From the Top (album)


From the Top is a box set by the Carpenters, released in 1991.

Overview

The box set spans the duo's career from the early Richard Carpenter Trio recordings from 1965 to the final recordings in 1982 and claims to have 20 previously unreleased tracks and 40 remixes.
Previously unreleased tracks include two songs from then unreleased Karen Carpenter's solo album, "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" and "Still Crazy After All These Years".
The songs in the box set are attributed to their original recording time or single release despite some of them being re-recordings or later album releases.
From the Top was revised with similar box set The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 in 2002.

Track listings

Disc one

1965–1970
  1. "Caravan" – 3:38
  2. "The Parting of Our Ways" – 2:20
  3. "Looking for Love" – 1:52
  4. "I'll Be Yours" – 2:28
  5. "Iced Tea" – 2:36
  6. "You'll Love Me" – 2:27
  7. "All I Can Do" – 1:50
  8. "Don't Be Afraid" – 2:07
  9. "Invocation" – 1:01
  10. "Your Wonderful Parade" – 2:23
  11. "Good Night" – 2:34
  12. "All of My Life" – 3:02
  13. "Eve" – 2:52
  14. "Ticket to Ride" – 4:11
  15. "Get Together" – 2:40
  16. Interview – 1:35
  17. "Maybe It's You" – 3:09
  18. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – 3:42
  19. "We've Only Just Begun" – 3:05
  20. "Merry Christmas Darling" – 3:05
  21. "For All We Know" – 2:32

Disc two

1971–1973
  1. "Superstar" – 3:45
  2. "Rainy Days and Mondays" – 3:36
  3. "Let Me Be the One" – 2:50
  4. "Bless the Beasts and Children" – 3:15
  5. "Hurting Each Other" – 2:46
  6. "Top of the World" – 2:59
  7. "Goodbye to Love" – 4:00
  8. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – 4:08
  9. "This Masquerade" – 4:53
  10. "Canta" – 3:20
  11. "Yesterday Once More" – 3:50
  12. "Fun, Fun, Fun" – 1:40
  13. "The End of the World" – 2:26
  14. "Da Doo Ron Ron" – 1:46
  15. "Dead Man's Curve" – 1:32
  16. "Johnny Angel" – 1:31
  17. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" – 2:22
  18. "Our Day Will Come" – 2:00
  19. "One Fine Day" – 1:33
  20. "Yesterday Once More " – 1:02
  21. Radio Contest Outtakes – 1:53

Disc three

1974–1978
  1. "Please Mr. Postman" – 2:52
  2. "Only Yesterday" – 3:59
  3. "Solitaire" – 4:40
  4. "Good Friends Are for Keeps" – 1:09
  5. "Ordinary Fool" – 3:43
  6. "I Need to Be in Love" – 3:48
  7. "From This Moment On" – 2:13
  8. Suntory Pop Jingle #1 – 0:33
  9. Suntory Pop Jingle #2 – 0:34
  10. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" – 3:46
  11. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" – 7:10
  12. "Christ Is Born" – 3:12
  13. "White Christmas" – 2:29
  14. "Little Altar Boy" – 3:44
  15. "Ave Maria" – 2:37

Disc four

1978–1982
  1. "Where Do I Go from Here?" – 4:26
  2. "Little Girl Blue" – 3:24
  3. "If I Had You" – 3:57
  4. "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" – 3:50
  5. "Still Crazy After All These Years" – 4:19
  6. Medley – 9:08
  7. *"Sing"
  8. *"Knowing When to Leave"
  9. *"Make It Easy on Yourself"
  10. *"Someday"
  11. *"We've Only Just Begun"
  12. "Touch Me When We're Dancing" – 3:22
  13. "When It's Gone" – 5:01
  14. "Because We Are in Love " – 5:02
  15. "Now" – 3:49