The Ultimate Collection (The Carpenters album)


The Ultimate Collection is a 3-CD set released in 2006. It contains many of their popular songs, like " Close to You" and "Top of the World", and their album cuts, like "Desperado" and "Jambalaya ". All of the songs are taken directly from the original album. In the case of "Yesterday Once More", it fades into a motorcycle engine, which subsequently fades into the oldies medley on the Now & Then album.
The album is the first compilation to contain all of their charting US singles. The UK and Australian versions did not include the bonus disc and also had a slightly different track listing; substituting "Sandy" for "Goofus", "When It's Gone" for " Back in My Life Again" and "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" for "Make Believe It's Your First Time", whilst removing "Beechwood 4-5789" and adding "You're the One" and "Where Do I Go from Here".

Track listing

Disc one (1969–1974)

  1. "Ticket to Ride"
  2. " Close to You"
  3. "We've Only Just Begun"
  4. "For All We Know"
  5. "Rainy Days and Mondays"
  6. "Superstar"
  7. "Bless the Beasts and Children"
  8. "Hurting Each Other"
  9. "It's Going to Take Some Time"
  10. "Goodbye to Love"
  11. "Top of the World"
  12. "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
  13. "Sing"
  14. "Yesterday Once More"
  15. "This Masquerade"
  16. "Jambalaya "
  17. "Please Mr. Postman"

    Disc two (1975–1995)

  18. "Desperado"
  19. "Only Yesterday"
  20. "Solitaire"
  21. "There's a Kind of Hush "
  22. "I Need to Be in Love"
  23. "Goofus"
  24. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
  25. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
  26. "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
  27. "I Believe You"
  28. "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
  29. " Back in My Life Again"
  30. "Those Good Old Dreams"
  31. "Beechwood 4-5789"
  32. "Now"
  33. "Make Believe It's Your First Time"
  34. "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"

    Disc three (Bonus songs: 1979–1997)

  35. "Lovelines" *
  36. "If I Had You" *
  37. "Still Crazy After All These Years" *
  38. "When Time Was All We Had" **
  39. "Calling Your Name Again" **
  40. "Sandy" ***
  41. "Karen's Theme" ***
* Karen Carpenter solo - Lovelines and/or Karen Carpenter
** Richard Carpenter solo - Time
*** Richard Carpenter solo - Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor