The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Also, my wife hates them. She says she hears the sadness in Karen's voice and it's too much to deal with. Again, didn't know Karen's story until I was older. There are songs where I get that (Superstar is a big emotional wallop.)

Really one of the maligned brilliant pop acts. The later albums are weird but still full of talent. They strike me as Abba was before Gold made people reappraise them - not cool enough for the cool kids. Whatever, they're great through A Song for You. This is definitely the highlight of their discography though.
 
Nuggets from the review in the book. The album was assembled quickly after the title song became a big hit. The songs were songs they had been performing live in the bar circuit. We’ve Only Just Begun was a jingle from a Bank TV ad… 😳
 
Nee Lewman said:
My mom loved the Carpenters. I really only knew the Singles collection growing up. I listened to that beat up copy quite a bit.

This came out while I was in college and I began to dig them a little more:


I should hunt down a copy of that.

Did anyone else keep their $10 Walmart box?:
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I also didn't know she was a drummer until a few years ago. I'm gonna pay attention to the drums during these listens today.
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My mom loved the Carpenters too. I actually parlayed that knowledge into convincing her to pick up that If I Were A Carpenter comp which has some fantastic covers, my favorites being Sonic Youth’s cover of “Superstar” and Crackers “Rainy Days & Mondays”.

Sonic Youth was kind of obsessed with Karen, the track “Tunic (Song For Karen)” is an absolute heartbreaker.
 
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