Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Compilation album by
Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ReleasedDecember 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)
Length1:06:23
Label
Producer
The Carpenters chronology
The Nation's Favourite Carpenters Songs
(2016) 		Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Independent4/5 stars[2]
The Irish News9/10[3]

Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a compilation album by American duo the Carpenters. It was released on December 7, 2018, by A&M Records and Universal Music Enterprises. The album features Carpenters' "original vocal and instrumental tracks" accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Richard Carpenter served as the album's producer, arranger and conductor.[4]

The Target store exclusive CD and the Japanese release has "Please Mr. Postman" as a bonus track.

Track listing[]

All tracks arranged by Richard Carpenter; except "I Believe You" arranged by Paul Riser.

No.TitleLength
1."Overture"1:29
2."Yesterday Once More"3:56
3."Hurting Each Other"3:58
4."I Need to Be in Love"4:30
5."For All We Know"2:56
6."Touch Me When We're Dancing"3:15
7."I Believe You"3:52
8."I Just Fall In Love Again"5:14
9."Merry Christmas, Darling"3:01
10."Baby It's You"3:11
11."(They Long to Be) Close to You"3:40
12."Superstar"3:51
13."Rainy Days and Mondays"3:36
14."This Masquerade"4:50
15."Ticket to Ride"4:10
16."Goodbye to Love"3:58
17."Top of the World"2:59
18."We've Only Just Begun"3:57
Total length:1:06:23
Target and Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
19."Please Mr. Postman"2:57

Charts[]

Chart (2018–19) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 29
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 25
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 8
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[9] 2
US Top Classical Crossover Albums (Billboard)[10] 2
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[11] 52

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Gold 100,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Collar, Matt. "Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - AllMusic review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. ^ O'Connor, Roisin (2018-12-06). "Album reviews: 6ix9ine – DUMMY BOY, and The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. ^ Mapstone, Lucy (2018-12-07). "Album reviews: The Carpenters get RPO treatment, Clean Bandit, LP, Night Flight". irishnews.com. The Irish News. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. ^ "Historic New Album Pairs Carpenters' Original Pop Masterpieces with Richard Carpenter Conducting His Own New Arrangements Recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios". Universal Music Enterprises. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  5. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2018-12-24" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  9. ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Top Classical Crossover Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – The Carpenters – Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 14, 2020.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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