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  • Artist: Carpenters
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1973 05
  • Total Time: 37:06
  • Genre: Rock

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Featuring a surprisingly poignant cover photo of a suburban house -- not unlike the Downey, CA homestead in which Karen and Richard Carpenter grew up -- Now & Then is a concept album about the music that inspired Karen and Richard in their childhood. Besides the hit single "Sing" and a charming take on Hank Williams' "Jambalaya," the centerpiece of Now & Then is Richard Carpenter and John Bettis' nostalgic "Yesterday Once More." The song opens and closes a side-long medley of early-'60s pop hits that includes the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun," Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World," the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron," and Jan & Dean's "Dead Man's Curve." Also included are Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel," Bobby Vee's "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," Ruby & the Romantics' "Our Day Will Come," and the Chiffons' "One Fine Day." Given Karen's immense skills as an interpretive singer, not one of the covers is less than interesting, and most are flat-out wonderful., Rovi

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Now & Then (The Carpenters album)

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Now & Then
Studio album by The Carpenters
Released May 16, 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Pop
Length 37:51
Label A&M
Producer Richard and Karen Carpenter
The Carpenters chronology
A Song for You
(1972)		 Now & Then
(1973)		 Horizon
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone (Not Rated)[2]

Now & Then is the fifth album from The Carpenters, released on May 16, 1973. In Cash Box Year-End Charts of 1973, Now & Then appeared at number 20. The title for the album was suggested by Richard and Karen's mother, Agnes Carpenter.

As an outgrowth of the Rick Nelson Garden Party incident, an oldies revival occurred in pop music around 1973, so Side "B" of the album featured an oldies medley. The medley starts with the Carpenters' original song "Yesterday Once More". Tony Peluso, the Carpenters' electric guitarist, is heard as a radio DJ throughout the medley, which includes such songs as "The End of the World", "Dead Man's Curve", "Johnny Angel", and "One Fine Day." Peluso would also be heard as a DJ was on the Carpenters' "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" recording in 1977.

The Now & Then album also featured Mark Rudolph, a cousin of the Carpenters, on the "Guess the Golden Goodies Group Contest," as the listener who calls in.

The LP album featured a three-panel cover that folded out, showing a panoramic view of Karen and Richard Carpenter driving past the Carpenter family home on Newville Avenue in Downey, California. The car pictured on the cover was a 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 ("Daytona") owned by Richard. (Richard later sold the original red Ferrari featured on the album cover, but bought another car of the same type in 1995.)

In February 2008, fans created a worldwide awareness campaign of the impending demolition of the Now & Then Carpenter house, which had been made famous on the album cover and become a tourist destination, by the home's present owners, who had purchased it in 1997.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Sing" (Joe Raposo) - 3:20
  2. "This Masquerade" (Leon Russell) - 4:50
  3. "Heather" (Johnny Pearson) - 2:47
  4. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (Hank Williams) - 3:40
  5. "I Can't Make Music" (Randy Edelman) - 3:17
Side two
  1. "Yesterday Once More" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) - 3:50 (Total time - 18:05)
    1. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) - 1:32
    2. "The End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee) - 2:25
    3. "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) - 1:43
    4. "Dead Man's Curve" (Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld) - 1:40
    5. "Johnny Angel" (Lyn Duddy, Lee Pockriss) - 1:30
    6. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne, Marilynn Garrett) - 1:45
    7. "Our Day Will Come" (Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson) - 2:00
    8. "One Fine Day" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 1:40
  2. "Yesterday Once More" (reprise) - 0:58

On CD issues of the album, the "oldies" covers are split off onto a separate track from "Yesterday Once More" and labeled as "Medley".

Singles

Sing

  • US 7" single (1973) A&M 1413
    1. Sing
    2. Druscilla Penny
  • JP 7" single (1973) AM-175
    1. Sing
    2. I Won't Last A Day Without You

Yesterday Once More

  • US 7" single (1973) A&M 1446
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • UK 7" promo (1973) AM1446
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • JP 7" single (1973) AM-200
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • JP 7" single (1973) AMP-780
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Sing
  • JP 7" single (1973) OH-134
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Superstar
    3. Top Of The World
    4. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  • MX 7" single (1973) SP-125
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • JP 12" single (1978) CML3
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Please Mr. Postman
  • JP CD single (1988) S12Y3014
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Superstar
    3. We've Only Just Begun
  • JP CD single (1992) PODM-1025
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Yesterday Once More (Remix Version)
    3. Yesterday Once More (Original Master Karaoke Version)
  • JP CD single (1996) POCM-1187
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Yesterday Once More (Karaoke Version)
    3. Goodbye To Love
    4. Only Yesterday

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

  • UK 7" single (1973) AMS7098
    1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 3.40
    2. Mr. Guder 3.17
  • JP 7" single (1973) AM-201
    1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
    2. Heather

This Masquerade

  • MX 7" single (1973) SP-133
    1. This Masquerade
    2. Top Of The World

EPs

Now & Then

  • US 7" promo (1973) A&M LLP 222
    1. Oldies Medley (part one)
    2. Oldies Medley (part two)

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (Oricon Charts) 514,000[3]
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1973–75) Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[6] 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[7] 2
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[8] 2
Japanese Oricon LP Chart[9] 1
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[10] 12
UK Albums Chart [11] 2
United States Billboard Pop Albums[12] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1973) Position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 12
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 5
UK Albums Chart[14] 12
U.S. Billboard Top Pop Albums[15] 51
Chart (1974) Position
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 4
UK Albums Chart[14] 25

Personnel

  • Produced by: Richard and Karen Carpenter
  • Arranged and orchestrated by: Richard Carpenter
  • Richard Carpenter - keyboards, lead and backing vocals
  • Karen Carpenter - drums (except on "Jambalaya"), lead and backing vocals
  • Hal Blaine - drums on "Jambalaya"
  • Joe Osborn - bass
  • Bob Messenger - flute, tenor sax
  • Doug Strawn - baritone saxophone
  • Tom Scott - recorder
  • Tony Peluso - lead and rhythm guitars, spoken word (D.J.) on "Yesterday Once More"
  • Gary Sims - rhythm guitar
  • Buddy Emmons - steel guitar
  • Jay Dee Maness - steel guitar
  • Earl Dumler - oboe, bass oboe/English horn
  • The Jimmy Joyce Children's Chorus - backing vocals on "Sing"
  • Engineered by: Ray Gerhardt, Assistant: Roger Young
  • Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman
  • Art direction: Roland Young
  • Photography (front cover): Jim McCrary
  • Illustrations: Design Maru (front cover); Len Freas (inside cover)
  • Ron Gorow - special thanks

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Now & Then (The Carpenters album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  2. ^ Fletcher, Gordon (July 5, 1973), "Music Reviews : Now and Then by the Carpenters", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 2011-08-17, http://web.archive.org/web/20081011095008/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecarpenters/albums/album/121807/review/5941226/now_and_then 
  3. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. 
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Carpenters – Now and Then". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Now and Then in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Carpenters – Now and Then". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Now+and+Then%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  6. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. 
  7. ^ "Item Desplay - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4877&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  8. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Carpenters - Now & Then" (in Dutch) (ASP). dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Now+%26+Then&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  9. ^ a-カーペンターズ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. 2007-12-30. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album2012/al_carpenters.html a-カーペンターズ. Retrieved 2012-02-22. 
  10. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Carpenters - Now & Then" (ASP). http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Now+%26+Then&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  11. ^ "Chart Stats - Carpenters - Now & Then" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=37564. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  12. ^ Allmusic Carpenters > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  13. ^ a b 1970~1974年アルバム年間ヒットチャート "Top-ten of the Japanese Year-End Albums Charts 1970-1974" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1970-74.html 1970~1974年アルバム年間ヒットチャート. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  14. ^ a b "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html. Retrieved 2011-09-12. 
  15. ^ "Top Pop Albums of 1973". billboard.biz. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855834?imw=Y. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 


Preceded by
Super Deluxe by Cherish		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
October 15, 1973		 Succeeded by
Third by Kaguyahime
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