claim: They were going to be gone by now, but now they're setting records
evidence: Offering / Ticket to Ride ( 1969 ) Close to You ( 1970 ) Carpenters ( 1971 ) A Song for You ( 1972 ) Now & Then ( 1973 ) Horizon ( 1975 ) A Kind of Hush ( 1976 ) Passage ( 1977 ) Christmas Portrait ( 1978 ) Made in America ( 1981 ) Posthumous releases Voice of the Heart ( 1983 ) An Old-Fashioned Christmas ( 1984 ) Lovelines ( 1989 ) As Time Goes By ( 2004 ) Carpenters With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( 2018 ) Notes Even though they are referred to as The Carpenters, their official name for authorized recordings and press material is simply Carpenters.