Live in Japan (The Carpenters album)

Live in Japan
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 7, 1975
RecordedJune 7–9, 1974
VenueFestival Hall
(Osaka, Japan)
GenrePop
Length59:15
Label
ProducerRichard & Karen Carpenter
Carpenters chronology
Now & Then
(1973)
Live in Japan
(1975)
Horizon
(1975)

Live in Japan is the first live album by the American pop music duo Carpenters released on Asian market.

The album is notable to include a version of "Sing" with the children's chorus sung by the Kyoto Children's Choir.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Superstar"/"Rainy Days and Mondays"/"Goodbye to Love"/"Top of the World"/"Help!" (medley)
13:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Mr. Guder"
  • Carpenter
  • Bettis
3:52
3."(They Long to Be) Close to You"4:07
4."Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"3:22
5."Yesterday Once More"
  • Carpenter
  • Bettis
1:38
6."Hurting Each Other"
  • Peter Udell
  • Gary Geld
2:13
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Little Honda"/"The End of the World"/"Runaway"/"Da Doo Ron Ron"/"Leader of the Pack"/"Johnny Angel"/"Book of Love"/"Shuboom"/"Daddy’s Home"/"Johnny B. Goode" (oldies medley)
17:15
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Introduction: Colonel Bogey"/"Sing"
4:26
9."Sometimes"
2:39
10."We've Only Just Begun"
  • Nichols
  • Williams
4:22
11."For All We Know"
  • Fred Karlin
  • Arthur James
  • Robb Wilson
3:13

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. December 30, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Japanese Year-End Albums Chart of 1975" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2012. 1975年アルバム年間ヒットチャート