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Now & Then by: The Carpenters List Price: £5.99 CD-Charts Price: £3.98 You Save: £2.01 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0082839351928 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Commercial Marketing Manufacturer: Commercial Marketing Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Commercial Marketing Release Date: December 03, 2007 Running Time: 37 minutes Studio: Commercial Marketing Sales Rank: 1178 MPN: 393519 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Description: Featuring a surprisingly poignant cover photo of a suburbanhouse--not unlike the Downey, California homestead in whichKaren and Richard Carpenter grew up--NOW AND THEN is a concept album about the music that inspired Karen and Richard intheir childhood. Besides the hit single "Sing" and a charming take on Hank Williams' "Jambalaya", the centrepiece of NOW AND THEN is Richard Carpenter and John Bettis' nostalgic "Yesterday Once More. The song opens and closes a side-long medley of early-'60s pop hits that includes the Beach Boys' "Fun Fun Fun", Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World", the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron" and Jan and Dean's "Deadman's Curve". Also included are Shelly Fabares' "Johnny Angel", BobbyVee's "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes", Ruby and the Romantics' "Our Day Will Come", and the Chiffons' "One Fine Day". Given Karen's immense skills as an interpretive singer, not one of the covers is less than interesting, and most are flat-out wonderful. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A career high'Now and Then' was without a doubt one of the peaks of the Carpenters' career. 'Yesterday Once More' is probably one of their most popular and enduring tunes, but there are plenty of lesser-known gems. 'This Masquerade' is simply sublime, one of the best things the Carpenters ever did. Randy Edelman's 'I Can't Make Music' is both melancholic and gorgeous, while the arrangement of 'Heather' is lush and moving. Most of what's left is covers of oldies lifted up several notches by those wonderful Karen Carpenter vocals. Great stuff. So why not 5 stars? Well, much as I love the Carpenters, I've never quite been able to forgive them for the sickly, cloying horror of 'Sing'. I know other reviewers view it with affection, but for me it's an embarrassment ... Read More: Rating:  - Mark Rudolph - you are right !!!This album is in my view the best original album the Carpenters ever recorded (i.e. not a compilation). Every track is a winner. Here's the rundown... Sing - Joe Raposos uplifing singalong complete with childrens choir never fails to lift the spirits. Those Carpenters mushy harmonies are right to the fore here too. This Masquerade - Another classic song written by Leon Russell. Karens vocal reaches right into the words which were very effectively used in the Karen Carpenter story film to overlay her brief marriage. Heather - Think of the tune ' Sleepy Shores' and this Johnny Pearson instrumental is in the same vein. Lush orchestral passages build the music to a moving crescendo. A wonderful middle track to what ... Read More: Rating: - FabulousThis album is one of the best albums of all time. YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (along with ONLY YESTERDAY) has got to be the finest pop song ever written. The Carpenters' recording of THIS MASQUERADE has got to be the definitive version. This is just a must own album. Rating: - One of my all-time favourite albumsNow and Then is a fantastic album. It shows off the talents of The Carpenters superbly. There are so many great songs on the album, and the musical arrangements are so tasteful. The suite of pieces originally put together for the second side of a gramophone record, beginning and ending with Yesterday Once More, includes some of the best interpretations of those old songs from the 60s you are ever likely to hear, and the recording quality is a lot better than on the original versions. My favourite song is This Masquerade, which sounds great whether it is performed by the writer Leon Russell, or in a great guitar version by George Benson. But The Carpenters version features Karen's unique voice and a terrific ensemble of musicians in one of ... Read More: Rating: - Brilliant!I'm going to admit I haven't bought the remastered version yet. But i have the original and it is so good. I think that music to drive to or sing along to was invented by the Carpenters. Sing says it all ~ but the best with out a doubt is definitly Jambalaya. Buy this because if they can get any better with digital remastering ~ it will be a sin not to buy it! |
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