Carpenters ‎♫ A Song for You ♫ 1972 A&M Records Original Monarch Vinyl w/Insert

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Thanks for looking!A Song for YouStudio album by The CarpentersReleasedJune 13, 1972StudioA&M (Hollywood)GenrePop soft rock easy listening adult contemporaryLength36:57LabelA&MProducerJack Daugherty ProductionsThe Carpenters chronologyCarpenters (1971)A Song for You (1972)Now & Then (1973)Singles from A Song for You"Bless the Beasts and Children" Released: August 12, 1971"Hurting Each Other" Released: December 23, 1971"It's Going to Take Some Time" Released: April 13, 1972"Goodbye to Love" Released: June 19, 1972"Top of the World" Released: September 17, 1973"I Won't Last a Day Without You" Released: March 25, 1974Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusicRolling Stone(Average)The Rolling Stone Album GuideA Song for You is the fourth studio album by the American music duo the Carpenters, released on June 22, 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'. "A Song for You" was written by songwriter Leon Russell.In Cash Box's Top 100 Albums of 1972, A Song for You was ranked number 26.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".Singles"Hurting Each Other", a cover of an obscure Ruby & the Romantics tune, was the first single issued from A Song for You in early 1972, and reached number two, becoming the Carpenters' sixth straight gold single. A cover of Carole King's "It's Going to Take Some Time" followed and peaked at number 12, and was followed by the number seven hit "Goodbye to Love", which was refused airplay on some easy listening radio stations because of a fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso. The song had a significant impact on the power ballad songs which followed. The album also included the Carpenters' version of the Academy Award-nominated title song from the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children, which had already charted at number 67 on the Hot 100 as the flip side of the duo's version of "Superstar".The album's biggest hit single, the number one song "Top of the World", was not issued until over a year after the album's release. According to Richard Carpenter, who co-wrote the song with John Bettis, the reason for the song's late release in the US was that he had misjudged the song's commercial appeal, but was proven wrong when the Carpenters' "Top of the World" became a hit in Japan in 1972 and Lynn Anderson's cover reached number 2 on the US country charts in 1973. The song went through a few minor revisions, including a slight remix, before it was finally released as a single in the US. The Carpenters' treatment of the much-covered Paul Williams/Roger Nichols composition "I Won't Last a Day Without You" also got a belated single release in 1974, and peaked at number eleven on the Hot 100.With the exception of "Bless the Beasts and Children", which peaked at number 26 on the AC chart, all of the album's charted singles made either number one ("Hurting Each Other", "I Won't Last a Day Without You") or number two on the Adult Contemporary chart. The album and its singles were also successful internationally; "Goodbye to Love" and "I Won't Last a Day Without You" made the top ten on the UK Singles Chart as a double A-side, and "Top of the World" made the Oricon singles chart in Japan on three occasions (number 21 in 1972, number 52 in 1973, and number 83 in 1996).Track listingAll lead vocals by Karen Carpenter, except where noted.Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."A Song for You"Leon Russell4:422."Top of the World"John Bettis Richard Carpenter2:563."Hurting Each Other"Gary Geld Peter Udell2:464."It's Going to Take Some Time"Carole King Toni Stern2:555."Goodbye to Love"Bettis R. Carpenter3:506."Intermission" (lead vocals: K. and R. Carpenter)R. Carpenter0:22Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length7."Bless the Beasts and Children"Perry Botkin Jr. Barry DeVorzon3:078."Flat Baroque" (instrumental)R. Carpenter1:459."Piano Picker" (lead vocals: R. Carpenter)Randy Edelman1:5910."I Won't Last a Day Without You"Roger Nichols Paul Williams3:4711."Crystal Lullaby" (lead vocals by K. and R. Carpenter)Bettis R. Carpenter3:5312."Road Ode"Gary Sims Dan Woodhams3:5013."A Song for You" (Reprise)Russell0:53

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