Close to You

1970 studio album by The Carpenters
MusicAlbum album Q868020
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Close to You

Summary

Close to You is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (837 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Close to You's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Close to You's genre is pop music[4].
  • Close to You's genre is easy listening[5].
  • Close to You's genre is soft rock[6].
  • Close to You was produced by Jack Daugherty[7].
  • Among the performers on Close to You was The Carpenters[8].
  • Close to You's record label is recorded as A&M Records[9].
  • Close to You's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • Close to You is part of Carpenters' albums in chronological order[11].
  • Close to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Close to You was distributed by LP record[13].
  • Close to You was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • Close to You's review score is recorded as 4[15].
  • Close to You was released on August 19, 1970[16].
  • Close to You's tracklist is recorded as Reason to Believe[17].
  • Close to You's tracklist is recorded as Help[18].
  • Close to You's tracklist is recorded as (They Long to Be) Close to You[19].
  • Close to You's tracklist is recorded as I'll Never Fall in Love Again[20].
  • Close to You's tracklist is recorded as Mr. Guder[21].
  • Close to You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Close to You'}[22].
  • Close to You's different from is recorded as Close to You[23].
  • Close to You's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[24].
  • Close to You's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[26]

  • First release date: 1970-02-01[27]

  • Genre(s): country pop, pop, pop rock, soft rock[28]

  • Community tags: country pop, delete, pop, pop rock, pop vocalists, rock/pop, soft rock[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ca8d0ba2-f227-3665-9104-30e3c09eafae[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Close to You was performed by The Carpenters[8]. It was produced by Jack Daugherty[7].

Publication

Close to You was released on August 19, 1970[16]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include pop music[4], easy listening[5], and soft rock[6]. It is part of Carpenters' albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[13] and music streaming[14].

Reception

Close to You's review score is recorded as 4[15].

Why It Matters

Close to You ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (837 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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