Flat Baroque

"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. In April 1972, it was released as the B-side song to "It's Going to Take Some Time".

"Flat Baroque"
Single by the Carpenters
from the album A Song for You
A-side	"It's Going to Take Some Time"
Released	April 29, 1972 (1972-04-29)
Recorded	Winter 1971–1972
Genre	Pop
Length	1:48
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Richard Carpenter
Producer(s)	Jack Daugherty
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Hurting Each Other" (1971) "Flat Baroque" (1972) "Goodbye to Love" (1972)
A Song for You track listing
13 tracks Side one "A Song for You" "Top of the World" "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Intermission" Side two "Bless the Beasts and Children" "Flat Baroque" "Piano Picker" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Crystal Lullaby" "Road Ode" "A Song for You (Reprise)"

Personnel

• Richard Carpenter – piano, orchestration
• Karen Carpenter – drums
• Joe Osborn – bass
• Earl Dumler – English horn
• Norm Herzberg – bassoon