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Live in Japan
Live album by
Carpenters
ReleasedMarch 7, 1975
RecordedJune 7–9, 1974
Venue Festival Hall
( Osaka, Japan)
Genre Pop
Length59:15
Label
Producer Richard & Karen Carpenter
Carpenters chronology
Now & Then
(1973) 		Live in Japan
(1975) 		Horizon
(1975)
Live/compilation chronology
The Singles: 1969–1973
(1973) 		Live in Japan Live at the Palladium
(1979)

Live in Japan was the first live album released internationally by the American pop music duo Carpenters. The album contained a new version of " Sing" with the children's chorus sung by the Kyoto Children's Choir. The band released " The End of the World" as a promotional single. The album was not released in the U.S., but was widely available as an import.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Superstar"/" Rainy Days and Mondays"/" Goodbye to Love"/" Top of the World"/" Help!" (medley)
13:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Mr. Guder"
  • Carpenter
  • Bettis
3:52
3." (They Long to Be) Close to You"
4:07
4." Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
3:22
5." Yesterday Once More"
  • Carpenter
  • Bettis
1:38
6." Hurting Each Other"
  • Peter Udell
  • Gary Geld
2:13
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7." Little Honda"/" The End of the World"/" Runaway"/" Da Doo Ron Ron"/" Leader of the Pack"/" Johnny Angel"/" Book of Love"/" Shuboom"/" Daddy’s Home"/" Johnny B. Goode" (oldies medley)
17:15
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8." Introduction: Colonel Bogey"/" Sing"
4:26
9."Sometimes"
2:39
10." We've Only Just Begun"
  • Nichols
  • Williams
4:22
11." For All We Know"
  • Fred Karlin
  • Arthur James
  • Robb Wilson
3:13

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2012-03-03.[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Japanese Year-End Albums Chart of 1975" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from 1975年アルバム年間ヒットチャート the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2012-03-03. {{ cite web}}: Check |url= value ( help)
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