least sucessful album

[karlbrade]

HI rick/members
Which do you think is the carpenters least sucessful album,not including compilation albums,I would probably guess that it might be ticket to ride or made in america although they did not sell well when first released ,through the years they must have had steady sales.what do other members think.

karl.
uk

[Rick Henry]

I would say it's "Made In America". "Ticket To Ride" ended up doing fairly well in the UK in 1975.

[Carps1000]

It was in fact LOVELINES from 1989. Mind you that was in the UK. After the K C Story was 1st aired on TV in the UK. 3 of their LPs re-entered the charts 69- 73 at 24 & 74-78 at 42 & Lovelines at 73 for one week....It was also at the same time that the CD set of 12 LPs was released so it seems that Lovelines was "forgot"...I still remember the screaming row I had with A & M Publisity over the lack of advertising of this fab LP & felt it would have done better with a little more acknowledgement on their Bhalf. Ken carps1000

[Rick Henry]

carps1000 said:

It was in fact LOVELINES from 1989. Mind you that was in the UK. After the K C Story was 1st aired on TV in the UK. 3 of their LPs re-entered the charts 69- 73 at 24 & 74-78 at 42 & Lovelines at 73 for one week....It was also at the same time that the CD set of 12 LPs was released so it seems that Lovelines was "forgot"...I still remember the screaming row I had with A & M Publisity over the lack of advertising of this fab LP & felt it would have done better with a little more acknowledgement on their Bhalf. Ken carps1000

Ken - what you say is true to a point. I don't think it's fair to include "Lovelines" in the list of possible "least successful album" as it's more of a compilation than say a studio album. "Lovelines" like "As Time Goes By" was a mix of recording session outtakes and songs from their TV specials. The last real album Carpenters recorded and released as a finalized project is "Made In America".