State of the Heart (album)
Appearance
State of the Heart | ||||
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Released | June 13, 1989 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 38:21 | |||
Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings | |||
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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.
Track listing
All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.
- "How Do" - 2:09
- "Something of a Dreamer" - 2:56
- "Never Had It So Good" (Carpenter, John Jennings) - 4:04
- "Read My Lips" - 3:05
- "This Shirt" - 3:48
- "Quittin' Time" (Robb Royer, Roger Linn) - 3:52
- "Down in Mary's Land" - 2:27
- "Goodbye Again" - 4:47
- "Too Tired" - 2:28
- "Slow Country Dance" - 4:00
- "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
Chart performance
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 28 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 183 |
References
- ^ State of the Heart at AllMusic
- ^ Hurst, Jack (1989-08-31). "Mary Chapin Carpenter State of the Heart (Columbia)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ^ "Mary-Chapin Carpenter - State of the Heart CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2013-04-14.