Sonic Youth Superstar If I Were a Carpenter album

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Carpenters released it 1971)Ĥ Non Blondes – “Bless the Beasts and Children” (Written by Perry Botkin, Jr. Matthew Sweet – “Let Me Be the One” (Written by Roger Nichols & Paul Williams 1971. Covered by The Carpenters in 1977)Ĭracker – “Rainy Days and Mondays” (R. Carpenter & John Bettis 1973)īabes In Toyland – “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” (Written by John Woloschuk and Dee Long of Klaatu. Redd Kross – “Yesterday Once More” (3:58) (R. Johnette Napolitano with Marc Moreland – “Hurting Each Other” (I don’t know who wrote this song but I know you can a version from a pre-Guess Who Chad Allan & The Expressions doing it back in 1965. Sheryl Crow – “Solitaire” (Written by Phil Cody & Neil Sedaka covered by The Carpenters in 1975) Released by The Carpenters in 1971)ĭishwalla – “It’s Going to Take Some Time” (Written by Carol King & Toni Stern and covered by The Carpenters in 1972) The Cranberries – “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (Written by Burt Bacharach / Hal David covered by The Carpenters 1970)īettie Serveert – “For All We Know” (Written by Both Royer, (Jimmy Griffin (Bread) and Fred Karlin.

Glad I got over my 20 year ban on this one.Īmerican Music Club – “Goodbye to Love” (R. I suggest If I Were A Carpenter should be done again by a new crop of who’s who in the indie music scenes today to keep the legacy going or just see how others read the same book. Perhaps this album is more of an exploration or unique translations than a tribute to what The Carpenters had done.

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Redd Kross kill on ‘Yesterday Once More’, Sonic Youth get twisty and dive darker deeper on ‘Superstar’ and Cracker re-perfects ‘Rainy Days and Mondays’. Not my generation really but my mother’s for sure.Īfter rediscovering this true gem of music history, I found that the standout tracks are the tracks written by Richard Carpenter in whole or in partnership. Nothing morbid, just an interest in getting to know what was really going on in those years when this sibling hit machine was killing it on the charts and softly rocked a whole generation on radio and TV. It wasn’t until Karen Carpenter passed away and I learned for the first time about eating disorders and her extremely turbulent struggles did the songs find a deeper haunting intrigue in me. I have never hated The Carpenters in fact, I’ve always thought their almost weird stage presence and underlying conflicting emotional and sonic styles made for good stuff.

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An album that was thought up by two believers (Producer Matt Wallace (Faith No More, Deftones, REM) & David Konjoyan) who loved their their form of ‘whitebread’ music and probably realized a golden opportunity to showcase The Carpenters in new thrilling of the moment sounds in its release and they did have the know how to gather some of the best of the best alternative, pop, post punk and college radio mainstays to explore what are ultimately darker than intended soft classics. It turns out, 20 years later, I’ve rediscovered If I Were A Carpenter is a fantastic achievement. I listened to it a handful of times and before I could form my own opinion on it others were cramming their overly hyped praises down my thought processes. When this deeper in most spots tributes of sort to the 70’s AM and lite FM radio brother and sister duo, I didn’t have proper time to become interested. When it came out I was burned or burning out on the now every band and label wants to have their irritating toes in the grunge genre. If I Were A Carpenter (A&M ’94) has a place in my history. It was a heavy slice of Americana, like the Walton family.” – Thurston Moore They were whitebread middle-class people and Karen was somebody who was supposed to be so perfect.

It gave it a super-lush feel – not unlike what My Bloody Valentine are trying to do now. Her voice was so angelic it was like butterscotch and Richard used to layer it, which was a fairly radical studio technique. “Oh, it was crap music but was also extremely interesting.

Sonic Youth Superstar If I Were a Carpenter album