Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a compilation album by American duo the Carpenters. It was released on December 7, 2018 by A&M Records and Universal Music Enterprises. The album features Carpenters' "original vocal and instrumental tracks" accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Richard Carpenter served as the album's producer, arranger and conductor.[4]

Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Compilation album by Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released	December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)
Length	1:06:23
Label	A&M Universal Music Enterprises
Producer	Richard Carpenter Nick Patrick
The Carpenters chronology
The Nation's Favourite Carpenters Songs (2016) Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Independent	[2]
The Irish News	9/10[3]

The Target store exclusive CD and the Japanese release has "Please Mr. Postman" as a bonus track.

Track listing

All tracks arranged by Richard Carpenter; except "I Believe You" arranged by Paul Riser.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture"	1:29
2.	"Yesterday Once More"	3:56
3.	"Hurting Each Other"	3:58
4.	"I Need to Be in Love"	4:30
5.	"For All We Know"	2:56
6.	"Touch Me When We're Dancing"	3:15
7.	"I Believe You"	3:52
8.	"I Just Fall In Love Again"	5:14
9.	"Merry Christmas, Darling"	3:01
10.	"Baby It's You"	3:11
11.	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"	3:40
12.	"Superstar"	3:51
13.	"Rainy Days and Mondays"	3:36
14.	"This Masquerade"	4:50
15.	"Ticket to Ride"	4:10
16.	"Goodbye to Love"	3:58
17.	"Top of the World"	2:59
18.	"We've Only Just Begun"	3:57
Total length:		1:06:23

Target and Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
19.	"Please Mr. Postman"

Charts

Chart (2018–19)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	29
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6]	25
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7]	7
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	8
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[9]	2
US Top Classical Crossover Albums (Billboard)[10]	2
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[11]	52

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12]	Gold	100,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Collar, Matt. "Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - AllMusic review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
2. O'Connor, Roisin (2018-12-06). "Album reviews: 6ix9ine – DUMMY BOY, and The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
3. Mapstone, Lucy (2018-12-07). "Album reviews: The Carpenters get RPO treatment, Clean Bandit, LP, Night Flight". irishnews.com. The Irish News. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
4. "Historic New Album Pairs Carpenters' Original Pop Masterpieces with Richard Carpenter Conducting His Own New Arrangements Recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios". Universal Music Enterprises. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
5. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
6. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2018-12-24" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
7. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
9. "Carpenters Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
10. "Carpenters Chart History (Top Classical Crossover Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
11. "Carpenters Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
12. "British album certifications – The Carpenters – Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 14, 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.