Title: Close to You (The Carpenters album) - Wikipedia
Headings: Close to You
(The Carpenters album)

Close to You (The Carpenters album)
Contents
Background and song information
Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
Technical
Song credits
"We've Only Just Begun"
" (They Long to Be) Close to You"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References

Content: The Carpenters' recording is one of only two tracks on the album on which Richard Carpenter performs lead vocals. "Maybe It's You" is a song written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis for their previous band, Spectrum. It's a very low-key song, with an oboe solo by Doug Strawn. "Reason to Believe" is a song composed by Tim Hardin in the 1960s. Rod Stewart made a hit with it in 1971. Karen claimed in a live concert that the reason why they love the song is because it was one of the first songs they performed together as a group. "Help!" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in early 1965. The Carpenters produced four Beatles covers (" Ticket to Ride ", " Help! ", " Can't Buy Me Love " from Your Navy Presents, and " Nowhere Man ").