Made in America is the tenth studio album by the American popular music duo Carpenters, released in June 1981. The final album by the duo to be released during Karen Carpenter's lifetime, it reached number 52 in the US and number 12 in the UK.
In 1985, Richard said "that was Karen's favorite album and is mine, out of all our projects".[4]
Karen played drums in the studio for the first time since Horizon on the song "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)", albeit in unison with veteran Nashville session drummer Larrie Londin, and she also played percussion on "Those Good Old Dreams" in tandem with Paulinho da Costa.
Promotion
To promote Made in America, Karen and Richard Carpenter appeared on several talk shows in 1981,[5] including America's Top Ten on July 11, The Merv Griffin Show on October 2 performing "(Want You) Back in My Life Again", and Good Morning America on October 12.[6]