The Carpenters wie in Amerikaanske popgroep oprjochte yn Downey Kalifornje en tusken 1969 en 1983 aktyf wie. De groep bestie út it troud pear Karen en Richard Carpenter. De band brocht yn 1969 syn debútalbum Ticket to Ride út. Op 4 febrewaris, 1983 kaam in ein oan de popgroep nei't Karen Carpenter op 32 jierrige leeftiid ferstoar oan de gefolgen fan Anorexia nervosa. The Carpenters ha fjirtjin studio-albums útbrocht, wêrfan fjouwer postúm.

The Carpenters
band
The Carpenters yn 1972
The Carpenters yn 1972
algemiene ynformaasje
nasjonaliteit Amerikaansk
sjongtaal Ingelsk
sjenre Pop
bestean 19691983
label(s) A&M
prizen 3x Grammy Award
leden
Karen Carpenter
Richard Carpenter

Studio-albums

bewurkje seksje
Album Utbrocht op Label Single(s)
Ticket to Ride 9 oktober 1969 A&M Ticket to Ride (The Beatles cover)
Close to You 19 augustus 1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You,
We've Only Just Begun
Carpenters 14 maaie 1971 For All We Know (Larry Meredith cover),
Rainy Days and Mondays,
Superstar (Delaney & Bonnie cover)
A Song for You 22 juny 1972 Bless the Beasts and Children,
Hurting Each Other,
It's Going to Take Some Time,
Goodbye to Love,
Top of the World,
I Won't Last a Day Without You
Now & Then 1 maaie 1973 Sing,
Yesterday Once More,
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Horizon 6 juny 1975 Please Mr. Postman (the Marvelettes cover),
Only Yesterday,
Solitaire,
I'm Caught Between Goodbye And I Love You,
Love Me For What I Am
A Kind of Hush 11 juny 1976 There's a Kind of Hush (Herman's Hermits cover),
I Need to Be in Love,
Goofus,
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Neil Sedaka cover),
You,
I Have You
Passage 23 septimber 1977 All You Get from Love Is a Love Song,
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (Klaatu cover),
Sweet, Sweet Smile
Christmas Portrait 13 oktober 1978 Merry Christmas Darling,
Christmas Song,
Silent Night,
Ave Maria
Made in America 16 juny 1981 "I Believe You (Dorothy Moore cover),
Touch Me When We're Dancing (Bama cover),
(Want You) Back in My Life Again,
Those Good Old Dreams,
Beechwood 4-5789 (the Marvelettes cover)
Voice of the Heart 18 oktober 1983 Make Believe It's Your First Time (Bobby Vinton cover),
Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore (Ruby & the Romantics cover)
An Old-Fashioned Christmas 26 oktober 1984 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,
Little Altar Boy
Lovelines 31 oktober 1989 Honolulu City Lights,
If I Had You,
When I Fall in Love
As Time Goes By 1 augustus 2001 The Rainbow Connection (Kermit de Kikkert cover)
Album Utbrocht op Label
Live in Japan 7 maart 1975 A&M
Live at the Palladium desimber 1976

Kompilaasje-albums

bewurkje seksje
Album Utbrocht op
The Singles: 1969–1973 9 novimber 1973
The Singles: 1974–1978 novimber 1978
Yesterday Once More 1985
Only Yesterday maart 1990
Interpretations 7 febrewaris 1995
Love Songs 1997
Reflections 30 juny 1998
The Singles: 1969–1981 2000
Carpenters Perform Carpenter 29 july 2003
Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition 10 febrewaris 2004
The Ultimate Collection 26 novimber 2006
40/40 22 april 2009
Icon 24 desimber 2014
The Complete Singles novimber 2015
The Nation's Favourite Songs septimber 2016
Carpenters Collected 28 juny 2017
Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 7 desimber 2018

Grammy Awards

bewurkje seksje
  • 1971 Best New Artist
  • 1971 Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus ((They Long to Be) Close to You)
  • 1972 Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (Carpenters)