The Carpenters : Close To You

WHY DO BIRDS

SUDDENLY APPEAR

EVERYTIME YOU ARE NEAR ?

JUST LIKE ME

THEY LONG TO BE

CLOSE TO YOU

 Close to You

 is the

 second 

studio album

 by the 

American

 music duo

The Carpenters

 released on

 August 19, 1970.

 In 2003,

 the album 

was ranked No. 175 

on 

Rolling Stone's

 list of the

 500 greatest albums

 of all time,

 maintaining the rating

 in a 

2012 revised list.

 The album contains

 the hit singles 

"(They Long to Be) Close to You" 

and

 "We've Only Just Begun". 

The success of the

 title track

 earned 

The Carpenters 

an international reputation. 

The album topped the 

Canadian Albums Chart 

and peaked at #2 

on the U.S.

 Billboard

 albums chart.

 It was also successful

 in the United Kingdom, 

entering the top 50

 of the official chart

 for 76 weeks

 during the first half 

of the 1970s.

The album and

 its singles 

earned 

The Carpenters 

eight

 Grammy Award

 nominations 

including 

Album of the Year, 

Song of the Year 

and 

Record of the Year.

The Carpenters 

won the 

Best New Artist 

and

 Best Contemporary

 Vocal Performance 

by a Duo, 

Group or Chorus

 for the album.

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