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| released = October 31, 1989
| released = October 31, 1989
| recorded = 1978–1980
| recorded = 1977–1980
| studio = {{hlist|[[A&R Recording]] (New York City)|[[A&M Studios|A&M]] (Hollywood)|Kendun Recorders ([[Burbank, California|Burbank]])}}
| studio = {{hlist|[[A&R Recording]] (New York City)|[[A&M Studios|A&M]] (Hollywood)|Kendun Recorders ([[Burbank, California|Burbank]])}}
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 46:24
| length = 46:24
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<ref name=MH/>
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<ref name=MH/>
| producer = [[Phil Ramone]], [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-07-ca-918-story.html|title=Karen Carpenter: She Had Only Just Begun : Pop: New Carpenters' album features four songs from Karen's ill-fated solo collection. The album suggests she might have had a career as a soloist.|date=November 7, 1989|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
| producer = [[Phil Ramone]], [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-07-ca-918-story.html|title=Karen Carpenter: She Had Only Just Begun : Pop: New Carpenters' album features four songs from Karen's ill-fated solo collection. The album suggests she might have had a career as a soloist.|date=November 7, 1989|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
| prev_title = [[An Old-Fashioned Christmas]]
| prev_title = [[An Old-Fashioned Christmas]]
| prev_year = 1984
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = [[As Time Goes By (The Carpenters album)|As Time Goes By]]
| next_title = [[As Time Goes By (The Carpenters album)|As Time Goes By]]
| next_year = 2004
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Lovelines
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Honolulu City Lights#Carpenters' version|Honolulu City Lights]]
| single1date = 1986
| single2 = [[If I Had You (Karen Carpenter song)|If I Had You]]
| single2date = 1989}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lovelines-mw0000201997|title=Lovelines - Carpenters &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lovelines-mw0000201997|title=Lovelines - Carpenters &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=204}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=204}}</ref>
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|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=200}}</ref>
|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=200}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecarpenters/albums/album/130308/review/5940343/lovelines|title=Rolling Stone : The Carpenters: Lovelines : Music Reviews|date=February 13, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213014017/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecarpenters/albums/album/130308/review/5940343/lovelines|archive-date=2007-02-13}}</ref>
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecarpenters/albums/album/130308/review/5940343/lovelines|title=Rolling Stone : The Carpenters: Lovelines : Music Reviews|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 13, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213014017/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecarpenters/albums/album/130308/review/5940343/lovelines|archive-date=2007-02-13}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Lovelines''''' is the posthumous thirteenth studio album by American music duo [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]], the second Carpenters album released after the death of [[Karen Carpenter]]. It was released in 1989 and is a [[compilation album]] assembled by [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]] from unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by Karen from her then-unreleased [[Karen Carpenter (album)|solo album]].<ref>The Rock Who's who - Page 92
'''''Lovelines''''' is the thirteenth studio album by the American music duo [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]] released in 1989, the third Carpenters posthumous album released after the death of [[Karen Carpenter]].
The album is assembled by [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]] from unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by Karen from her then-unreleased [[Karen Carpenter (album)|solo album]].<ref>The Rock Who's who - Page 92
Brock Helander - 1996
Brock Helander - 1996
The posthumously released album Lovelines contained 10 unreleased songs, including 4 by Karen from a never-completed solo album.</ref>
The posthumously released album Lovelines contained 10 unreleased songs, including 4 by Karen from a never-completed solo album.</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
"You're the One" is an outtake from 1977 album ''[[Passage (The Carpenters album)|Passage]]''.<ref name=y1>{{cite web|url=https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_YoureTheOne_Carpenters.htm|title=You're the One|publisher=richardandkarencarpenter.com|access-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref>
The songs on Lovelines were primarily gleaned from Carpenters television specials. "When I Fall in Love" was originally recorded in 1978 for their TV special, ''[[The Carpenters...Space Encounters|Space Encounters]]''. However, they chose "[[Little Girl Blue (song)|Little Girl Blue]]" for that special instead, and later used "When I Fall in Love" in their ''[[The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music|Music, Music, Music!]]'' TV special in 1980. Other outtakes included "Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night" and "The Uninvited Guest" from ''[[Made in America (The Carpenters album)|Made in America]]'', the studio album released in 1981 and the last completed during Karen's lifetime.


"[[Honolulu City Lights#Carpenters' version|Honolulu City Lights]]", "Slow Dance" and "[[Where Do I Go from Here (England Dan & John Ford Coley song)|Where Do I Go from Here?]]" are from 1978 sessions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_HonoluluCityLights_Carpenters.htm|title=Honolulu City Lights|publisher=richardandkarencarpenter.com|accessdate=2024-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_SlowDance_Carpenters.htm|title=Slow Dance|publisher=richardandkarencarpenter.com|accessdate=2024-09-26}}</ref><ref name=wdig>{{cite web|url=https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_WhereDoIGoFromHere_Carpenters.htm|title=Where Do I Go From Here?|publisher=richardandkarencarpenter.com|access-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref>
Between 1989 and 2019, ''Lovelines'' was also the last Carpenters album to be issued in the vinyl LP format; in 2019 ''Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra'' was released on LP.

"Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night" and "The Uninvited Guest" are outtakes from ''[[Made in America (The Carpenters album)|Made in America]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_KissMeTheWayYouDidLastNight_.htm|title=Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night|publisher=richardandkarencarpenter.com|accessdate=2024-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_TheUninvitedGuest_Carpenters.htm|title=The Uninvited Guest|publisher=richardandkarencarpenter.com|accessdate=2024-09-26}}</ref> the studio album released in 1981 and the last completed during Karen's lifetime.

Two songs were taken from Carpenters television specials. "[[Little Girl Blue (song)|Little Girl Blue]]" is taken from 1978 ''[[The Carpenters...Space Encounters|Space Encounters]]'' TV special.
"[[When I Fall in Love]]" was also originally recorded in 1978 for that TV special, but used later in ''[[The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music|Music, Music, Music!]]'' in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2024-11-13 |date=January 13, 2024 |first=Paul |last=Sexton |publisher=udiscovermusic.com |title=The Carpenters’ ‘Lovelines’: A Posthumous Tribute To Karen Carpenter |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/carpenters-lovelines-album/}}</ref>

The album also includes four Carpenters interpretations of songs from Karen Carpenter's solo recordings: the title track, "[[If I Had You (Karen Carpenter song)|If I Had You]]", "If We Try" and "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night".

"You're the One" and "Where Do I Go from Here?" were previously used in the TV movie ''[[The Karen Carpenter Story]]''.<ref name=y1/><ref name=wdig/>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that "as Karen's cozy contralto pulses through the come-hither 'Lovelines', the hearth-warm 'If We Try' ... and the saltier 'If I Had You', her vocals come damn close to soulful."<ref name="auto"/>
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that Karen's solo tracks were "liberating. Ramone recorded her in leaner, decidedly unsaccharine settings and, in effect, got rid of her music's otherwise characteristic bad aftertaste. As Karen's cozy contralto pulses through the come-hither "Lovelines," the hearth-warm "If We Try" (both written by Rod Temperton, whose credits also include "Rock With You" and "Thriller") and the saltier "If I Had You," her vocals come damn close to soulful. Listening to them, it becomes apparent why singers like Chrissie Hynde, Madonna and Gloria Estefan have "come out of the closet" and admitted they were Karen fans...voices like Karen Carpenter's never really go out of style; Lovelines reveals just a few of the avenues that would have been open to her. But sadly, the Seventies never really ended for Karen Carpenter; she died before she could shed the goody-two-shoes image that shrouded her immense talent. As such, Lovelines becomes her essential epitaph.<ref name="auto"/>

In their review of the album, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' stated that "one listen and it's clear that no one - the closest is Gloria Estefan - has filled the void left after Karen's death in 1983. There's a good reason why some of the syrupy material was never released, but other tracks, like first single "If I Had You," the classic
"When I Fall In Love," and "Where Do I Go From Here," instantly recall why the duo was one of the most successful of the '70s." <ref name="Billboard19610828">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-12-09.pdf|magazine=Billboard|title=Album Reviews|issue =29 October 1983 |page=72 |access-date=August 25, 2024}}</ref>

''[[Allmusic]]'' noted that "When I Fall in Love" brings a tear to the eye as it captures that indefinable and completely unique quality that Karen brought to each song she sang. While the material in this compilation is not sensational or ground-breaking, it is definitely a sentimental selection of tunes that go easy on the ear."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lovelines-mw0000201997 | title=Album Search for "lovelines" | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Lovelines
| title1 = Lovelines
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| title2 = [[Where Do I Go from Here (England Dan & John Ford Coley song)|Where Do I Go from Here?]]
| title2 = [[Where Do I Go from Here (England Dan & John Ford Coley song)|Where Do I Go from Here?]]
| writer2 = Parker McGee
| writer2 = [[Parker McGee]]
| length2 = 4:24
| length2 = 4:24


| title3 = The Uninvited Guest
| title3 = The Uninvited Guest
| writer3 = {{hlist|Buddy Kaye|Jeffrey M. Tweel}}
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Buddy Kaye]]|Jeffrey M. Tweel}}
| length3 = 4:24
| length3 = 4:24


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}}
}}


{{Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title7 = Remember When Lovin' Took All Night
| title7 = Remember When Lovin' Took All Night
| writer7 = {{hlist|John Farrar|Molly-Ann Leiken}}
| writer7 = {{hlist|[[John Farrar]]|Molly-Ann Leiken}}
| length7 = 3:47
| length7 = 3:47


| title8 = You're the One
| title8 = You're the One
| writer8 = Steve Ferguson
| writer8 = [[Steve Ferguson (musician)|Steve Ferguson]]
| length8 = 4:13
| length8 = 4:13


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| title10 = Slow Dance
| title10 = Slow Dance
| writer10 = {{hlist|Philip Margo|Mitchell Margo}}
| writer10 = {{hlist|[[Philip Margo]]|Mitchell Margo}}
| length10 = 3:35
| length10 = 3:35


| title11 = [[If I Had You (The Carpenters song)|If I Had You]]
| title11 = [[If I Had You (Karen Carpenter song)|If I Had You]]
| writer11 = {{hlist|[[Steve Dorff]]|[[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]]|Gary Harju|Larry Herbstritt}}
| writer11 = {{hlist|[[Steve Dorff]]|[[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]]|Gary Harju|Larry Herbstritt}}
| length11 = 3:57
| length11 = 3:57
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| length12 = 3:24
| length12 = 3:24
}}
}}

==Singles==
"Honolulu City Lights"
*US 7" single (1986) A&M 8667
#"Honolulu City Lights"
#"I Just Fall in Love Again"

"Honolulu City Lights"
*Japan CD single (1986) A&M 8667
#"Honolulu City Lights"
#"Slow Dance"

"If I Had You" (issued as a Karen Carpenter solo)
*US Cassette single (1989) A&M TS 1471
#"If I Had You"
#"The Uninvited Guest"

*US CD Single Promo (1989)
#”If I Had You” (no B-side)

*JP 7" promo (1989) SSP-75
#"If I Had You"
#"Lovelines"

"When I Fall in Love"
*PH 7" single (1989) AM-90-133
#"When I Fall in Love"
#"Remember When Lovin' Took All Night"

==EPs==
Four selections from ''Carpenters: The 12 Compact Disc Collection''
*UK CD promo (1989) SAMP1989
#"You're the One"
#"[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]"
#"Goodbye to Love"
#"Merry Christmas Darling"


==Charts==
==Charts==

Latest revision as of 22:09, 28 December 2024

For the film, see Lovelines (film).
Lovelines
Studio album by
Carpenters
ReleasedOctober 31, 1989
Recorded1977–1980
Studio
GenrePop
Length46:24
LabelA&M[1]
ProducerPhil Ramone, Richard Carpenter[2]
Carpenters chronology
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
(1984) 		Lovelines
(1989) 		As Time Goes By
(2001)
Singles from Lovelines
  1. "Honolulu City Lights"
    Released: 1986
  2. "If I Had You"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
Rolling Stone[5]

Lovelines is the thirteenth studio album by the American music duo Carpenters released in 1989, the third Carpenters posthumous album released after the death of Karen Carpenter. The album is assembled by Richard Carpenter from unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by Karen from her then-unreleased solo album.[6]

Background

[edit]

"You're the One" is an outtake from 1977 album Passage.[7]

"Honolulu City Lights", "Slow Dance" and "Where Do I Go from Here?" are from 1978 sessions.[8][9][10]

"Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night" and "The Uninvited Guest" are outtakes from Made in America,[11][12] the studio album released in 1981 and the last completed during Karen's lifetime.

Two songs were taken from Carpenters television specials. "Little Girl Blue" is taken from 1978 Space Encounters TV special. "When I Fall in Love" was also originally recorded in 1978 for that TV special, but used later in Music, Music, Music! in 1980.[13]

The album also includes four Carpenters interpretations of songs from Karen Carpenter's solo recordings: the title track, "If I Had You", "If We Try" and "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night".

"You're the One" and "Where Do I Go from Here?" were previously used in the TV movie The Karen Carpenter Story.[7][10]

Critical reception

[edit]

Rolling Stone wrote that Karen's solo tracks were "liberating. Ramone recorded her in leaner, decidedly unsaccharine settings and, in effect, got rid of her music's otherwise characteristic bad aftertaste. As Karen's cozy contralto pulses through the come-hither "Lovelines," the hearth-warm "If We Try" (both written by Rod Temperton, whose credits also include "Rock With You" and "Thriller") and the saltier "If I Had You," her vocals come damn close to soulful. Listening to them, it becomes apparent why singers like Chrissie Hynde, Madonna and Gloria Estefan have "come out of the closet" and admitted they were Karen fans...voices like Karen Carpenter's never really go out of style; Lovelines reveals just a few of the avenues that would have been open to her. But sadly, the Seventies never really ended for Karen Carpenter; she died before she could shed the goody-two-shoes image that shrouded her immense talent. As such, Lovelines becomes her essential epitaph.[5]

In their review of the album, Billboard stated that "one listen and it's clear that no one - the closest is Gloria Estefan - has filled the void left after Karen's death in 1983. There's a good reason why some of the syrupy material was never released, but other tracks, like first single "If I Had You," the classic "When I Fall In Love," and "Where Do I Go From Here," instantly recall why the duo was one of the most successful of the '70s." [14]

Allmusic noted that "When I Fall in Love" brings a tear to the eye as it captures that indefinable and completely unique quality that Karen brought to each song she sang. While the material in this compilation is not sensational or ground-breaking, it is definitely a sentimental selection of tunes that go easy on the ear."[15]

Track listing

[edit]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lovelines"Rod Temperton4:28
2."Where Do I Go from Here?"Parker McGee4:24
3."The Uninvited Guest"
4:24
4."If We Try"Temperton3:42
5."When I Fall in Love"
3:08
6."Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night"
  • Margaret Dorn
  • Lynda Lee Lawley
4:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Remember When Lovin' Took All Night"
3:47
8."You're the One"Steve Ferguson4:13
9."Honolulu City Lights"Keola Beamer3:19
10."Slow Dance"
3:35
11."If I Had You"
3:57
12."Little Girl Blue"
3:24

Charts

[edit]
Chart performance for Lovelines
Chart (1990) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 73

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 200.
  2. ^ "Karen Carpenter: She Had Only Just Begun : Pop: New Carpenters' album features four songs from Karen's ill-fated solo collection. The album suggests she might have had a career as a soloist". Los Angeles Times. November 7, 1989.
  3. ^ "Lovelines - Carpenters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 204.
  5. ^ a b "Rolling Stone : The Carpenters: Lovelines : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. February 13, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13.
  6. ^ The Rock Who's who - Page 92 Brock Helander - 1996 The posthumously released album Lovelines contained 10 unreleased songs, including 4 by Karen from a never-completed solo album.
  7. ^ a b "You're the One". richardandkarencarpenter.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  8. ^ "Honolulu City Lights". richardandkarencarpenter.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  9. ^ "Slow Dance". richardandkarencarpenter.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  10. ^ a b "Where Do I Go From Here?". richardandkarencarpenter.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  11. ^ "Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night". richardandkarencarpenter.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  12. ^ "The Uninvited Guest". richardandkarencarpenter.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  13. ^ Sexton, Paul (January 13, 2024). "The Carpenters' 'Lovelines': A Posthumous Tribute To Karen Carpenter". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  14. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. No. 29 October 1983. p. 72. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  15. ^ "Album Search for "lovelines"". AllMusic.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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