CD on A&M (216 601). NOTES: The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums); Richard Carpenter (keyboards, background vocals). Additional personnel includes: Tony Peluso, Tim May (guitar); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Larrie London, Ron Tutt, Ed Greene (drums). Producers: Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Jack Daugherty. Includes liner notes by Paul Grein. Digitally remastered by Richard Carpenter. The first of many CD compilations of Karen and Richard Carpenter's dozens of hit singles, 1985's YESTERDAY ONCE MORE contains 28 of the siblings' best songs--from their first hit, 1969's "Ticket To Ride," to their last, 1981's "Touch Me When We're Dancing." The two-CD set eschews chronological order, sequencing the songs by mood instead. As such, it's probably the most listenable of the Carpenters' compilations, serving both as a perfect introduction to the duo's best work and as a handy sampler for longtime fans. The set was remastered by Richard Carpenter in 1998 as part of a general overhaul of the Carpenters' A&M catalogue.
Disc 1: Yesterday Once More (3:58) Superstar (3:48) Rainy Days And Mondays (3:35) (Want You) Back In My Life Again (3:39) Ticket To Ride (4:08) Goodbye To Love (3:54) Bless The Beasts And Children (3:15) It's Going To Take Some Time (2:57) There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) (3:03) Sweet, Sweet Smile (3:02) I Won't Last A Day Without You (3:54) For All We Know (2:31) Touch Me When We're Dancing (3:20) Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (7:09)
Disc 2: I Just Fall In Love Again (4:03) This Masquerade (4:53) Hurting Each Other (2:46) Please Mr. Postman (2:47) I Need To Be In Love (3:49) Make Believe It's Your First Time (4:07) All You Get From Love Is A Love Song (3:46) Top Of The World (3:00) Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) (5:01) We've Only Just Begun (3:04) Those Good Old Dreams (4:12) Sing (3:18) Only Yesterday (3:46) (They Long To Be) Close To You (3:40)