Mary Chapin Carpenter
Are these Mary Chapin Carpenter’s top ten songs ?
Here is a nice article about Mary Chapin Carpenter’s top ten songs.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/424056/ten_great_songs_by_mary_chapin_carpenter.html
Like many other “country” songwriters, Mary Chapin Carpenter has gotten better the further she’s gotten away from the mainstream of Nashville country. As her career has progressed, her writing seems so much bigger in scope.
My personal MCC favorites (more or less in order of release)
1-Never Had It So Good
2-Quittin’ TIme
3-This Shirt
4-You Win Again
5-Halley Came to Jackson
6-He Thinks He’ll Keep Here
7-Jubilee
8-Let Me Into Your Heart
9-On With the Song
10-Houston
The last two songs from “The Calling” album really showcase the overall scope of her writing now. On With The Song details the current state of censorship and particularly brings in the situation of the Dixie Chicks and their anti-Bush remarks. “Houston” is a tale of the fate of those who were evacuated from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
I’ll add a bonus song. If you’ve never heard “The Opening Act”, as far as I know she never recorded it, but she did open one of the country awards shows with it and it brought the house down. It’s about the trials and tribulations of being the first musician onto the stage – how neither the crowd nor the headlining act give a crap about you. At the time it was said that Dwight Yoakam was the target of some of the mocking things she wrote about the headliner. After some searching I found it at the attached link
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Down At The Twist And Shout
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Ashes & Roses $10.00 Ashes and Roses is the new album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter on Zoë/Rounder Records. On this, her twelfth studio recording, Carpenter continues to produce writing that is nearly peerless in the way her compositions dig deep into the various extremes of experience. Highlights include the track Soul Companion, which features a special duet with James Taylor. Recorded in N… |
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30th Anniversary Concert Celebration $12.50 29 live tracks. Two CD set in a ‘fat’ double jewelbox. Small hole in barcode art…. |
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The Age of Miracles $9.18 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Jubilee: Live at Wolf Trap [VHS] $3.99 … |
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My Record Company Made Me Do This [VHS] $2.89 Includes: Shut Up and Kiss Me, He Thinks He’ll Keep Her, Passionate Kisses, I Feel Lucky, Down at the Twist and Shout, You Win Again, and This Shirt…. |
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The Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour [VHS] $19.98 … |
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Fly Away Home (Special Edition) $4.78 Features include: •MPAA Rating: PG•Format: DVD•Runtime: 107 minutes… |
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Mary Chapin Carpenter – Jubilee (Live at Wolf Trap) $9.98 Check out eighteen of her best-loved songs: why walk when you can fly passionate kisses i feel lucky and more. Studio: Sony Music Release Date: 02/24/2004 Run time: 88 minutes Rating: Nr… |
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New Umgd Rounder Artist Mary Chapin Carpenter Age Of Miracles Country Folk Product Type Cd … |
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The Mary Chapin Carpenter Collection $10.94 20 songs from this folk-influenced country favorite, including: Down at the Twist and Shout * Grow Old with Me * He Thinks He’ll Keep Her * I Feel Lucky * I Take My Chances * Let Me into Your Heart * Passionate Kisses * Shut up and Kiss Me * Stones in the Road * You Win Again * and more…. |