Carpenters 'This Masquerade'

The Carpenters' version of "This Masquerade" written by Leon Russell was released as a single and also included on their 1973 A&M LP, Now & Then , available on CD and found in The Essential Collection: (1965-1997), Carpenters Anthology, and Gold -- Greatest Hits (35thAnniversary Edition) collections.This sound recording is administered by UMG. No copyright infringement is intended. This purpose of this upload is for viewer enjoyment and education not for monetary gain.

[ruthstaples]

Karen has a voice of complete silk.
She has one of the best voices ever

[othelloque]

I'm a 54 year-old, black man, funk music and original hip hop fan, but i've loved Karen Carpenter's voice since I was in elementary school. I'd have listened to her sing ANYTHING.

[philbolambretta]

200 years from now people will listen to this and say "how beautiful is that"

[ridgecrestvarietyshow]

Who's still listening to this song? Me in 2023..just now. Still jazzy, gorgeous..after all these years. Karen C. and Leon Russell!

[HotRodBill]

Besides Karen's perfect pitch angelic voice, Richard's piano is absolutely amazing and his arrangements are brilliant. There is nothing today that compares to this. Pure magic!

[zzzthaoster]

Carpenter's music is timeless. I could still be listening to it in a spaceship 1000 years from now cruising through space.

[ellenhegarty]

The best version of This Masquarade. The Carpenters owned this.

[Gildedbutterfly]

Damn no one will ever come close to her voice. It’s ridiculous how amazing it was. Even live she sounded just as good. 😞

[brendazamora]

Soft and honey voiced Favorite Karen Carpenter.. March 2024..

[michaelhwenig]

Pure velvet! Soulful and moving. Richard always picked out songs that would bring out the best in Karen’s pitch perfect beautiful voice. His arrangements and compositions are fabulous.

[rosechardonnay]

My favorite Carpenters song. It really shows off that haunting quality of Karen's voice.

[johnnypeterson]

Hands down "THE BEST FEMALE VOICE OF ALL TIME" No vocal acrobatics just pure heaven.

[roberthowell]

Who doesn’t love the sound of this voice and this arrangement of a wonderful Leon Russell song. The key changes are spell binding

[alicehallam]

"On the day that you were born, the angels got together. And decided to make a dream come true." What a wonderful artist.

[leisajanegrace]

Love, Love, Love this song. One of my all time favourites. The Carpenters still do it for me all these years later. ❤

[stevebrown]

The best song the carpenters did in my humble opinion ...karen carpenter ...a beautiful woman, an amazing voice and a great drummer ...What a tragic loss

[amandamckeever]

Noone has ever come close to having the same kind of voice of Karen, she was unique, and sorely missed. xxx

[iamintheburg]

Feb. 12, 2021 ... Here we are, amazed 'n' dazed at a Supreme Voice . The little drummer girl from Downey and her genius brother will always matter, because we'll always listen and appreciate and love their efforts. Richard is turning 75 years old this year; Karen Anne, God love her, would be 71 in about 3 weeks; if I reach 100, I'll still listen and love'em.

[jimmycrase]

I have not and don't think I will ever hear a better voice in my life than Karen Carpenter, and a better person.

[theking-nzut]

Karen was one woman who knew how to sing. Her voice was so smooth and soft and when Karen sings she makes all of your cares dissapear. Gone far to soon 💖💖💖 Love Her 💖