A Song for You

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This article is about the album. For the song, see A Song for You (song).

A Song for You
Album by The Carpenters
Front cover to The Carpenters' album, A Song for You
Recorded	1971-1972
Released	June 13, 1972
Length	37:13
Genre(s)	Pop
Producer(s)	Jack Daugherty, The Carpenters
Record label	A&M Records
Albums by The Carpenters
Carpenters (1971) Carpenters (1971)	Now & Then (1973) Now & Then (1973)

A Song for You is The Carpenters' fourth studio album. Released in June of 1972, A Song for You spawned five A-side singles and one charting B-side single. The Carpenters' biggest hit single from this album was "Top of the World", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, even though the single version was arranged differently from the original album version on A Song for You.

Recording for this album commenced in mid-1971, with the recording for the theme to the 1971 film, Bless the Beasts and Children. "Bless the Beasts and Children" was chosen to be the B-side of "Superstar" in September of 1971. "Bless the Beasts and Children" charted at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Despite the album having been named after it, "A Song for You" was never released as a single. To this day, the album A Song for You is considered by many Carpenters fans to be one of their best albums.

Contents 1 Track overview 1.1 A Song for You 1.2 Top of the World 1.3 Hurting Each Other 1.4 It's Going to Take Some Time 1.5 Goodbye to Love 1.6 Intermission 1.7 Bless the Beasts and Children 1.8 Flat Baroque 1.9 Piano Picker 1.10 I Won't Last a Day Without You 1.11 Crystal Lullaby 1.12 Road Ode 1.13 A Song for You (Reprise) 2 Track listing 3 References

[edit] Track overview

[edit] A Song for You

The album begins with The Carpenters' rendition of the Leon Russell song, "A Song for You". The Carpenters' version was almost five minutes long, but is considered a touching song by many Carpenters fans, due to its lyrics:

And when my life is over,
Remember when we were together.
We were alone and I was singing this song for you.

[edit] Top of the World

"Top of the World" became The Carpenters' second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, when it was remixed for their The Singles: 1969-1973 compilation. It was covered in 1972 by Lynn Anderson, whose version was released as a single first, but is lesser known of the two.

[edit] Hurting Each Other

"Hurting Each Other" is one of The Carpenters' five singles released from this album. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was released three months after the release of "Superstar".

[edit] It's Going to Take Some Time

"It's Going to Take Some Time" was originally written and performed by Carole King, but was covered by The Carpenters in 1972. It didn't do as well as "Hurting Each Other", peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Goodbye to Love

"Goodbye to Love" was written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. Its name was based off of a song from the film Rhythm on the River, starring Bing Crosby. "Goodbye to Love" was the first song demonstrated the usage of putting a minute-long fuzz guitar solo overlayed a soft pop ballad. The guitar solo was played by Tony Peluso, who became a Carpenters member until Karen's death in 1983. The single peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #7.

[edit] Intermission

"Intermission" was a short 30-second long a cappella vocal piece that was meant to conclude the first side of the LP. Its short and simple words are:

We'll be right back
After we go to the bathroom.

[edit] Bless the Beasts and Children

Originally written for a 1971 film of the same name, "Bless the Beasts and Children" was written by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. The song was placed on the B-side of "Superstar" and charted the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #67.

[edit] Flat Baroque

"Flat Baroque" was originally composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis in 1966, when the two were working at Disneyland. The Carpenters performed a slower version of "Flat Baroque" on the radio program Your Navy Presents in 1970. Richard Carpenter was nominated for a Grammy in 1973 for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals, although he lost to Michel Legrand for Sarah Vaughan's rendition of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"

[edit] Piano Picker

Composed by Randy Edelman, "Piano Picker" was a song sung by Richard Carpenter about his talent and practicing as a piano player.

[edit] I Won't Last a Day Without You

"I Won't Last a Day Without You" was composed by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols. It was released as a single in 1974, and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #11.

[edit] Crystal Lullaby

"Crystal Lullaby" was a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It spoke of a little girl being carried away in a soft dream in a crystal lullaby.

[edit] Road Ode

"Road Ode" was composed by two other members of The Carpenters, Gary Sims and Dan Woodhams.

[edit] A Song for You (Reprise)

The reprise to A Song for You closed A Song for You with a remixed version of the last fifty seconds of "A Song for You".

[edit] Track listing

Side one

1. "A Song for You"
2. "Top of the World"
3. "Hurting Each Other"
4. "It's Going to Take Some Time"
5. "Goodbye to Love"
6. "Intermission"

Side two

1. "Bless the Beasts and Children"
2. "Flat Baroque"
3. "Piano Picker"
4. "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
5. "Crystal Lullaby"
6. "Road Ode"
7. "A Song for You (Reprise)"

[edit] References

The Carpenters
Karen Carpenter · Richard Carpenter
Albums	Ticket to Ride (1969) · Close to You (1970) · Carpenters (1971) · A Song for You (1972) · Now & Then (1973) · Horizon (1975) · A Kind of Hush (1976) · Passage (1977) · Christmas Portrait (1978) · Made in America (1981) · Voice of the Heart (1983) · Lovelines (1989) · As Time Goes By (2001)

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