Made in America (The Carpenters album)
1981 studio album by The Carpenters / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Made in America is the tenth studio album by the American music duo The Carpenters, released in June 1981. Karen Carpenter died less than two years later, making it their final album released in her lifetime. It reached number 52 in the US and number 12 in the UK.
Made in America | ||||
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Released | June 16, 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1978-1981 | |||
Studio | A&M Studios, Los Angeles; mixed at Sound Labs and A&M Studios, Los Angeles[1] | |||
Genre | Pop, adult contemporary | |||
Length | 40:22 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Richard Carpenter | |||
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Singles from Made in America | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Karen played drums in the studio for the first time since Horizon, on the song "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)", albeit in unison with veteran Nashville session drummer Larrie Londin, and she also played percussion on "Those Good Old Dreams" in tandem with Paulinho da Costa.
The album yielded their last Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hit, "Touch Me When We're Dancing", which peaked at #16. The album's other four singles, "I Believe You," "(Want You) Back In My Life Again," "Those Good Old Dreams," and "Beechwood 4-5789," were only minor hits, peaking at #68, #72, #63, and #74 respectively.
In 1985, Richard Carpenter said "that was Karen's favorite album and is mine, out of all our projects".[4]