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State of the Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)

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Released
  
June 13, 1989

Artist
  
Mary Chapin Carpenter

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
38:21

Release date
  
13 June 1989

Genre
  
Country music

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State of the Heart (1989)
  
Shooting Straight in the Dark (1990)

Producers
  
Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings

Similar
  
Shooting Straight in the Dark, Hometown Girl, A Place in the World, Stones in the Road, Between Here and Gone

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State of the Heart is singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter's second album. It is much more country sounding than her preceding basically folk début Hometown Girl. State of the Heart eventually rose to the #28 position on the Billboard Country Albums chart, with four of its tracks finding places within the Hot Country Singles chart. Chronologically, they were "How Do" at #19, "Never Had It So Good" at #8, "Quittin' Time" at #7, and "Something of a Dreamer" at #14.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.

  1. "How Do" - 2:09
  2. "Something of a Dreamer" - 2:56
  3. "Never Had It So Good" (Carpenter, John Jennings) - 4:04
  4. "Read My Lips" - 3:05
  5. "This Shirt" - 3:48
  6. "Quittin' Time" (Robb Royer, Roger Linn) - 3:52
  7. "Down in Mary's Land" - 2:27
  8. "Goodbye Again" - 4:47
  9. "Too Tired" - 2:28
  10. "Slow Country Dance" - 4:00
  11. "It Don't Bring You" - 4:45

Production

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings - producers
  • Bob Dawson - production assistance, recording, mixing
  • Ted Jensen - mastering

    • The band

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitars, lead & backing vocals
  • John Jennings - electric & acoustic guitars, synthesizers, backing vocals, bass ("Too Tired"), piano ("This Shirt")
  • Peter "Tex Luigi" Bonta - accordion, keyboards, acoustic guitar ("How Do")
  • Jon Carroll - organ, piano, keyboards
  • Rico Petrucelli - bass, fretless bass
  • Robbie Magruder - drums, percussion

    • Additional personnel

  • Mike Auldridge - dobro, pedal steel ("Slow Country Dance")
  • Tommy Hannum - pedal steel ("How Do")
  • Rickie Simpkins - fiddle, mandolin
  • Shawn Colvin - backing vocals
  • Kim Miller, David Premo, Bruce Myers, Steven Day - string quartet ("Goodbye Again")
  • William Zsembery - French horn
  • Strings Written, Arranged & Conducted By Rico Petrucelli

    • Songs

    1How Do2:12
    2Something of a Dreamer3:01
    3Never Had It So Good4:08

    References

    State of the Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter album) Wikipedia
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