A Song for You (The Carpenters album)
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| Studio album by Carpenters | ||||
| Released | June 22, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–72 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 36:57 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Jack Daugherty Productions | |||
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| Rolling Stone | (Average) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
A Song for You is the fourth album released by Carpenters, released on June 22, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, "A Song for You was intended to be a concept album (of sorts) with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the 'song'."
In Cash Box's Top 100 Albums of 1972, A Song for You was ranked number 26.
Six songs were released as A-side singles internationally: "Hurting Each Other", "It's Going to Take Some Time", "Goodbye to Love", "Top of the World", "I Won't Last a Day Without You", and "Bless the Beasts and Children".
"Hurting Each Other", a cover of an obscure Ruby & the Romantics tune, was the first single issued from A Song for You in early 1972, and reached number two, becoming the Carpenters' sixth straight gold single. A cover of Carole King's "It's Going to Take Some Time" followed and peaked at number 12, and was followed by the number seven hit "Goodbye to Love", which was refused airplay on some easy listening radio stations because of a fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso. The song had a significant impact on the power ballad songs which followed. The album also included the Carpenters' version of the Academy Award nominated title song from the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children, which had already charted at number 67 on the Hot 100 as the flip side of the duo's version of "Superstar".
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