The Carpenters

Horizon, the Carpenters' most musically sophisticated album to date, smoothly adapts the
spirit of mainstream Fifties pop to contemporary taste. While not an emotionally compelling
singer, Karen Carpenter has developed into a fine vocal technician, whose mellow
interpretations of the Eagles' "Desperado" and Neil Sedaka's "Solitaire" evidence
professionalism on a par with such Fifties stars as Jo Stafford and Rosemary Cloo... More >