Ticket to Ride (album)

Ticket to Ride/Offering
Studio album by The Carpenters
Released	October 9, 1969 (1969-10-09)
Recorded	1968–1969
Genre	Pop
Length	36:43
Label	A&M
Producer	Jack Daugherty
The Carpenters chronology
Offering/Ticket to Ride (1969) Close to You (1970)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Ticket to Ride is the first album by the American music duo Carpenters. At the time of its release in 1969 under the name Offering,^[2] it was a commercial failure and produced only one minor hit single, "Ticket to Ride," a ballad version of a song made famous by The Beatles. After the Carpenters' breakthrough, however, the album was reissued internationally under the name Ticket to Ride and sold moderately. The CD in the "Remastered Classics" series went out of print in March 2007. However, in Japan, the "Pack Series" released the Ticket to Ride and Close to You CDs together.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Invocation"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	1:04
2.	"Your Wonderful Parade"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	2:54
3.	"Someday"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	5:19
4.	"Get Together"	Chet Powers	2:37
5.	"All Of My Life"	Richard Carpenter	3:07
6.	"Turn Away"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	3:12
7.	"Ticket To Ride"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:13
8.	"Don't Be Afraid"	Richard Carpenter	2:07
9.	"What's The Use"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	2:43
10.	"All I Can Do"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	1:41
11.	"Eve"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	2:53
12.	"Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing"	Neil Young	4:21
13.	"Benediction"	John Bettis, Richard Carpenter	0:41

Charts

Chart	Peak position
United States	150 (1971)
United Kingdom	20 (1972) 35 (1975)
Japan	88
Australia	19

Credits

• Producer: Jack Daugherty
• Engineer: Ray Gerhardt
• Guest Artist: Herb Alpert (shakers)
• Bass: Joe Osborn and Bob Messenger
• Guitar: Gary Sims
• Art Director: Tom Wilkes
• Photographer: Jim McCrary

Singles

"Ticket To Ride"

• JP 7" single (1969) [KING AM-18] / (1976) [KING AM-1001] / (1977) [KING AM-2061]

1. "Ticket To Ride"
2. "All I Can Do"

• US 7" single (1969) [A&M 1142]

1. "Ticket To Ride"
2. "Your Wonderful Parade"

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Carpenters: Offering at Discogs (list of releases)

External links

• http://web.singnet.com.sg/~tonytay/carp.htm brief article