Classic Carpenters | ||||
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Released | 22 April 2016 | |||
Studio | Michael Tan's studio in Potts Point, Sydney | |||
Genre | Pop, Jazz, Easy listening | |||
Label | Sony | |||
Producer | Bry Jones, Michael Tan | |||
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Classic Carpenters is the fourth studio album by Australian recording artist Dami Im, released on 22 April 2016 by Sony Music Australia. The album consists of cover versions of American vocal duo The Carpenters' songs. The album was certified Gold is Australia (more than 35000 units sales) in April 2017. [1]
Im said "My intention wasn't to copy Karen's voice or her tone, our voices naturally sound so different. I tried to bring out the joy and the innocence in the songs while trying to sing them as honest and raw as I could as Dami, rather than pretending to be someone else." [2] Adding, "With this album and through my live performances, I hope to be remembered as the girl who is a real musician at heart who speaks truthfully through her craft." [3]
It was Sony that decided that Im needed to record an album of Carpenter covers and Im said the process of making this album was filled with "frustrating hurdles". [1]
Im recorded tracks over several weeks at Michael Tan's studio in Potts Point, Sydney. Im did not want to replicate the songs, she wanted to reinterpret the songs and bring something "new and different" to them. Im said she "poured her heart into the project" and "enjoyed the process of reinterpreting some of the beautifully writing songs that were loved by millions of people around the world". [1]
Once completed, the tracks were sent to Ross Fraser A&R at Sony Music who asked Im to re-recorded approximately 90% of them, stating that Sony didn't like them and that "they were not good enough". [1] Disheartened, Im, Jones and Tan re-recorded the album the way Sony wanted. [1]
On 15 April, Im released a video for "(They Long to Be) Close to You". [4]
On 17 April, Im released a video for "There's a Kind of Hush". [5]
On 19 April, Im released a video for "Yesterday Once More". [6]
Cameron Adams from the Herald Sun gave the album 3 out of 5 saying; "There are two ways to tackle an album of covers of Carpenters' songs. You reinvent them or you recreate them. Here's Dami Im keeping it faithful for Mother's Day with lush, lovely remakes of "Yesterday Once More", "Close To You", "Rainy Days and Mondays" and so on". In a word, Adams described the album as "nice". [7]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [11] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue | Ref. |
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Australia | 22 April 2016 |
| Sony Music Australia | 88875150102 | [12] [13] | |
South Korea | 10 May 2016 | Digital download | Standard | Sony Music Entertainment | [14] | |
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