Close To You
Close to You is the second studio album by American duo Carpenters, release… Read Full Bio ↴Close to You is the second studio album by American duo Carpenters, released on August 19, 1970. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 175 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. The album contains the hit singles "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". The success of the title track earned Carpenters an international reputation. The album topped the Canadian Albums Chart and peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard albums chart (and #3 on Year-End US Billboard 200 for 1971). It was also successful in the United Kingdom, entering the top 50 of the official chart for 76 weeks during the first half of the 1970s.

Close to You earned Carpenters eight Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Carpenters won the Best New Artist and Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for the album. The album is sold 4,000,00 units worldwide, acording to Billboard.

AllMusic's retrospective review deemed Close to You "a surprisingly strong album," particularly praising Richard Carpenter's original compositions "Maybe It's You", "Crescent Noon" and "Mr. Guder", describing them as superlative displays of both Karen Carpenter's vocal work and Richard's arranging talents.

According to session drummer Hal Blaine, the Carpenters' parents were in the recording studio for the Close to You album and "you could tell right away they ruled the roost." Blaine said that Agnes Carpenter, their mother, dictated Karen singing style and was unhappy that she did not perform as a drummer for all of the songs. Blaine countered that although Karen was a capable drummer, she was accustomed to playing loudly for live performances and thus was unfamiliar with the requirements of recording in a professional studio. However, she had been informed beforehand of Blaine's involvement and indicated her approval.

Richard said in an interview for Billboard in 1973 that Close to You was a meaningful album for him, since they were not yet famous and had time to focus on the recording.
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Close To You
Carpenters Lyrics


(They Long to Be) Close to You Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near Just li…
Another Song The moon that rose now descended And the love once shared…
Baby It's You It's not the way you smile That touches my heart It's not…
Crescent Noon Green September Burned to October brown Bare November Led…
Help When i was younger, so much Younger than today I never neede…
I Kept On Loving You I ran away from you And left you crying And though I'm…
I'll Never Fall In Love Again What do you get when you fall in love? A…
Love Is Surrender Talk about love How it makes life complete You can talk all…
Maybe It's You Maybe it's you Maybe it's me Maybe it's just the constant rh…
Mr. Guder Mr. Guder Say! Mr. Guder May I have a moment with you Becaus…
Reason To Believe If I listen long enough to you I'd find the way…
We've Only Just Begun We've only just begun to live White lace and promises A kiss…


J Parker


on Happy

As we eyeThe blue horizon's bendEarth and skyAppear to meet and endBut it's merely an illusionLike your heart and mineThere is no sweet conclusionI can seeNo matter how near you'll beYou'll never belong to meBut I can dreamCan't ICan't I pretendThat I'm locked in the bendOf your embraceFor dreamsAre just like wine,And I am drunkWith mine(*) I'm awareMy heart is a sad affairThere's much disillusion thereBut I can dreamCan't I(**) can't I adore youAlthough we are oceans apartI can't make you open your heartBut I can dreamCan't ICan't I pretendThat I'm locked in the bendOf your embraceFor dreamsAre just like wine,And I am drunkWith mineRepeat (*)Repeat (**)Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCWritten by: Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain

Wrong lyrics shown. Correct ones --- Happy by Carpenters

I've played the game of love before.
Too young to know
How hard the fall could be;
I never thought I'd try again.
Somehow you brought
The gambler out in me.

You can deal me in this time around.
Even though the odds are high,
We'll play them down.
You may be a chance I need to take,
And the hand I'm holdin' says it's no mistake.

Happy is the way I'm feelin',
And I know it comes from being with you.
All at once my life is changin',
And I know it's 'cause I'm fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love.
Fallin' in love with you.

If this is luck then let it ride.
If it's the starts,
They're surely on my side.
I've never been so safisfied
By love before;
For all the times I've tried.

These beginnings could mean more
Than the brief affair I bargained for.
Little did I know, when we began,
That my time had come to win a hand.

Happy is the way I'm feelin',
And I know it comes from being with you.
All at once my life is changin',
And I know it's 'cause I'm fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love.
Fallin' in love with you.

Please forgive me if I seem
To be walking through a waking dream.
Laughter never came so easily;
There's a freedom here that's new to me.

Happy is the way I'm feelin',
And I know it comes from being with you.
All at once my life is changin',
And I know it's 'cause I'm fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love.
Fallin' in love with you.

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