Made In America

A&M 3723 June 9 1981

1. Those Good Old Dreams 4:12(Richard Carpenter / John Bettis)
2. Strength Of A Woman 3:59 (Phyllis Brown / Juanita Curiel)
3. (Want You) Back In My Life Again 3:39 (Kerry Chater / Chris Christian)
4. When You've Got What It Takes 3:39 (Roger Nichols / Bill Lane)
5. Somebody's Been Lyin' 4:22 (Carole Bayer Sager / Burt Bacharach)
6. I Believe You 3:55 (Dick & Don Addrisi)
7. Touch Me When We're Dancing 3:19 (Terry Skinner / J.L. Wallace / Ken Bell)
8. When It's Gone (It's Just Gone) 4:59 (Randy Handley)
9. Beechwood 4-5789 3:05 (William Stevenson / Marvin Gaye / George Gordy)
10. Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) 5:00 (Richard Carpenter / John Bettis)

Musicians

• Those Good Old Dreams
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Ron Tutt
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Tim May
  • Pedal Steel Guitar: Jay Dee Maness
  • Percussion: Karen Carpenter, Paulinho DaCosta
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• Strength Of A Woman
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Larrie Londin, Ron Tutt
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Electric Guitar: Tim May, Tony Peluso
  • Oboe: Earl Dumler
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Percussion: Paulinho DaCosta
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter & The Carpettes: Karen Carpenter, Carolyn Dennis, Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Waters Willard
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• (Want You) Back In My Life Again
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Ron Tutt
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Tim May
  • Electric Guitar: Tony Peluso
  • Percussion: Paulinho DaCosta
  • Synthesizer Programming: Daryl Dragon, Ian Underwood
  • Tenor Sax: Tom Scott
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• When You've Got What It Takes
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: John Robinson
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic Guitar: Tim May
  • Electric Guitar: Tony Peluso
  • Oboe: Earl Dumler
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Percussion: Paulinho DaCosta
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• Somebody's Been Lyin'
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Ron Tutt
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic Guitar: Tim May
  • Percussion: Peter Limonick
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Oboe: Earl Dumler
  • Concertmaster & Solo: Jerry Vinci
• I Believe You
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Larrie Londin
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Tim May
  • Congas: Jerry Steinholtz
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
  • Vocals arranged by Richard Carpenter
• Touch Me When We're Dancing
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Larrie Londin
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Tony Peluso, Tim May
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Oboe: Earl Dumler
  • Percussion: Paulinho DaCosta
  • Tenor Sax: Tom Scott
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter & The Carpettes: Karen Carpenter, Carolyn Dennis
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Larrie Londin, Karen Carpenter
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Acoustic Guitar: Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett
  • Electric Guitar: Tim May, Tony Peluso
  • Pedal Steel Guitar: Jay Dee Maness
  • Percussion: Karen Carpenter, Bob Conti
  • Oboe: Earl Dumler
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• Beechwood 4-5789
  • Background vocals: Karen & Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Ron Tutt
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Electric Guitar: Tim May
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Tenor Sax: Tom Scott
  • Concertmaster: Jimmy Getzoff
• Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Ron Tutt
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Electric Guitar: Tim May
  • Percussion: Peter Limonick
  • Harp: Gayle Levant
  • Choir: The O.K. Chorale under the direction of Ron Hicklin, Conducted by Frank Pooler
  • Concertmaster: Jerry Vinci

Credits

• Produced by Richard Carpenter
• Arranged & Orchestrated by Richard Carpenter
• "Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)" & "Somebody's Been Lyin'" arranged by Richard Carpenter & Orchestrated by Peter Knight. "I Believe You" arranged by Paul Riser.
• Recorded at A&M Recording Studios
• Engineered by Roger Young
• Additional recording by Dave Iveland
• I Believe You engineered by Ray Gerhardt
• Mixed at Sound Labs and A&M Recording Studios
• Mix-down engineer: Roger Young
• Assisted by Stewart Whitmore
• Mastered at A&M Recording Studios by Bernie Grundman
• Special thanks to Gary Sims, Pat Peters, Ron Gorow, John Bettis, Jules Chaikin, Herb, Jerry, Gil and the entire A&M family.
• Art Direction: Chuck Beeson & Jeff Ayeroff
• Album Design: Lynn Robb
• Illustration: David Willardson, Willardson & White, Inc.
• Photography: John Engstead

Other Notes

In the notes to the Carpenters: The Compact Disc Collection, Richard Carpenter wrote:

The other "favourite". I had taken 1979 off for personal reasons but allowed plenty of time to listen to the numerous songs being submitted. Karen, wanting to stay active, decided to travel to become bi-coastal and record a solo album with producer Phil Ramone. (Karen later decided not to release it). By spring of 1980 we were underway on Made In America and ended up recording far more tunes than would fit on one album. During this project Karen fell in love and got married. As a result, this album was not finished until spring of 1981.

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