Lovelines
Lovelines | ||||
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Studio album by Carpenters | ||||
Released | October 31, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1978–1980 | |||
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 46:24 | |||
Label | A&M[1] | |||
Producer | Phil Ramone, Richard Carpenter[2] | |||
Carpenters chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lovelines is the posthumous thirteenth studio album by the American music duo Carpenters, the third Carpenters album released after the death of Karen Carpenter. It was released in 1989 and is a compilation album assembled by Richard Carpenter from unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by Karen from her then-unreleased solo album.[6]
Background
The songs on Lovelines were primarily gleaned from Carpenters television specials. "When I Fall in Love" was originally recorded in 1978 for their TV special, Space Encounters. However, they chose "Little Girl Blue" for that special instead, and later used "When I Fall in Love" in their Music, Music, Music! TV special in 1980. Other outtakes included "Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night" and "The Uninvited Guest" from Made in America, the studio album released in 1981 and the last completed during Karen's lifetime.
Between 1989 and 2019, Lovelines was also the last Carpenters album to be issued in the vinyl LP format; in 2019 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was released on LP.
Critical reception
Rolling Stone wrote that "as Karen's cozy contralto pulses through the come-hither 'Lovelines', the hearth-warm 'If We Try' ... and the saltier 'If I Had You', her vocals come damn close to soulful."[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Lovelines" | Rod Temperton | 4:28 |
2. | "Where Do I Go from Here?" | Parker McGee | 4:24 |
3. | "The Uninvited Guest" |
| 4:24 |
4. | "If We Try" | Temperton | 3:42 |
5. | "When I Fall in Love" | 3:08 | |
6. | "Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night" |
| 4:03 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night" |
| 3:47 |
8. | "You're the One" | Steve Ferguson | 4:13 |
9. | "Honolulu City Lights" | Keola Beamer | 3:19 |
10. | "Slow Dance" |
| 3:35 |
11. | "If I Had You" |
| 3:57 |
12. | "Little Girl Blue" | 3:24 |
Singles
"Honolulu City Lights"
- US 7" single (1986) A&M 8667
- "Honolulu City Lights"
- "I Just Fall in Love Again"
"Honolulu City Lights"
- Japan CD single (1986) A&M 8667
- "Honolulu City Lights"
- "Slow Dance"
"If I Had You" (issued as a Karen Carpenter solo)
- US Cassette single (1989) A&M TS 1471
- "If I Had You"
- "The Uninvited Guest"
- US CD Single Promo (1989)
- ”If I Had You” (no B-side)
- JP 7" promo (1989) SSP-75
- "If I Had You"
- "Lovelines"
"When I Fall in Love"
- PH 7" single (1989) AM-90-133
- "When I Fall in Love"
- "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night"
EPs
Four selections from Carpenters: The 12 Compact Disc Collection
- UK CD promo (1989) SAMP1989
- "You're the One"
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
- "Goodbye to Love"
- "Merry Christmas Darling"
Charts
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 73 |
References
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 200.
- ^ "Karen Carpenter: She Had Only Just Begun : Pop: New Carpenters' album features four songs from Karen's ill-fated solo collection. The album suggests she might have had a career as a soloist". Los Angeles Times. November 7, 1989.
- ^ "Lovelines - Carpenters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 204.
- ^ a b "Rolling Stone : The Carpenters: Lovelines : Music Reviews". February 13, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13.
- ^ The Rock Who's who - Page 92 Brock Helander - 1996 The posthumously released album Lovelines contained 10 unreleased songs, including 4 by Karen from a never-completed solo album.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- v
- t
- e
- Karen Carpenter
- Richard Carpenter
- Offering (Ticket to Ride) (1969)
- Close to You (1970)
- Carpenters (1971)
- A Song for You (1972)
- Now & Then (1973)
- Horizon (1975)
- A Kind of Hush (1976)
- Passage (1977)
- Christmas Portrait (1978)
- Made in America (1981)
- Voice of the Heart (1983)
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984)
- Lovelines (1989)
- As Time Goes By (2001)
- Live in Japan (1975)
- Live at the Palladium (1976)
- The Singles: 1969–1973 (1973)
- The Singles: 1974–1978 (1978)
- The Very Best of the Carpenters (1982)
- Yesterday Once More (1984)
- Only Yesterday (1990)
- From the Top (1991)
- Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration (1995)
- Love Songs (1997)
- Reflections (1998)
- The Singles: 1969–1981 (2000)
- The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 (2002)
- Carpenters Perform Carpenter (2003)
- Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition (2004)
- The Ultimate Collection (2006)
- 40/40 (2009)
- Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
- Time (1987)
- Karen Carpenter (1996)
- Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (1998)
- "Looking for Love"
- "Ticket to Ride"
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
- "We've Only Just Begun"
- "Merry Christmas, Darling"
- "For All We Know"
- "Rainy Days and Mondays"
- "Superstar"
- "Bless the Beasts and Children"
- "Hurting Each Other"
- "It's Going to Take Some Time"
- "Goodbye to Love"
- "Sing"
- "Yesterday Once More"
- "Top of the World"
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
- "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
- "Please Mr. Postman"
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
- "Only Yesterday"
- "Solitaire"
- "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)"
- "I Need to Be in Love"
- "Goofus"
- "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
- "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
- "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
- "I Believe You"
- "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
- "(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
- "Those Good Old Dreams"
- "Beechwood 4-5789"
- "Make Believe It's Your First Time"
- "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore"
- "Little Altar Boy"
- "Honolulu City Lights"
- "Something in Your Eyes"
- "If I Had You"
- "Ave Maria"
- "The Rainbow Connection"
- "Let Me Be the One"
- "A Song for You"
- "This Masquerade"
- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
- "Can't Smile Without You"
- "I Just Fall in Love Again"
- "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"
- "Where Do I Go from Here"
and specials
- Make Your Own Kind of Music (1971)
- Live at the BBC (1971)
- Very First TV Special (1976)
- Space Encounters (1978)
- A Christmas Portrait (1978)
- Music, Music, Music (1980)
- Gold: Greatest Hits (1991 VHS / 2002 DVD)
- Interpretations (1995 VHS / 2003 DVD)
- Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters (1998)
- Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story (2007)
- Discography
- Songs
- John Bettis
- Tony Peluso
- If I Were a Carpenter
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
- The Karen Carpenter Story
- Classic Carpenters
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