All Of My Life

[Rick Henry]

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[Ming]

5 stars. This is my favourite song on this album. A 'Chill factor' song.

[Rick Henry]

5-stars

I also gave this one five stars. It's one of my three favorites songs on the album. This beautiful song was a hint of the sound which would soon become a trademark of the Carpenters with hits like "Close To You" and so forth. Karen sings this song perfectly in pitch on key and 100% in her natural range. Outstanding this is a longtime favorite of mine.

[Gerry]

"All of My Life" is one of the best Carpenters songs on the album, featuring Karen's low range.

[Gerry]

"All of My Life" is one of the best Carpenters songs on the album, featuring Karen's low range. 5 stars easily!

[Rob813]

All Of My Life is definitely a #5 - the best. Richard had the Carpenter sound pretty much nailed starting with this song. Karen was only 18 or 19 when she recorded it and had already hit her maturity as a singer. When God passed out talent, he couldn't stop blessing Karen with THE voice.

I love this song!

Rob

[Carps1000]

BEAUTIFUL. U can Hear Kget that deep bell like voice thru on this. 2nd fave on LP & like Someday Richard wrote it. 5 Stars C1000

[Sammy]

Best song on the album. Five stars.

[makapip]

Yes , definitely 5 stars. When playing disk 1 of Essential Carpenters that
song always makes me stop and listen.

[Moe]

5 stars!

I think this is the best song on the album. It is dark but still hopeful. A sign of what Karen's voice would become.

[beaner]

Very nice song. Sad and lonely topic but Karen does a powerful job with it.

[GoodOldDreams]

Four stars. (I reserve five stars for the WOW and close-to-WOW songs.)

I have always enjoyed the moody bass guitar passage in this song, and is amazed to find out from Rick that it was Karen herself who played this instrument! I have new appreciation for K's talents --- besides her singing, drumming and even glockenspiel playing!

[Prisoner_Walking]

For me, this is the only song on "Offering" which could have possibly come from a later album (either "Close To You" or "Carpenters") if you weren't sure of it's era. Karen's vocal: sterling as usual. She sounds more comfortable with this, as opposed to the more challenging vocal on "Someday".
I've enjoyed this song more since seeing it in the context of "The Karen Carpenter Story" - I know it was a fictionalized moment, but that scene in the studio just highlights what a unique talent Karen was in comparison to other vocalists. 4 stars. L

[wisejester7]

This is a 'sit up and take notice' of Karen's deep, natural voice type of song. She was so young, but the power and vocal control was already in place. A winner all the way.

[YesterdayOnceMore]

5 GREAT BIG stars.

Leo, I'm with you on watching the Karen Carpenter Story and seeing this song done in the context of "where they were" as they initially recorded it - in the garage at Joe Osborne's home. In the movie, in that "fictionalized moment" Karen went from her high, not so strong voice to this low, crystal clear, beautiful "basement" voice, and the whole tone of the song - the entire timbre of the music changed, and seemingly, at least at that point in the movie, the "Carpenters" sound was created insofar as Karen's vocal range was concerned.

She nailed the vocals on this song. Karen could sing these types of power ballads so well. It's so incredibly dark..."I just want someone that I can call my own - to come to my side when I am all alone...." but it's also hopeful. Richard knew how to arrange a song to showcase Karen's unique voice, and he never failed to do just that. All of my Life is a highly underrated song in my opinion, for the value it brings to the table.
Tim