The Very Best of the Carpenters

Greatest hits album by The Carpenters

Released

1983

Recorded

1969–1981

Genre

Pop, adult contemporary

Label

Festival (cat no. RML 52017)

Producer

Richard Carpenter

The Carpenters chronology

The Singles: 1974–1978
(1978)

The Very Best of the Carpenters
(1983)

Yesterday Once More
(1985)

The Very Best of the Carpenters is a compilation album by The Carpenters released in 1983 by Festival Records in Australia and New Zealand (cat no. RML 52017).^[1] The album spent one week at the top of the Australian albums chart in 1983.

The album was the only Oceania-exclusive compilation of the Carpenters' material released by Festival Records. Although the album is not specifically a "greatest hits" collection, several of the tracks did not reach the charts in either Australia or New Zealand: "Ticket to Ride"; "This Masquerade", as it was not a single; and "Those Good Old Dreams". "Beechwood 4-5789" was only a hit in New Zealand, reaching number 10 on the singles chart there in early 1982.^[2]

On the cover of the album, "It's Going to Take Some Time" is titled "It's Going to Take Some Time This Time" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is simply rendered "Close to You".^[1]

Track listing

Side one

Side two

"We've Only Just Begun"
"Those Good Old Dreams"
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
"Yesterday Once More"
"Please Mr. Postman"
"Hurting Each Other"
"Sing"
"For All We Know"
"Close to You"

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart^[3]	2

References

1 2 "Carpenters - The Very Best Of The Carpenters (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
↑ "charts.org.nz - Carpenters - Beechwood 4-5789". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
↑ "charts.org.nz - Carpenters - The Very Best Of The Carpenters". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

Preceded by The John Lennon Collection by John Lennon	Australian Kent Music Report number-one album February 21–27, 1983	Succeeded by Greatest Hits Vol 3 by Olivia Newton-John

The Carpenters

Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter

Albums	Offering (Ticket to Ride) Close to You Carpenters A Song for You Now & Then Horizon A Kind of Hush Passage Made in America Voice of the Heart Lovelines As Time Goes By

Live albums	Live in Japan Live at the Palladium

Compilation albums	The Singles: 1969–1973 The Singles: 1974–1978 The Very Best of the Carpenters Yesterday Once More Only Yesterday From the Top Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration Love Songs Reflections The Singles: 1969–1981 The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 Carpenters Perform Carpenter Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition The Ultimate Collection 40/40

Other	Christmas Portrait An Old-Fashioned Christmas Time (Richard Carpenter) Karen Carpenter (album) Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (Richard Carpenter)

Singles	"Looking for Love" "Ticket to Ride" "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "We've Only Just Begun" "Merry Christmas, Darling" "For All We Know" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "Superstar" "Bless the Beasts and Children" "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Sing" "Yesterday Once More" "Top of the World" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Please Mr. Postman" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "Only Yesterday" "Solitaire" "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" "I Need to Be in Love" "Goofus" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "Sweet, Sweet Smile" "I Believe You" "Touch Me When We're Dancing" "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" "Those Good Old Dreams" "Beechwood 4-5789" "Make Believe It's Your First Time" "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" "Now" "Little Altar Boy" "Honolulu City Lights" "Something in Your Eyes" "If I Had You" "Let Me Be the One" "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" "Ave Maria" "The Rainbow Connection"

TV series/specials	Make Your Own Kind of Music Live at the BBC Very First TV Special Space Encounters A Christmas Portrait Music, Music, Music

DVDs	Gold: Greatest Hits Interpretations Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters

Related articles	Discography Songs John Bettis Joe Osborn Tony Peluso If I Were a Carpenter The Karen Carpenter Story

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