Only Yesterday (album)

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]

Only Yesterday
Greatest hits album by
Carpenters
Released1990 (1990)
Recorded1969–1981
GenrePop, adult contemporary
LabelA&M Records
ProducerRichard Carpenter
Carpenters chronology
Lovelines
(1989)		 Only Yesterday
(1990)		 As Time Goes By
(2004)
Live/compilation chronology
Yesterday Once More
(1985)		 Only Yesterday
(1990)		 From the Top
(1991)

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
  1. "Yesterday Once More" (remix)
  2. "Superstar" (remix)
  3. "Rainy Days and Mondays" (remix)
  4. "Top of the World" (single mix)
  5. "Ticket to Ride"
  6. "Goodbye to Love" (remix)
  7. "This Masquerade"
  8. "Hurting Each Other"
  9. "Solitaire"
  10. "We've Only Just Begun" (remix)
  11. "Those Good Old Dreams"
  12. "Please Mr. Postman"
  13. "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
  14. "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
  15. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
  16. "For All We Know"
  17. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song"
  18. "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
  19. "Only Yesterday"
  20. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day)" (remix)

Chart performance
Chart (1990–91) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 1

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[6] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[7] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] 5× Platinum 1,500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "The Carpenters - Only Yesterday". Official Charts Company. 1990-03-31. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  2. "Australiancharts.com – Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". Hung Medien.
  3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  4. "Charts.nz – Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". Hung Medien.
  5. "Norwegiancharts.com – Carpenters – Only Yesterday". Hung Medien.
  6. "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.
  7. "Aria Album Charts - 1990". Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. "New Zealand album certifications – The Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. "British album certifications – The Carpenters – Their Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 June 2019.


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