Love Songs (The Carpenters album)

Infobox Album | Name = Love Songs
Type = Compilation album
Artist = The Carpenters

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Released = 1997
Recorded = 1970–1981
Genre = Pop
Length = 1:16:32
Label = A&M Records/Universal Music & Video Distribution
Producer = Richard Carpenter
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Last album = "Interpretations"
(1995)
This album = "Love Songs"
(1997)
Next album = "Reflections"
(1998)

"Love Songs" contains the Carpenters' best love ballads, from their first big hit, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" to their later songs, like "Make Believe It's Your First Time" and "Where Do I Go From Here?". It remained on the Billboard charts for over six months and was certified Gold.

Track listings

#I Need to Be in Love - From the album "A Kind of Hush"
#Solitaire - From the album "Horizon"
#We've Only Just Begun - From the album "Close to You"
#This Masquerade - From the album "Now & Then"
#You're the One - From the album "Lovelines"
#Superstar - From the album "Carpenters"
#Rainy Days and Mondays - From the album "Carpenters"
#Top of the World - From the album "A Song for You"
#Make Believe It's Your First Time - From the album "Voice of the Heart"
#I Just Fall in Love Again - From the album "Passage"
#(They Long to Be) Close to You - From the album "Close to You"
#For All We Know - From the album "Carpenters"
#Where Do I Go From Here? - From the album "Lovelines"
#Only Yesterday - From the album "Horizon"
#All You Get From Love Is a Love Song - From the album "Passage"
#When I Fall in Love - From the album "Lovelines"
#Hurting Each Other - From the album "A Song for You"
#I Won't Last a Day Without You - From the album "A Song for You"
#A Song for You - From the album "A Song for You"
#Goodbye to Love -From the album "A Song for You"