The Carpenters discography
This summary gives an overview of the publications of the Carpenters since 1969 and their chart success in the U.S., the UK and the German speaking countries. The U.S. pair of siblings has sold over 100 million records worldwide and had three number one hits and ten million seller in its home country. In Europe they have been most successful in the UK, where they had three number-one albums and seven top ten hits. In Germany and Austria, the Carpenters were not as successful with singles, but could at least show in 1980 with a greatest-hits album number one or two.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Other albums:
- The Carpenters Collection (1975, UK: Silver)
- Carpenters from the Top (1991, 4 CD box )
- The Best of the Carpenters (1993, UK: Gold)
- Reflections (1995, UK: Silver)
- Karen Carpenter (1996, posthumously published solo album, the recordings are from 1979/80 )
- Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (1998, solo album )
- As Time Goes By (2001)
- Carpenters Perform Carpenter (2003)
- Chronicle Series: Carpenters Gold (2005, 3 CD box with the albums " Close to You ", " Carpenters " and "A Song for You " )
The studio albums were released by Richard Carpenter in the meantime also in a named as " Remastered Classics" series in digitally workers ( remastered ) version.
Video / DVD
- Interpretations (1995, UK: Gold)
- Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1998, U.S.: Gold )
- Gold (2000, UK / U.S.: Gold )
Singles
Swell
Chart literature:
- U.S. Singles: Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 / U.S. albums: The Billboard Album by Joel Whitburn, 6th Edition, Record Research 2006 ISBN 0-89820-166-7
- British Hit Singles & Albums, 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 9781904994008
Internet sources:
- Discography