Carpenters兄妹在流行乐坛仅驻留了10余年，但却给我们留下了不可磨灭的印象，所有演绎的歌曲听起来似乎都是那么中性、柔和、美好，一曲“Yesterday Once More”的旋律缓缓响起，不禁让我怀念作为莘莘学子的年代；而听“Top of the World”的时候，脑海总是浮现与一帮好朋友野外郊游、畅谈理想的光景；“Ticket to Ride”，这首THE BEATLES的经典名曲，经Karen Carpenter的重新演唱，更多了一份伤感；“Rainy Days And Mondays”是我下雨天的周日下午常听的曲子，事实上歌曲所表现的意境与当时欧美社会年轻人的心态是一致的，彷徨、忧郁、逃避现实，但对未来又充满期待；“Close To You”是Carpenters的成名作，其特有的旋律和配乐，尤其是人声背景，无不给我们强烈的怀旧感；而“Jambalaya”的吉特巴舞曲节奏，让你涌起扑上美丽大自然的冲动。此外，“Goodbye Love”、“Close To You”、“For All We Know”等均为Carpenters脍炙人口的经典之作。可以这么说，Carpenters和他们的歌曲，正是那一代美国文化和精神的缩影。

Depending on where you stand, this double-disc set is either where too much becomes too much, or just right. While most of Karen Carpenter's best is available on the more economical Singles 1969-1973, fans aren't likely to turn up their noses at the post-'73 hits that round out Yesterday. "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" is nearly as bitter as the eternal "Goodbye to Love," while "Only Yesterday" is the best of their happy songs. And something we've always wondered: whose idea was it for them to cover Klaatu's "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"? --Rickey Wright