Carpenters – A Kind Of Hush / A&M Records Audio CD / 393 197-2 UPC 082839319720 A Kind of Hush is the seventh studio album by American popular music duo Carpenters. It was released on June 11 1976. By the time of the album s recording Richard Carpenter s addiction to sleeping pills had begun to affect him professionally and he blames this for the album being in his opinion sub-par. All three excerpted singles became hits. There s a Kind of Hush (All Over the World) a cover of a 1960s song by Herman s Hermits broke both the UK Top 30 and US Top 20 as well as topping the adult contemporary chart. I Need to Be in Love hit number 25 in the US and number 36 in the UK. Goofus was only a minor success stalling at number 56 on the Billboard chart though it did crack the adult contemporary top 10. John Bettis called I Need to Be in Love the favorite lyrics he ever wrote for Karen Carpenter. If there was ever anything that came out of my heart straight to Karen s I would say that was it. I was very proud of it for that. Richard Carpenter recalled that the song became Karen s favorite Carpenters song . The album was also the first not to have Karen playing drums on any tracks which were performed by Los Angeles session drummer Jim Gordon. Despite being certified Gold the album was a relative commercial disappointment in the US where its chart peak was outside the Top 30. Like its predecessor Horizon it performed better in the UK reaching number three in the UK Albums Chart. The CD has been out of print since 2006 except in the Japanese market. Label: A&M Records – 393 197-2 Format: CD Album Country: Released: Genre: Pop Style: Vocal Soft Rock Tracklist: 1 There s A Kind Of Hush Written-By – Geoff Stephens Les Reed 2:58 2 You Written-By – Randy Edelman 3:53 3 Sandy Written-By – John Bettis Richard Carpenter 3:42 4 Goofus Written-By – Gus Kahn Wayne King William Harold 3:09 5 Can t Smile Without You Written-By – Chris Arnold (2) David Martin (8) Geoff Morrow 3:27 6 I Need To Be In Love Written-By – Albert Hammond John Bettis Richard Carpenter 3:47 7 One More Time Written-By – Lewis Anderson 3:32 8 Boat To Sail Written-By – Jackie DeShannon 3:31 9 I Have You Written-By – John Bettis Richard Carpenter 3:28 10 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Written-By – Neil Sedaka - Howard Greenfield 2:35 Art Direction – Roland Young (3) Engineer – Ray Gerhardt Engineer [Assistant] – Dave Iveland Mastered By – Frank DeLuna Photography By – Ed Caraeff Producer [Associate] Vocals – Karen Carpenter Producer Arranged By Orchestrated By Vocals Remastered By – Richard Carpenter Remastered By – Bernie Grundman