williams | 3:55 | |||||||
| 11. | “Crystal Lullaby“ | Bettis, Carpenter | 3:58 | |||||||
| 12. | “Road Ode” | Gary Sims, Dan Woodhams | 3:50 | |||||||
| 13. | “A Song for You (Reprise)” | Russell | 0:53 | |||||||