The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter

by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Overview

The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter takes hits from six albums she recorded for Columbia, omitting material from her first album, Hometown Girl. Since the majority of these songs appealed to both pop and country audiences, they achieved wide crossover popularity. The 16 cuts include the original versions of Carpenter's Top Ten hits "I Feel Lucky," "Passionate Kisses," "Down at the Twist and Shout," "Quittin' Time," and her first number one hit, "He Thinks He'll Keep Her." 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. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/22/2009
Label:	Legacy / Columbia
UPC:	5099751517320

Tracks

1. Stones in the Road
2. The Long Way Home
3. Shut Up and Kiss Me
4. I Take My Chances
5. I Feel Lucky
6. Almost Home
7. Halley Came to Jackson
8. I am a Town
9. Quittin' Tiime
10. Down at the Twist and Shout
11. He Thinks He'll Keep Her
12. Only a Dream
13. Late for Your Life
14. The Hard Way
15. Passionate Kisses
16. 10,000 Miles [From Fly Away Home]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mary Chapin Carpenter   Primary Artist,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Lee Roy Parnell   Guest Artist,Slide Guitar
Indigo Girls   Guest Artist
Shawn Colvin   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Trisha Yearwood   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Andy Newmark   Drums
Ava Aldridge   Vocals (Background)
Bob Glaub   Bass
Rico Petrucelli   Bass
Bob Sheppard   Soloist,Sax (Soprano)
Tom Roady   Percussion
Jon Carroll   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Mark O'Connor   Fiddle
Peter Bonta   Piano,Guitar (Acoustic)
Matt Rollings   Organ,Piano
Glenn Worf   Bass,Clevenger Bass
Annie Roboff   Vocals (Background)
Robbie Magruder   Drums,Percussion
Herb Pedersen   Vocals (Background)
Mike McAdam   Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Electric)
Dave Mattacks   Drums,Percussion
Steuart Smith   Guitar (Electric)
Duke Levine   Guitar (Electric)
Benmont Tench   Piano,Organ (Hammond)
Edgar Meyer   Double Bass
Don Dixon   Bass
Jimmy Breaux   Yells,Accordion
Reggie Young   Guitar (Electric)
Michael Doucet   Yells,Fiddle
Michael Rhodes   Bass
John Carroll   Piano
Denny Dadmun-Bixby   Bass
Kenneth Kugler   Conductor
Amy Ray   Vocals (Background)
Beth Nielsen Chapman   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Aronoff   Drums
Billy Ware   Percussion
J.T. Brown   Bass,Vocals (Background)
John Jarvis   Piano
Cindy Walker   Vocals (Background)
Emily Saliers   Vocals (Background)
Pat Buchanan   Guitar (Electric)
Greg Morrow   Drums
Steve Nathan   Piano,Organ (Hammond)
Garrison Starr   Vocals (Background)
John McCutcheon   Hammer Dulcimer
John Jorgenson   Guitar
John Jennings   Yells,Guitar,Cowbell,Tambourine,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Andy Spooner   Composer
Blake Chancey   Producer
Mark Isham   Orchestra Production,Arranger,Producer,Orchestration
Robb Royer   Composer
Roger Linn   Composer
Annie Roboff   Composer
William Lehner   Composer
Darren Salmieri   A&R,Artist Coordination
Gregg Geller   Compilation Producer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Lucinda Williams   Composer
Mary Chapin Carpenter   Composer,Producer
Caroline Greyshock   Photography
Tracy Baskette-Fleaner   Art Direction
Tanya Welch   Project Director
Michael Wilson   Photography
Gwendolen Cates   Photography
Don Schlitz   Composer
Jay Orr   Liner Notes
Kenneth Kugler   Orchestration
Traditional   Composer
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Beth Nielsen Chapman   Composer
John Jackson   Project Director
John Jennings   Producer,Vocal Producer