Only Yesterday (album)
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Only Yesterday | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1981 | |||
Genre | Pop, adult contemporary | |||
Label | A&M Records | |||
Producer | Richard Carpenter | |||
Carpenters chronology | ||||
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Live/compilation chronology | ||||
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Only Yesterday (subtitled Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits) is a greatest hits compilation album by American group the Carpenters. It was released in 1990 by A&M Records and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart for seven weeks.[1]
The album was released as Their Greatest Hits worldwide later in 1990, charting in several other countries and peaking at number one in New Zealand, also for seven weeks. This version has almost identical cover art except for the title as well as the addition of a sticker reading "20 Tracks, 76 Minutes Playing Time".
Track listing
- "Yesterday Once More" (remix)
- "Superstar" (remix)
- "Rainy Days and Mondays" (remix)
- "Top of the World" (single mix)
- "Ticket to Ride"
- "Goodbye to Love" (remix)
- "This Masquerade"
- "Hurting Each Other"
- "Solitaire"
- "We've Only Just Begun" (remix)
- "Those Good Old Dreams"
- "Please Mr. Postman"
- "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
- "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
- "For All We Know"
- "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
- "Only Yesterday"
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day)" (remix)
Charts
Chart (1990-1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 9 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] | 3 |
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[4] | 8 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 1 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] | 8 |
UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 1 |
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] | 33 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[9] | Gold | 30,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[10] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[11] | Gold | 25,000[11] |
Japan (RIAJ)[12] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[13] | Gold | 100,000[13] |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[14] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | 5× Platinum | 1,500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "The Carpenters - Only Yesterday". Official Charts Company. 1990-03-31. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Carpenters – Only Yesterday". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Aria Album Charts - 1990". Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Carpenters" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ "Japanese album certifications – Carpenters – Only Yesterday" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1994年2月 on the drop-down menu
- ^ a b "Carpenters Their Greatest Hits Mexican award disc". Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – The Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "British album certifications – The Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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