Made in America (The Carpenters album)
Made in America is the tenth studio album by the American popular music duo Carpenters, released in June 1981. The final album by the duo to be released during Karen Carpenter's lifetime, it reached number 52 in the US and number 12 in the UK. In 1985, Richard said "that was Karen's favorite album and is mine, out of all our projects". Karen played drums in the studio for the first time since "Horizon" on the song "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)", albeit in unison with veteran Nashville session  drummer Larrie Londin, and she also played percussion on "Those Good Old Dreams" in tandem with Paulinho da Costa. Promotion. To promote "Made in America", Karen and Richard Carpenter appeared on several talk shows in 1981, including "America's Top Ten" on July 11, "The Merv Griffin Show" on October 2 performing "(Want You) Back in My Life Again", and "Good Morning America" on October 12.