The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
Compilation album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	November 4, 2003
Genre	Country
Length	69:31
Label	Columbia
Producer	Blake Chancey; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Gregg Geller; Mark Isham;
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter is the second compilation album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Records on November 4, 2003. Unlike Carpenter's first compilation album, Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999), which comprised a mix of studio and live versions of her greatest hits, The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter features the original studio versions only.

Reception

The album reached No. 63 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. AllMusic rated the collection 4-out-of-5-stars, writing: "While the majority of these tracks are also included on Party Doll and Other Favorites, the difference is Essential contains the radio versions, not alternate takes or live tracks. Both discs are recommended to fans of Carpenter's modern folk/country hybrid."^[1] Barnes & Noble stated: "It's a challenge to summarize Mary Chapin Carpenter's deep catalogue on one disc, but this Essential release does a fine job of surveying the impressive range and sophistication of the singer-songwriter's music over the past decade-plus."^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, except where noted.^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Stones in the Road"		Stones in the Road (1994)	4:32
2.	"The Long Way Home"		Time* Sex* Love* (2001)	4:54
3.	"Shut Up and Kiss Me"		Stones in the Road (1994)	3:41
4.	"I Take My Chances"	Carpenter Don Schlitz	Come On Come On (1992)	3:45
5.	"I Feel Lucky"	Carpenter Schlitz	Come On Come On (1992)	3:31
6.	"Almost Home"	Carpenter Beth Nielsen Chapman Annie Roboff	Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999)	4:37
7.	"Halley Came to Jackson"		Shooting Straight in the Dark (1990)	3:10
8.	"I Am a Town"		Come On Come On (1992)	5:05
9.	"Quittin' Time"	Robb Royer Roger Linn	State of the Heart (1989)	3:51
10.	"Down at the Twist and Shout"		Shooting Straight in the Dark (1990)	3:21
11.	"He Thinks He'll Keep Her"	Carpenter Schlitz	Come On Come On (1992)	4:03
12.	"Only a Dream"		Come On Come On (1992)	5:32
13.	"Late for Your Life"		Time* Sex* Love* (2001)	5:35
14.	"The Hard Way"		Come On Come On (1992)	4:23
15.	"Passionate Kisses"	Lucinda Williams	Come On Come On (1992)	3:21
16.	"10,000 Miles"	Traditional	From the film Fly Away Home (1996)	6:10
Total length:				69:31

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	60

References

^ ^a ^b Campbell, Al. "The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter - Overview". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter (booklet). Mary Chapin Carpenter. Columbia. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

External links

Mary Chapin Carpenter's official website

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[allmusic_review-1] Campbell, Al. "The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[2] "The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter - Overview". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[3] The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter (booklet). Mary Chapin Carpenter. Columbia. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_BillboardCountry_Mary_Chapin_Carpenter-4] "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

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v t e Mary Chapin Carpenter
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Hometown Girl State of the Heart Shooting Straight in the Dark Come On Come On Stones in the Road A Place in the World Time* Sex* Love* Between Here and Gone The Calling Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas The Age of Miracles Ashes and Roses Songs from the Movie The Things That We Are Made Of Sometimes Just the Sky The Dirt and the Stars
Compilation albums	Party Doll and Other Favorites The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
Live albums	Jubilee: Live at Wolf Trap One Night Lonely
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