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Passage is the eighth studio album by American popular music duo the Carpenters. Released in 1977, it produced the hit singles "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song", "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" and "Sweet, Sweet Smile". The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Smile" (written by Robert Otha Young and Juice Newton) was picked up by Country radio and put the duo in the top ten of Billboard's Country chart in the spring of 1978.

Passage
Studio album by
Carpenters
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1977
RecordedLate 1976 – mid-1977
StudioA&M Studios, Hollywood
GenrePop, adult contemporary
Length39:39
LabelA&M
ProducerRichard Carpenter/Associate Producer – Karen Carpenter
Carpenters chronology
Live at the Palladium
(1976)		 Passage
(1977)		 Christmas Portrait
(1978)
Carpenters studio album chronology
A Kind of Hush
(1976)		 Passage
(1977)		 Christmas Portrait
(1978)
Singles from Passage
  1. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
    Released: May 2, 1977
  2. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
    Released: September 9, 1977
  3. "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
    Released: February 18, 1978

This album was a considerable departure for the siblings and contained experimental material such as the Klaatu cover "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" single—which reached no. 32 in the US but was a top ten hit in much of the world (and prompted numerous letters to the Carpenters asking when World Contact Day was scheduled).[1] Coincidentally, the album's release predated Steven Spielberg's similarly themed film Close Encounters of the Third Kind by two months. Nonetheless, the album was the group's first to fall short of gold certification in the US.

This is the only Carpenters album (aside from their Christmas albums) not to contain a Richard Carpenter or John Bettis song and also the second album to not have Karen playing drums at all. It was the first studio album since Close to You not to use the familiar Carpenters logo on the front cover, although a small version of the logo appears on the back cover.


Background and recording


Prior to the album's recording, a search was made for a new Carpenters producer, prompted by the band's decreasing popularity and Richard Carpenter's struggle with production duties (caused by his addiction to sleeping pills).[1] However, according to Richard Carpenter, "not one major producer would sign on; radio was not quite as friendly at that time to our type of sound and to be honest, my track record on the whole was a tough act to follow. Accordingly, I remained producer, but I did try to approach this new project from a different angle, hence my selection of songs for this album made Passage a bit of a departure from our previous recordings."[1]

Richard Carpenter recalled that "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was "submitted to us by the publisher, and I immediately felt it was perfect for Karen, though now I feel differently, as I believe the song doesn't linger long enough in a lower register, a great area for Karen's voice. We contacted England's late, great Peter Knight to orchestrate the song, and two others on Passage. Peter flew to Los Angeles to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the recording. (Due to a contractual agreement their name was not allowed in the credits, hence the credit of the "Overbudget Philharmonic"). Between the 100-plus member "Phil" and the 50-voice Gregg Smith Singers, the recording session had to take place on the A&M Sound Stage and was then wired into Studio D."[1]


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

AllMusic has retrospectively described the Carpenters' effort as "admirable even if most of the results aren't memorable or essential."[2] However, "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" was described as, "much more memorable...had more of a beat than one was accustomed to in the duo's music."


Track listing


Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."B'wana She No Home" (Michael Franks)5:36
2."All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" (Steve Eaton)3:47
3."I Just Fall in Love Again" (Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt, Harry Lloyd, Gloria Sklerov)4:05
4."On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada/Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice)8:13
Side 2
No.TitleLength
5."Sweet, Sweet Smile" (Juice Newton, Otha Young)3:02
6."Two Sides" (Scott E. Davis)3:28
7."Man Smart, Woman Smarter" (Norman Span)4:22
8."Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (Terry Draper, John Woloschuk)7:06

Personnel



Singles


  1. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
  2. "I Have You"
  1. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)
  2. "Can't Smile without You"
  1. "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
  2. "I Have You"
  1. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
  2. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)

Charts



References


  1. Carpenters: Passage album, 1977
  2. Eder, Bruce. The Carpenters - Passage (1977) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
  3. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 140. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone carpenters album guide.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  6. "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2012-02-22.[permanent dead link]
  7. "The Official Charts Company – Carpenters – Passage" (PHP). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  8. The Carpenters - Passage (1977) album charts & awards at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-22.[dead link]
  9. "British album certifications – Carpenters – Passage". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2012-02-22. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Passage in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.



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Passage A Kind of Hush — восьмой студийный альбом американского дуэта The Carpenters, выпущенный в 1977 году на лейбле A&M Records. На альбоме были записаны такие песни как — «All You Get from Love Is a Love Song», «Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft» и «Sweet, Sweet Smile».


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