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A Place in the World (album)

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Released
  
October 22, 1996

Artist
  
Mary Chapin Carpenter

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
45:06

Release date
  
22 October 1996

Genre
  
Country music

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Producers
  
Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings

Similar
  
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A Place in the World is the sixth album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and was a No. 3 Country Album on the Billboard charts. Album tracks that entered the Hot Country Singles chart were "Let Me into Your Heart" at No. 11, "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" at No. 35, and "Keeping the Faith" at No. 58. Carpenter wrote all of the songs on the album singlehandedly.

Contents

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Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

  1. "Keeping the Faith" – 3:19
  2. "Hero in Your Own Hometown" – 3:50
  3. "I Can See It Now" – 3:34
  4. "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" – 3:30
  5. "Let Me into Your Heart" – 2:54
  6. "What If We Went to Italy" – 3:38
  7. "That's Real" – 3:53
  8. "Ideas Are Like Stars" – 4:05
  9. "Naked to the Eye" – 3:54
  10. "Sudden Gift of Fate" – 5:05
  11. "The Better to Dream of You" – 3:18
  12. "A Place in the World" – 4:06

Personnel

  • Pete Barenbregge – tenor saxophone
  • J.T. Brown – background vocals
  • Jon Carroll – piano, accordion, background vocals
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Shawn Colvin – background vocals
  • Mike Crotty – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Rich Haering – trumpet
  • John Jennings – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backpacker, baritone guitar, bass guitar, fretless bass, lap steel guitar, percussion, synthesizer, background vocals
  • Duke Levine – electric guitar, mandola
  • Robbie Magruder – drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums, tambourine
  • Kim Richey – background vocals
  • Harry Stinson – drums, cowbell
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ

    • String section

  • Kim Miller, Margaraet Gutierrez, Lilly Soong Kramer, Theresa Lazar, Steven Romer, Matthew Loden, Mark Dulac, Ozman Kivrak, Joan Singer, Vickie Yanics, Tracy Jasas, Christoff Richter – violins
  • Marcio Botelho, Timothy Butler, Nancy Jo Snyder, David Teie – cellos

    • Strings and horns conducted and arranged by Michael "Rico" Petruccelli.

    Songs

    1Keeping the Faith3:17
    2Hero in Your Own Hometown3:51
    3I Can See It Now3:34

    References

    A Place in the World (album) Wikipedia
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