The Story Behind: Carpenters - Close To You, Ep 122

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Karen Carpenter's tragic story is well known, but her upbringing and rise to fame is just as interesting as this brother and sister duo team up to have a breakthrough hit. The boys discuss an overabundance of harmonies (gasp), drumming while singing, and bank commercial jingles.

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Listen to Close To You here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1CsuCA05y9r7ftG9bGGtWV?si=4cvZl9wKSzqv9vbIqPS8ig

Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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Next week's album: The Kinks - Are The Village Green Preservation Society