This section of the Carpenters Resource features our comprehensive album discographies. In these discographies, you will find general album information, images of the artwork, and a track listing with each song a link pointing to its entry in our database.
Included on this page is a chronological listing of the main studio albums, followed by a list of the many compilations, grouped with the major and important ones listed first, followed by a generally chronological list of some of the many worldwide compilations that we’ve been able to obtain and confirm the audio.
An alphabetical album listing is also available.
Chronological Album Listing
Original Studio Albums
Live Albums
LIVE IN JAPAN (Japan)
LIVE AT THE PALLADIUM (UK)(Japan)
Solo Albums
KAREN CARPENTER – Karen Carpenter
TIME – Richard Carpenter
PIANIST, ARRANGER, COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR – Richard Carpenter
Major Compilations
CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT SPECIAL EDITION
ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE – YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997
CARPENTERS-THE COMPLETE SINGLES
General Compilations
A ARTE DE CARPENTERS (Brazil)
O MELHOR DE CARPENTERS (ONLY YESTERDAY) (Brazil)
THE CARPENTERS COLLECTION (THEIR GREATEST HITS)
A&M COMPOSER’S SERIES, VOL. 2: RICHARD CARPENTER & JOHN BETTIS
ONLY YESTERDAY – THEIR GREATEST HITS
CHRISTMAS WITH THE CARPENTERS (Time-Life)
CARPENTERS COLLECTION (Time-Life)
MAGICAL MEMORIES OF THE CARPENTERS
THE BEST OF CARPENTERS (Brazil)
TOP OF THE WORLD (original & karaoke masters)
SWEET MEMORY all at once (Japan)
SWEET MEMORY those days (Japan)
SWEET MEMORY on and off (Japan)
SWEET MEMORY at last (Japan)
SWEET MEMORY by and by (Japan)
SWEET MEMORY someday (Japan)
REFLECTIONS – SWEET SWEET SMILE
TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS (Hong Kong)(Japan)
THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest)
20th CENTURY MASTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION
20/20 BEST OF BEST SELECTION (Japan)
THE NATION’S FAVOURITE CARPENTERS SONGS (UK)