From the Top (album)

From the Top
Box set by The Carpenters
Released 1991
Recorded 1965–1982
Genre Pop
Length 3:24:41
Label A&M
Producer Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters chronology
Yesterday Once More
(1985)		 From the Top
(1991)		 Interpretations
(1995)

The songs from this box set are everything from the Richard Carpenter Trio recordings from 1965 to their biggest hits in the early 1970s to the last song ever recorded by the Carpenters: "Now". This compilation was revised with The Essential Collection: 1965-1997 in 2002.

Contents

Track listings

Disc One

1965-1970

  1. Caravan (1965)
  2. The Parting of Our Ways (1966)
  3. Looking for Love (1966)
  4. I'll Be Yours (1966)
  5. Iced Tea (1966–1967)
  6. You'll Love Me (1967)
  7. All I Can Do (1967–1968)
  8. Don't Be Afraid (1968; demo)
  9. Invocation (1968; demo)
  10. Your Wonderful Parade (1968; demo)
  11. Good Night (previously unreleased)
  12. All of My Life (1969; 1987 remix)
  13. Eve (1969; 1987 remix)
  14. Ticket to Ride (1969; 1973 version)
  15. Get Together (1970; Your Navy Presents)
  16. Interview (1970; Your Navy Presents)
  17. Maybe It's You (1970; 1990 remix)
  18. (They Long to Be) Close to You (1970)
  19. We've Only Just Begun (1970; 1985 remix)
  20. Merry Christmas Darling (1970; Single Version)
  21. For All We Know (1970; 1990 remix)

Disc Two

1971-1973

  1. Superstar (1971; 1990 remix)
  2. Rainy Days and Mondays (1971; 1985 remix)
  3. Let Me Be the One (1971; 1990 remix)
  4. Bless the Beasts and Children (1971; 1985 remix)
  5. Hurting Each Other (1972; 1990 remix)
  6. Top of the World (1972)
  7. Goodbye to Love (1972; 1985 remix)
  8. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1972; 1984 remix)
  9. This Masquerade (1973; 1990 remix)
  10. Canta (Spanish lyric of "Sing") (1973)
  11. Yesterday Once More (1973; 1985 remix)
  12. Fun, Fun, Fun (1973; 1990 remix)
  13. The End of the World (1973; 1990 remix)
  14. Da Doo Ron Ron (1973; 1990 remix)
  15. Dead Man's Curve (1973; 1990 remix)
  16. Johnny Angel (1973; 1990 remix)
  17. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1973; 1990 remix)
  18. Our Day Will Come (1973; 1990 remix)
  19. One Fine Day (1973; 1990 remix)
  20. Yesterday Once More (Reprise) (1973)
  21. Radio Contest Outtakes (1973)

Disc Three

1974-1978

  1. Please Mr. Postman (1974)
  2. Only Yesterday (1975)
  3. Solitaire (1975)
  4. Good Friends Are For Keeps (1976)
  5. Ordinary Fool (1976; released on "Voice of the Heart" in 1983)
  6. I Need to Be in Love (1976; 1990 remix)
  7. From This Moment On (1976; Live at the Palladium)
  8. Suntory Pop Jingle #1 (1977)
  9. Suntory Pop Jingle #2 (1977)
  10. All You Get from Love Is a Love Song (1977)
  11. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (1977; 1989 remix)
  12. Christ Is Born (1978; 1990 remix)
  13. White Christmas (1978; 1990 remix)
  14. Little Altar Boy (1978)
  15. Ave Maria (1978; 1990 remix)

Disc Four

1978-1982

  1. Where Do I Go From Here? (1978)
  2. Little Girl Blue (1978)
  3. If I Had You (1979; Karen Carpenter Solo, 1989 remix)
  4. My Body Keeps Changing My Mind (1979; 1990 remix)
  5. Still Crazy After All These Years (1979; 1990 remix)
  6. Medley (1980)
    1. Sing
    2. Knowing When to Leave
    3. Make it Easy on Yourself
    4. Someday
    5. We've Only Just Begun
  7. Touch Me When We're Dancing (1980)
  8. When It's Gone (1980)
  9. Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song) (1980)
  10. Now (1982)

Singles

US 7" single (1966)  MAGIC LAMP 704 (mono)
1.Looking For Love
2.I'll Be Yours

note: promotional singles for Let Me Be The One and Ave Maria were also issued; see those entries under the Carpenters and Christmas Portrait pages, respectively.

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