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Live performances by the band were included in the Beatles at Shea Stadium concert film, on the live album documenting their concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, and on the 1996 Anthology 2 box set. Among music critics, Ian MacDonald describes the song as 'psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before' and 'extraordinary for its time'.'Ticket to Ride' appears in a sequence in the Beatles' second feature film, Help!, directed by Richard Lester. The song was included on their 1965 album Help! Recorded at EMI Studios in London in February that year, the track marked a progression in the Beatles' work through the incorporation of drone and harder-sounding instrumentation relative to their previous releases. Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles' seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom and their third consecutive number 1 hit (and sixth in total) in the United States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada, Australia and Ireland. The limelight would only exacerbate these issues, with the squeaky-clean Carpenters facade finally and irrevocably being destroyed by Karen’s death from heart failure in 1983 at the young age of 32.Ĭheck out the Carpenters version of ‘Ticket to Ride’.'Ticket to Ride' is a song by the English rock group the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. But their image as overly-wholesome all-American siblings hid darker realities, including Richard’s drug use and Karen’s eating disorders. Found on more albums: From the Top Yesterday Once More 1998 The Singles 1969-1973. The Carpenters were one of America’s most popular acts in the ’70s – three number one singles, five songs that topped out at number two, and millions of albums sold. Ticket to Ride is found on the album Classics, Vol. This debut seems too warm to me, obviously we are with a pop album from 1969, so maybe by then this could be interesting, unfortunately for me it is not, it is a decent album, but it bored me. But both covers helped solidify the Carpenters’ reputation as cheap imitators, a reputation that would begin to grate on Richard and slowly erode Karen. Lately Ive been listening to the Carpenters hits and decided to listen to most of their discography and see if there is more gems than their hits. Disc playing surface would have been NM if it werent for one light minor scratch.

CARPENTERS TICKET TO RIDE PLUS

État média: Média: Very Good Plus (VG+) État pochette: Pochette: Very Good Plus (VG+) 'Digital Audio Disc Corp' stamped in inner hub of disc. At least the Carpenters’ version of ‘Help!’ makes the wise decision to keep the energy up, unlike the total snoozefest that was ‘Ticket to Ride’. Carpenters - Ticket To Ride (CD, Album, RE) Label: A&M Records Cat N°: CD 4205. Richard Carpenter recalled: 'I happened to hear the song being played as an oldie one day in early 1969, and upon hearing it this particular time, decided the tune would make a nice ballad. This time it was transforming the classic frantic plea of ‘Help!’ into… fairly generic ’70s pop song. The Carpenters In the summer of 1969, 'Ticket to Ride' was covered by American pop music duo the Carpenters for their debut studio album Offering. Pressing is identified by the stamped, encircled, (MR) in the deadwax.

CARPENTERS TICKET TO RIDE MOVIE

Slowing down an up-tempo track isn’t a bad idea in and of itself – the down-trodden cover has found a prominent cultural place in modern-day movie trailers – but the Carpenters just can’t sell it.įor whatever reason, the pair decided to try again on their follow up album, 1970’s Close to You. It has been re-designed and re-titled 'Ticket To Ride.'. For a song that John Lennon once called “one of the earliest heavy-metal records”, the Carpenters sure do strip any menace, and frankly any excitement, out of the song. On the duo’s debut album, the Carpenters crafted a soft rock piano ballad arrangement out of The Beatles’ riff-centred original version of ‘Ticket to Ride’.

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