Artist: Carpenters
Album: Now & Then
Quality: iTunes Plus AAC M4A 256 Kbps
Genres: Rock, Music, Pop, Soft Rock
Released: May 1973
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album Review
Featuring a surprisingly poignant cover photo of a suburban house — not unlike the Downey, CA homestead in which Karen and Richard Carpenter grew up — Now & Then is a concept album about the music that inspired Karen and Richard in their childhood. Besides the hit single “Sing” and a charming take on Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya,” the centerpiece of Now & 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 & Dean’s “Dead Man’s Curve.” Also included are Shelley Fabares’ “Johnny Angel,” Bobby Vee’s “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,” Ruby & 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., Rovi
Track List
1. Sing
2. This Masquerade
3. Heather
4. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
5. I Can’t Make Music
6. Yesterday Once More
7. Fun, Fun, Fun
8. The End of the World
9. Da Doo Ron Ron
10. Dead Man’s Curve
11. Johnny Angel
12. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
13. Our Day Will Come
14. One Fine Day
15. Yesterday Once More
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