Love Songs contains the Carpenters' love ballads, from their first big hit, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" to their later songs, like "Make Believe It's Your First Time" and "Where Do I Go from Here?". It remained on the Billboard charts for over six months and was certified Gold.

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Love Songs
Compilation album by The Carpenters
Released	1997
Recorded	1970–1981
Genre	Pop
Length	76:32
Label	A&M
Producer	Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters chronology
Interpretations (1995) Love Songs (1997) Reflections (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Track listings

1. "I Need to Be in Love" — from the album A Kind of Hush
2. "Solitaire" — from the album Horizon
3. "We've Only Just Begun" — from the album Close to You
4. "This Masquerade" — from the album Now & Then
5. "You're the One" — from the album Lovelines
6. "Superstar" — from the album Carpenters
7. "Rainy Days and Mondays" — from the album Carpenters
8. "Top of the World" — from the album A Song for You
9. "Make Believe It's Your First Time" — from the album Voice of the Heart
10. "I Just Fall in Love Again" — from the album Passage
11. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" — from the album Close to You
12. "For All We Know" — from the album Carpenters
13. "Where Do I Go from Here?" — from the album Lovelines
14. "Only Yesterday" — from the album Horizon
15. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" — from the album Passage
16. "When I Fall in Love" — from the album Lovelines
17. "Hurting Each Other" — from the album A Song for You
18. "I Won't Last a Day Without You" — from the album A Song for You
19. "A Song for You" — from the album A Song for You
20. "Goodbye to Love" — from the album A Song for You

References