1970年8月，卡本特的第二张专辑”Close To You”上市发行，数周后登上了排行榜的冠军宝座，连续四星期高居榜首。卡朋特兄妹因此获得了1970年年度格莱美”最佳新人”和”最佳流行合唱团体”两项大奖。这首歌因卡本特兄妹而知名，但是the Carpenters并不是这首歌的原唱，Dionne Warwick和Dusty Springfield，都演唱过这首歌。Richard将原曲进行了改编，用小号独奏和柔润的加利福尼亚式和声的渲染。原作者Burt Bacharach说：”理查德真正抓住了这首歌的精神。” 当年年末，凯伦和理查德一共荣获五项格莱美音乐奖提名，并被授予“最佳新人”和“最佳时代演唱组合”，这使他们从音乐界的同僚当中升出水平面。
这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第175位。
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Just like me (Just like me)
They long to be
Close to you.
close to you.
close to you.
close to you.
close to you.
