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Billboard highlighted "Close to You" in its "Spotlight Singles" section on May 30, 1970, commenting: "Performance is exceptional." [20] In a 1995 New York Times Magazine story about love songs released in summers, Stephan Talty described "Close to You" as a "hushed love song" that "[set] the tone for a generation's soft ballads" in 1970. [21]
Close to You is the second studio album by the American music duo the Carpenters, released on August 19, 1970. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 175 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time , [ 1 ] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. [ 2 ]
The Carpenters released ten albums during their active career, of which five contained two or more top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (Close to You, Carpenters, A Song for You, Now & Then, and Horizon). Ten singles were certified gold by the RIAA, and twenty-two peaked in the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You: Horizon: 1975: 1975: Bettis, Carpenter (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me: Carpenters: 1971: 1971: Bacharach, David (They Long to Be) Close to You: Close to You: 1970: 1970: Bacharach, David (Want You) Back in My Life Again: Made in America: 1981: 1981: Chater, Christian: A Song for You# ...
The Carpenters garnered worldwide commercial success, scoring big hits mainly in the first half of the 1970s. RIAA-certified sales of their records (albums, singles and videos) have been estimated at around 34.6 million units. [ 1 ]
"I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher) [5] [3] "I Need You" [1] "I Need You" (Chris and Craig) [40] "I Saw Her Again" (The Mamas & the Papas) [10] "I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family) [5] [9] "If I Can Dream" (Elvis Presley) [41] "If I Were a Carpenter" (Bobby Darin) [10] "I'll Meet You Halfway" (The Partridge Family) [9]
Close to You (The 88 album) or the title song, 2016; Close to You (The Carpenters album) or the title song (see below), 1970; Close to You (Father MC album) or the title song, 1992
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