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'{{multiple issues| {{Cleanup|date=May 2009}} {{refimprove|date=March 2013}} }} {{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Karen Carpenter | Type = studio | Artist = [[Karen Carpenter]] | Cover = Karen Carpenter solo album.jpg | Caption = Cover to Karen Carpenter's solo album | Released = October 8, 1996 | Recorded = May 1979&ndash;January 1980 at [[A&R Recording]], [[New York City]], [[A&M Studios]] and Kendun Recorders, [[Los Angeles]]<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Karen-Carpenter-Karen-Carpenter/release/1072749</ref> | Genre = Pop | Length = | Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | Producer = Phil Ramone | Last album = | This album = '''''[[Karen Carpenter (CD)|Karen Carpenter]]''''' | Next album = }} {{Album reviews | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AllmusicReview">{{cite web | url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r241668|pure_url=yes}} | title=Karen Carpenter - Karen Carpenter | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[All Media Guide]] | first=Stephen Thomas | last=Erlewine | date= | accessdate=2011-06-16}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev2Score = C+<ref name="EWReview">{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294497,00.html|title=Karen Carpenter Review|last=Browne|first=David|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|date=1996-10-11|accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> }} '''''Karen Carpenter''''' is the only solo project by singer/drummer [[Karen Carpenter]], released on CD by [[A&M Records]] in [[1996 in music|1996]]. The album was recorded in [[New York City|New York]] with producer [[Phil Ramone]] in 1979 and 1980, during the time that her brother [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard]] was being treated for an addiction to [[Methaqualone|Quaaludes]]. Some of the songs from the album were later featured on [[The Carpenters]]' 1989 compilation ''[[Lovelines]]'' and later releases. In the liner notes, Karen dedicated the project to her brother "To Richard, with all my heart.".{{discuss|date=March 2013}} The liner notes, including comments from Richard Carpenter and producer Phil Ramone, include Richard's explanation for shelving the album in 1981, and his later decision to release it as Karen approved it. Karen was backed by various New York and Los Angeles studio musicians, including [[Steve Gadd]], [[Greg Phillinganes]], [[Louis Johnson (bassist)|Louis Johnson]] and members of [[Billy Joel Band|Billy Joel's band]]. A&M executives in New York approved of the material, but the executives in [[Los Angeles]], including [[Herb Alpert]] and [[Jerry Moss]], responded negatively. Ramone recalls that Karen broke down in tears. Devastated, she accepted A&M's urging not to release the album.<ref name="coleman">Coleman, Ray. ''The Carpenters: The Untold Story''. HarperCollins, 1995, page unknown.</ref> Richard dismisses the reports that he put the stake through it and their mother Agnes disapproved as "all [[nonsense|poppycock]]" and says that the decision was up to Karen, who respected the opinions of her elders and she finally decided that it wasn't being released.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavzYaPo8v4</ref> Several musicians that worked on Karen's album have since then spoke out confirming that Karen Carpenter very much wanted her album to be released and that it was not her idea or decision to shelve it. <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Carpenters-Online-Interviews-Expanded/dp/150777267X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459641134&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Carpenters+Online+Interviews</ref> An episode of ''[[E! True Hollywood Story]]'' claims that Herb Alpert called the album "unreleaseable". [[Quincy Jones]] championed releasing the album to Derek Green, an A&M Records vice-president, but Alpert, Green and Moss insisted the album had to be cancelled. The production of the album cost $400,000 of Karen's own money and $100,000 fronted by A&M Records. The $100,000 fronted by A&M was offset against Carpenters' future album royalties. On February 3, 1983, the day before Karen's death, she called Ramone to discuss the album; according to Ramone, Karen said, "I hope you don't mind if I curse. I still love our ''fucking'' record!"<ref>Ramone, Phil. ''Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music''. Hyperion, 2007, page unknown.</ref> It remained shelved until 1996 — thirteen years after Karen's death. The songs on the album were mixed according to Karen's instructions.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} ==Track listing== #"Lovelines"{{Ref label|lovelines|A|A}} ([[Rod Temperton]]) – 5:06 #"All Because of You" ([[Russell Javors]]) – 3:31 #"If I Had You"{{Ref label|lovelines|A|A}} ([[Steve Dorff]], Gary Harju, Larry Herbstritt) – 3:54 #"Making Love in the Afternoon" (featuring [[Peter Cetera]]) (Peter Cetera) – 3:57 #"If We Try"{{Ref label|lovelines|A|A}} (Rod Temperton) – 3:46 #"Remember When Lovin' Took All Night"{{Ref label|lovelines|A|A}} (John Farrar, Molly-Ann Leiken) – 3:50 #"Still in Love with You" (Russell Javors) – 3:15 #"My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" (Leslie Pearl) – 3:46 #"Make Believe It's Your First Time" {{Ref label|makebelieve|B|B}} (Bob Morrison, Johnny Wilson) – 3:12 #"Guess I Just Lost My Head" ([[Rob Mounsey]]) – 3:36 #"[[Still Crazy After All These Years (song)|Still Crazy After All These Years]]" ([[Paul Simon]]) – 4:17 #"Last One Singin' the Blues" (bonus track) (Pete McCann) – 3:29 ==Unreleased track listing== #"Love Makin' Love to You" – 3:34 #"Something's Missing (In My Life)" ([[Paul Jabara]]) – 4:49 #"Keep My Lovelight Burning" – 3:18 #"I Do It for Your Love" – 3:44 #"Midnight (Never Lets You Down)" – 4:16 #"It's Really You" – 3:21 #"[[Jimmy Mack]]" – 3:36 #"Truly You" – 3:18 #"Don't Try to Win Me Back Again" – 4:46 #"Church Choir" – ''unknown length'' #"Basket Case" – ''unknown length'' All of the unreleased songs have surfaced on the internet with the exception of "Church Choir" and "Basket Case". According to Richard,{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} "Basket Case" and "Church Choir" do not exist. "Jimmy Mack" is a remake of the [[Martha and the Vandellas]]' 1967 hit, which was covered by [[Sheena Easton]] in 1985 (#85 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Top 100 singles chart). The song has also been recorded by [[Laura Nyro]], [[Bonnie Pointer]] and [[Phil Collins]]. "I Do It for Your Love" is a cover of the Paul Simon song; the original is on the same album as the (released) cover "Still Crazy After All These Years". Early on fans of Karen's remaining unreleased tracks often cite{{weasel-inline|date=March 2013}} "Love Makin' Love to You" as the best of the recordings and appears to be the most completed mix of all the remaining tunes.{{opinion|date=March 2013}}. Though as time has continued "Don't Try To Win Me Back Again" has been heralded as the unreleased track that most deserves to have been released on the album. Many people say the song contains a complex musical arrangement similar to "Thriller."{{opinion|date=November 2015}}. "Something's Missing (In My Life)" was recorded as a duet featuring [[Paul Jabara]] and [[Donna Summer]], and can be found on Paul's CD ''[[Greatest Hits and Misses]]''. "Midnight (Never Lets You Down" was written by [[Rod Temperton]] specifically for Karen Carpenter. "Truly You" was written by [[Russell Javors]]. *{{note label|lovelines|A|A}} Originally released on The Carpenters' [[1989 in music|1989]] album, ''[[Lovelines]]'', in remixed form. *{{note label|makebelieve|B|B}} Different arrangement and vocal from The Carpenters' version released on ''[[Voice of the Heart]]''. ==Personnel== ===Musicians=== * [[Karen Carpenter]] - vocals * [[Louis Johnson (bassist)|Louis Johnson]] - bass * [[Doug Stegmeyer]] - bass * [[David Brown (guitarist)|David Brown]] - guitars * [[Russell Javors]] - guitars * [[David Williams (guitarist)|David Williams]] - guitars * Eric Johns-Rasmussen - guitars * [[John JR Robinson]] - drums * [[Steve Gadd]] - drums * [[Liberty DeVitto]] - drums * [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]] - keyboards, orchestration * [[Richard Tee]] - keyboards * [[Greg Phillinganes]] - keyboards * [[Rob Mounsey]] - keyboards * [[Ralph MacDonald]] - percussion * [[Airto Moreira]] - percussion * [[Peter Cetera]] - guest vocals on "Making Love in the Afternoon" * [[Michael Brecker]] - saxophone * [[Jerry Hey]] - orchestration * [[Rod Temperton]] - arranger * [[Timmy Cappello]] - saxophone ===Technical=== * [[Phil Ramone]] - producer, remix * Ray Gerhardt, Glenn Berger, James Guthrie - engineers * Jim Boyer - remix engineer * Claude Mougin - photography * Chuck Beeson - artwork, design * Amy Nagasawa - photo colorist * Rebecca Chamlee - design <ref>https://www.discogs.com/Karen-Carpenter-Karen-Carpenter/release/1072749</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{The Carpenters albums}} [[Category:Karen Carpenter albums]] [[Category:1996 albums]] [[Category:Albums published posthumously]] [[Category:Albums produced by Phil Ramone]] [[Category:A&M Records albums]]'