Close to You (The Carpenters album)

Close to You
Studio album by The Carpenters
Released	August 19, 1970
Studio	A&M (Hollywood)
Genre	Pop
Length	38:37
Label	A&M/Polydor
Producer	Jack Daugherty
The Carpenters chronology
Offering/Ticket to Ride (1969) Close to You (1970) Carpenters (1971)
Singles from Close to You
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" Released: May 15, 1970 "We've Only Just Begun" Released: August 21, 1970

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,^[1] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.^[2] 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 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 Carpenters eight Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Carpenters won the Best New Artist and Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for the album.