| A Kind of Hush | ||||
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| Studio album by The Carpenters | ||||
| Released | May, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Pop, easy listening, adult contemporary | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Richard Carpenter | |||
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A Kind of Hush is the seventh studio album by American popular music duo The Carpenters. It was released in May 1976.
Of its three excerpted singles only the title track, "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)," a cover of a 1960s song by Herman's Hermits, gave the pair a hit single - both the US Top Ten, and UK Top 20.
John Bettis called a minor hit from the album, I Need to Be in Love, the favorite lyric he ever wrote for Karen. "If there was ever anything that came out of my heart straight to Karen I would say that that was it, and I was very proud of it for that."
The album, despite its gold certification and a high UK chart placing, was a commercial disappointment in the US where its chart peak was outside the Top 30.[2] The CD has been out of print since 2006.
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"As I have written elsewhere, I believe that the Carpenters’ explosive worldwide success in 1970 was too much, too soon for us; we were young, naïve and ultimately ill-equipped to handle properly all that was required of us. Karen, though 3½ years my junior, dealt with many career problems better than I, although some feel that these, combined with a perceived weight problem contributed to her developing anorexia nervosa. As a result of all of this, I inadvertently got myself addicted to prescription sleeping pills as early as 1975. As I did not take any of these during the day, I was able to function well for quite some time, but by 1976, and the making of A Kind of Hush – and the two albums that followed – I now feel I was not at my best, and am not pleased with some of the material chosen, such as 'Goofus,' and 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do.'"
"Three songs, however, do stand out for me: 'I Need To Be In Love,' with its soaring melody and melancholy John Bettis lyric; this became Karen's favorite Carpenters song; 'One More Time' by Lewis Anderson, a lovely combination of music and lyric; and 'Sandy,' a lilting original that is perfect for Karen's voice." [3]
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