世界之巔回憶滿滿 中英互譯

TopoftheWorld

isa1972songwrittenandcomposedby

RichardCarpenter

and

JohnBettis

andfirstrecordedbyAmericanpopduo

TheCarpenters.Thesongwasa

BillboardHot100

No.1hitfortheduofortwoconsecutiveweeksin1973.TheCarpenters

wereanAmericanvocalandinstrumentalduoof

Karen

(1950–1983)and

RichardCarpenter

(b.1946).Theyproducedadistinctsoftmusicalstyle,combiningKaren's

contralto

vocalswithRichard'sarrangingandcompositionskills.Duringtheir14-yearcareer,theCarpentersrecordedtenalbums,alongwithnumeroussinglesandseveraltelevisionspecials.

Theircareertogetherendedin1983followingKaren'sdeathfrom

heartfailure

broughtonbycomplicationsofanorexia.ThoughtheCarpenterswerecriticizedfortheirclean-cutandwholesomeconservativeimageinthe1970s,theirmusichassincebeenre-evaluated,attractingcriticalacclaimandcontinuedcommercialsuccess.《世界之巔》是美國著名兄妹組合卡朋特樂隊演唱的一首歌，收錄在1972年的專輯ASongForYou中，由理查德·卡朋特（RichardCarpenter）譜曲，約翰·貝蒂斯（JohnBettis）填詞，曾登上全美流行音樂榜榜首。卡朋特樂隊佳作頻出，在1970年代和1980年代初風靡一時。1983年2月，卡倫因神經(jīng)性厭食癥過世，年僅32歲。她嗓音優(yōu)美，演唱自然，略帶傷感，令人難以忘懷。中國著名歌手王菲曾翻唱過這首歌，收錄于專輯《迷人的卡勒》中。Top

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The

World,Carpenters

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