Description
Made in America is the tenth studio album by the American music duo the Carpenters, released in June 1981. Karen Carpenter died less than two years later, making it their final album released in her lifetime. Karen played drums in the studio for the first time since Horizon, on the song “When It’s Gone (It’s Just Gone)”, albeit in unison with veteran Nashville session drummer Larrie Londin, and she also played percussion on “Those Good Old Dreams” in tandem with Paulinho da Costa.
Video: The Carpenters – Touch Me When We’re Dancing (1981)
Tracklist:
| 1 | Those Good Old Dreams | 4:14 | |
| 2 | Strength Of A Woman | 3:59 | |
| 3 | (Want You) Back In My Life Again | 3:40 | |
| 4 | When You’ve Got What It Takes | 3:43 | |
| 5 | Somebody’s Been Lyin’ | 4:26 | |
| 6 | I Believe You | 3:54 | |
| 7 | Touch Me When We’re Dancing | 3:22 | |
| 8 | When It’s Gone (It’s Just Gone) | 5:02 | |
| 9 | Beechwood 4-5789 | 3:08 | |
| 10 | Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) |
Credits:
- Acoustic Guitar – Tim May (tracks: 1, 3 to 7, 10)
- Arranged By – Richard Carpenter (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 10)
- Art Direction – Chuck Beeson, Jeff Ayeroff*
- Backing Vocals – Karen Carpenter (tracks: 1 to 9), Richard Carpenter (tracks: 1 to 9)
- Bass – Joe Osborn
- Concertmaster – Jimmy Getzoff* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)
- Design [Album Design] – Lynn Robb
- Drums – Larrie Londin (tracks: 2, 6 to 8), Ron Tutt (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9 to 10)
- Electric Guitar – Tim May (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 9), Tony Peluso (tracks: 2 to 4, 7 to 8)
- Engineer – Roger Young (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 10)
- Harp – Gayle Levant (tracks: 1 to 2, 4 to 5, 7, 9 to 10)
- Illustration – David Willardson
- Keyboards – Richard Carpenter
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Mixed By – Roger Young
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Stewart Whitmore
- Oboe – Earl Dumler (tracks: 2, 4 to 5, 7 to 8)
- Orchestrated By – Richard Carpenter (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)
- Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* (tracks: 1 to 4, 7)
- Photography By – John Engstead
- Producer – Richard Carpenter
- Recorded By [Additional Recording] – Dave Iveland*
- Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott (tracks: 3, 7, 9)
