Flat Baroque | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | the Carpenters |
Album: | A Song for You |
A-Side: | It's Going to Take Some Time |
Recorded: | Winter 1971–1972 |
Genre: | Pop |
Label: | A&M |
Producer: | Jack Daugherty |
Prev Title: | Hurting Each Other |
Prev Year: | 1971 |
Next Title: | Goodbye to Love |
Next Year: | 1972 |
"Flat Baroque" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter in 1966, during his joint career with John Bettis 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. The song gained Richard a Grammy award nomination in 1972 for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals.[1] In April 1972, it was released as the B-side song to "It's Going to Take Some Time".