Flat Baroque

Infobox Single
Name = Flat Baroque


Caption =
Artist = The Carpenters
from Album = A Song for You
A-side = "It's Going to Take Some Time"
B-side = "Flat Baroque"
Released = April 13, 1972
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Winter 1972
Genre = Pop
Length = 01:48
Label = A&M Records
Writer = Richard Carpenter; John Bettis
Producer = Jack Daugherty
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Hurting Each Other" (1971)
This single = "It's Going to Take Some Time"/"Flat Baroque" (1972)
Next single = "Goodbye to Love" (1972)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = A Song for You
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "A Song for You"
# "Top of the World"
# "Hurting Each Other"
# "It's Going to Take Some Time"
# "Goodbye to Love"
# "Intermission";Side two
# "Bless the Beasts and Children"
# "Flat Baroque"
# "Piano Picker"
# "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
# "Crystal Lullaby"
# "Road Ode"
# "A Song for You (Reprise)"

Flat Baroque is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis in 1966, during their career at Disneyland. It lay dormant until 1970, when Carpenter and his sister, Karen Carpenter, appeared on a syndicated radio show, called "Your Navy Presents." They performed a slow, jazzy version of the song with the oboe being the main star. Carpenter did not think of recording a studio version of the song for record release until 1972 with the release of the album, "A Song for You". This cut is much faster than the "Your Navy Presents" version, and features the piano rather than the oboe. It won Richard Carpenter a Grammy award in 1972 for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals" [ [http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/carpenter/faq.html#GrammyAwards Carpenters FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions ] ] . In April 1972, it was released as the B-side song to "It's Going to Take Some Time."

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