Topic of the Day: HORIZON (Morning opens quietly, a shadow vision over me) Horizon was released on June 6, 1975, critics hailed this to be the most sophisticated Carpenters album. The album is a technical triumph. It was recorded at A&M Records mainly in Studio D using state of the art 24-track recording technology, 30 Dolby, and recorded at 30 inches per second to create the cleanest and clearest sound possible. The Carpenters took the patience to spend a good amount of time and many long hours experimenting with different sounds, techniques and effects. One of the most astonishing techniques used on the album is the multitude of separate mikings. Every single instrument and voice has its own microphone.This helped to create a broad, full sound. The drums were recorded on four separate tracks, one for the kick, one for the snare and one each for the left and right tom-toms. On the song Only Yesterday a tape delay is used on the saxophone, this effect accents the instrument and lifts it above the canvas and gives it an extra dimension. Horizon was the Carpenters sixth studio album. After five consecutive albums peaking inside the U.S. top 5 Horizon broke this run by reaching U.S. # 13. the album has been certified PLATINUM by the RIAA for selling over a million copies and most likely will soon be certified DOUBLE PLATINUM. Although Horizon showed hints of the Carpenters sales slowing up in the U.S., they were bigger than ever around the world. Horizon was one of their biggest albums around the world reaching # 1 in both Japan and England. Richard Carpenter stated his goal was to produce an album where every song could be a single. With Horizon he achieved this goal as each song on this album could have easily been a hit in 1975. Carpenter also commented he felt the album had a drag to it, though recanted that statement years later when he re-evaluated the album commenting it is his best work. Link: amazon/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000G3WY/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20
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