Description
Voice of the Heart (1983)
Voice of the Heart is the eleventh album by American pop duo Carpenters. It was released in 1983 after Karen’s death and contains the two songs from her final recording sessions, “Now” and “You’re Enough”, as well as previously unreleased tracks from sessions over the years. The album’s final cut, ‘Look To Your Dreams’, another Richard Carpenter and John Bettis composition, is a suitably sad, and low-key conclusion. It ends with a piano coda played by Richard and that only adds to our sense of loss. This is not the place to discuss Karen’s illness, but let’s just say, that if there is anyone that can say they have not been touched or cannot recognise the deep beauty in her voice, then there must be something wrong with them. Karen Carpenter’s singing is perfection, nothing more, nothing less.
Video: Karen Carpenter Interview 1981
Track Listing:
| A1 | Now | 3:46 | |
| A2 | Sailing On The Tide | 4:21 | |
| A3 | You’re Enough | 3:46 | |
| A4 | Make Believe It’s Your First Time | 4:07 | |
| A5 | Two Lives | 4:32 | |
| B1 | At The End Of A Song | 3:42 | |
| B2 | Ordinary Fool | 3:40 | |
| B3 | Prime Time Love | 3:10 | |
| B4 | Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore | 3:51 | |
| B5 | Look To Your Dreams |
Credits:
- Acoustic Guitar – Tim May (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B4, B5)
- Arranged By – Richard Carpenter (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
- Backing Vocals – The O.K. Chorale (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B5)
- Bass – Joe Osborn (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)
- Concertmaster – Jimmy Getzoff*
- Conductor [O.k. Chorale] – Dick Bolk*
- Contractor – Jules Chaikin
- Drums – Ron Tutt (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B2, B4, B5)
- Electric Guitar – Tony Peluso (tracks: A2 to A4, B3, B4)
- Engineer [Assistant] – David Cole (4), Robert de la Garza, Robin Laine
- Engineer, Mixed By – Roger “Mingo” Young*
- Harp – Gayle Levant (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B2, B4, B5)
- Keyboards – Richard Carpenter
- Lead Vocals – Karen Carpenter
- Leader [O.k. Chorale Under The Direction Of] – Ron Hicklin
- Lyrics By – John Bettis (tracks: A3, B1, B5, A2)
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Music By – Richard Carpenter (tracks: A3, B1, B5)
- Oboe – Earl Dumler (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B4)
- Photography By [Back Cover] – Larry Williams (9)
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Claude Mogin*
- Photography By [Innersleeve] – Annie Leibovitz
- Producer – Richard Carpenter
- Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Jay Dee Maness (tracks: A4 to B1)
- Tenor Saxophone – John Phillips (6) (tracks: A1, B2, B3)
