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Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition is a two-disc compilation released by The Carpenters in early 2004. The two-disc compilation went through two designs. The first (pictured) was black with a gold Carpenters logo and "Gold" underneath. In fine print towards the bottom lies the words: "35th Anniversary Edition". Each CD has 20 songs on it, thus it has a total of 40 songs. The second has a rare picture of Richard and Karen sitting in their car in circa 1974, with a white bar at the top saying "Gold", with the Carpenters' logo at the top right corner.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc One
- "Superstar" †
- "Rainy Days and Mondays" †
- "Top of the World" †
- "Maybe It's You" †
- "Let Me Be the One" †
- "Reason to Believe" †
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" †
- "Leave Yesterday Behind" ‡
- "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" *
- "Bless the Beasts and Children" †
- "It's Going to Take Some Time" †
- "The Rainbow Connection" ‡
- "Only Yesterday" †
- "Sweet, Sweet Smile" *
- "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World" †
- "California Dreamin'" ‡
- "Solitaire" ††
- "We've Only Just Begun" †
- "This Masquerade" †
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" †
[edit] Disc Two
- "Yesterday Once More" †
- "Please Mr. Postman" †
- "Hurting Each Other" †
- "I Need to Be in Love" †
- "Merry Christmas Darling" (Christmas Portrait Mix)
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" †
- "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song *
- "Sing" †
- "Make Believe It's Your First Time" *
- "Ticket to Ride" ¤
- "Goodbye to Love" †
- "I Just Fall in Love Again" *
- "I Believe You" *
- "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" ‡
- "For All We Know" †
- "Touch Me When We're Dancing" *
- "I Won't Last a Day Without You" †
- "Mr. Guder" †
- "A Song for You" †
- "Karen's Theme" *
[edit] Remix notes
Most of the songs on here are remixes. This compilation's songs have more refined and re-recorded tracks, less noise in the background, and a lot of reverberation in the background.
- ^* These songs are the original mixes, meaning that they have not been retouched since their recording.
- ^¤ "Ticket to Ride", the only song on here that is of a 1973 remix, is a fully re-recorded version of the original. Karen did not appreciate the deep vocals of the original, and felt that she could do a better job for The Singles: 1969-1973. Thus, it was re-recorded, and has not been touched since then.
- ^† These songs include a harder bass drum line and considerably more reverberation than the original version.
- ^‡ All of these songs (with the exception of "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again") are from the album As Time Goes By, but all of these were remixed. The tracks from As Time Goes By were remixed in the late 1990s/early 2000s, and "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again", from Interpretations, was originally recorded in 1975, but was left off Horizon due to the fact that it would've been too long. It was subsequently remixed in the mid-1990s.
- ^§ This version of "Solitaire" can only be found on this album. This version is the single version, which Richard Carpenter claimed to have a guitar riff before each of the verses, whereas the version on Horizon had no guitar riff.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Carpenter. Carpenters Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition. Album notes. 2004.
