Carpenters - A Song for You ( 1972 )

 

Track listing

All lead vocals by Karen Carpenter, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Song for You"	Leon Russell	4:42
2.	"Top of the World"	John Bettis Richard Carpenter	2:56
3.	"Hurting Each Other"	Gary Geld Peter Udell	2:46
4.	"It's Going to Take Some Time"	Carole King Toni Stern	2:55
5.	"Goodbye to Love"	Bettis R. Carpenter	3:50
6.	"Intermission" (lead vocals: K. and R. Carpenter)	R. Carpenter	0:22

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Bless the Beasts and Children"	Perry Botkin Jr. Barry DeVorzon	3:07
8.	"Flat Baroque" (instrumental)	R. Carpenter	1:45
9.	"Piano Picker" (lead vocals: R. Carpenter)	Randy Edelman	1:59
10.	"I Won't Last a Day Without You"	Roger Nichols Paul Williams	3:47
11.	"Crystal Lullaby" (lead vocals by K. and R. Carpenter)	Bettis R. Carpenter	3:53
12.	"Road Ode"	Gary Sims Dan Woodhams	3:50
13.	"A Song for You" (reprise)	Russell	0:53

Personnel

• Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums
• Richard Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, celesta, orchestration
• Tony Peluso – lead guitar
• Louie Shelton – guitar
• Red Rhodes – steel guitar
• Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar on "Top of the World"
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Hal Blaine – drums
• Earl Dumler – oboe, English horn
• Bob Messenger – tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
• Tim Weisberg – bass flute on "It's Going to Take Some Time"
• Norm Herzberg – bassoon
• Gary Coleman – percussion on "Hurting Each Other"