Carpenters bolo americké súrodenecké duo tvorené Karen Carpenter a jej bratom Richardom, ktoré v 70. rokoch patrilo k najúspešnejším predstaviteľom pop music a soft rocku. Karen Carpenter vynikala svojím charakteristickým kontraaltovým hlasom, zatiaľ čo Richard zabezpečoval aranžmány a kompozície.
Kompilácia Collected vydaná na limitovanom priehľadnom dvojvinyle prináša prierez najväčšími hitmi tejto legendárnej skupiny. Album obsahuje okrem iného Close To You, Top of the World, Yesterday Once More, Please Mr. Postman a We've Only Just Begun. Ide o znovuvydanie stále obľúbenej zbierky, ktorá zachytáva soft rockový zvuk a melodické kvality, ktorými sa duo preslávilo.
Skladby
LP1
1. Ticket To Ride
2. (They Long To Be) Close To You
3. We've Only Just Begun
4. For All We Know
5. Rainy Days and Mondays
6. Superstar
7. Bless the Beasts and Children
8. Hurting Each Other
9. It's Going To Take Some Time
10. Goodbye To Love
11. Top of the World
12. I Won't Last a Day Without You
13. Sing
14. This Masquerade
LP2
1. Yesterday Once More
2. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
3. Please Mr. Postman
4. Desperado
5. Only Yesterday
6. Solitaire
7. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
8. I Need To Be In Love
9. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (the Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)
10. Sweet Sweet Smile
11. Touch Me When We're Dancing
12. Still Crazy After All These Years
13. Karen's Theme
1. Ticket To Ride
2. (They Long To Be) Close To You
3. We've Only Just Begun
4. For All We Know
5. Rainy Days and Mondays
6. Superstar
7. Bless the Beasts and Children
8. Hurting Each Other
9. It's Going To Take Some Time
10. Goodbye To Love
11. Top of the World
12. I Won't Last a Day Without You
13. Sing
14. This Masquerade
LP2
1. Yesterday Once More
2. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
3. Please Mr. Postman
4. Desperado
5. Only Yesterday
6. Solitaire
7. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
8. I Need To Be In Love
9. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (the Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)
10. Sweet Sweet Smile
11. Touch Me When We're Dancing
12. Still Crazy After All These Years
13. Karen's Theme
