Tonight, for Cover Story night, we’ll listen to some not-lite-rock covers of a lite-rock band: The Carpenters, as you’ve never heard them before!
49 minutes | 
Featuring:
| Title | Artist | Album | Original Artist | |||
| 1 |  |
Top of the World | The Sugarcubes | Walkabout | Carpenters |  |
| 2 |  |
I Wont Last a Day Without You | Shiina Ringo | Utaite Myouri (Black) | Carpenters | |
| 3 |  |
There’s A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) | Megumi Hara | Everlasting Love | New Vaudeville Band/Carpenters |  |
| 4 |  |
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft | The Slingsby Hornets | Introducing The Fantastic Sounds Of… | Klaatu/Carpenters | |
| 5 | |
(They Long To Be) Close To You | The Gasoline Brothers | Coverclub Guilty Pleasures | Burt Bacharach/Carpenters | |
| 6 |  |
Yesterday Once More | Cinerama | Holiday | Carpenters | |
| 7 |  |
Rainy Days and Mondays | Holloway the Band | Just Play It | Carpenters | |
| 8 |  |
Superstar | Shock of Pleasure | It’s About Time | Carpenters | |
| 9 |  |
We’ve Only Just Begun | Grant Lee Buffalo | If I Were A Carpenter | Carpenters | |
| 10 |  |
Goodbye To Love | Midge Ure | Ten | Carpenters | |
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Just wanted to point out that Utada Hikara is the second vocalist on the “I Wont Last a Day Without You” cover. Pleasantly surprised to hear her voice on that track.
I was watching CBS Sunday Morning a few weeks ago, and Herb Alpert, the A in A&M Records who signed the duo, still gets weepy-eyed about the loss of Karen Carpenter.
Guilty pleasure time. Fantastic Brian.
They wrote some awesome songs didn’t they?
Great show! It got me to do a little googling and I found a great cover of “Superstar” by Sonic Youth. Maybe you can include it on a future episode.
Hi Rick
It’s track 3 on that “If I were a Carpenter” CD Brian mentioned.
Just get thge whole album – it’s great!
Wayne
The main reason I listen to Coverville is to catch that rare cover that is so unique and innovative that it rivals, and sometimes surpasses, the original. The Shock of Pleasure cover of Superstar is one of those rare gems. Thanks, Brian! That was freaking gorgeous! Yes, the Carpenters almost always did really good songs. Say what you want about their squeaky clean production and frequently schmaltzy lyrics, the compositions and arrangements were superb!