CD Details
- Released: January 12, 1999
- Label: A&M
Tracks:
- 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
- 7.Bless the Beasts and Children
- 8.Flat Baroque
- 9.Piano Picker
- 10.I Won't Last a Day Without You
- 11.Crystal Lullaby
- 12.Road Ode
- 13.Song for You, A (Reprise) - (reprise)
Product Description:
The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums); Richard Carpenter (keyboards, background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Louie Shelton, Tony Peluso (guitar); Red Rhodes (steel guitar); Bob Messenger (tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute); Tim Weisberg (bass flute); Earl Dumler (oboe, English horn); Norm Herzberg (bassoon); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine (drums).
Digitally remastered by Richard Carpenter.
The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums); Richard Carpenter (vocals, keyboards).
Additional personnel: Tony Peluso, Louie Shelton (guitar); Red Rhodes (steel guitar); Bob Messenger (tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute); Tim Weisberg (bass flute); Earl Dumler (oboe, English horn); Norm Hertzberg (bassoon); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine (drums).
Personnel: Tony Peluso (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Carpenter (vocals, keyboards); Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums); Red Rhodes (guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar); Louie Shelton (guitar); Bob Messenger (flute, alto flute, tenor saxophone, wind); Tim Weisberg (flute, bass flute); Earl Dumler (oboe, English horn, wind); Norm Herzberg (bassoon, wind); Hal Blaine (drums).
Audio Remixer: Roger Young.
Liner Note Author: Richard Carpenter .
Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; A&N Studios.
Photographer: Jim McCrary.
Arranger: Richard Carpenter .
A SONG FOR YOU, Karen and Richard Carpenter's fourth album, is an unusual record. Alongside the usual million-selling hits, here including "Top of the World," "Hurting Each Other," "Goodbye To Love," and the film theme "Bless The Beasts And Children," A SONG FOR YOU contains a number of brief instrumentals designed to showcase Richard Carpenter's keyboard and arranging skills. Elsewhere, sibling Karen sings as beautifully as ever, and her dusky, clear alto is at its most expressive. The CD was remastered by Richard Carpenter in 1998 as part of a general overhaul of the Carpenters' A&M catalogue. A limited-edition Japanese release features 32-bit digital remastering and an LP-style slipcase.