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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]
Following their hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You" onto the charts, "We've Only Just Begun" hit No. 1 on the Cash Box singles chart and No. 2 on the U.S.Billboard Hot 100 behind the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" and the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You", becoming the pair's second million-selling gold single, spending nine weeks in the ...
"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]
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.
Allmusic have the album a positive review, stating "released among a bevy of tribute albums, 'If I Were a Carpenter registers as one of the best of the lot, with spot-on performances of Carpenters classics from the '70s. Unlike many tribute collections, this CD gets it right most of the time, thanks to a lineup of artists suited to the duo's ...
"Only Yesterday" is a song recorded by the Carpenters. Released on March 14, 1975, the song was composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. "Only Yesterday" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts, [1] The Carpenters' eleventh number one on that chart.
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