1996 studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
A Place in the World Mary Chapin Carpenter , released by Columbia Records on October 22, 1996. It rose to No. 3 on the Billboard's Country Albums chart and No. 20 on the Billboard 200Hot Country Songs chart: "Let Me into Your Heart" (No. 11), "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" (No. 35), and "Keeping the Faith" (No. 58).
Track listing
All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter .
No. Title Length 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 Total length: 45:06
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 vocalsMike 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 vocalsDuke Levine – electric guitar, mandola Robbie Magruder – drums
Dave Mattacks – drums, tambourine Kim Richey – background vocalsHarry 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.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1996)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )
75
Chart (1997)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard )
30
Certifications
Region
Certification
Certified units /sales
Canada (Music Canada )
Gold
50,000
United States (RIAA )
Gold
500,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.
References
A Place in the World at AllMusic
"Mary Chapin CarpenterA Place in the World..." Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.Entertainment Weekly review
Album reviews at CD Universe
Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved February 1, 2021.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved February 1, 2021.
"Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996" . Billboard . Retrieved February 1, 2021."Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997" . Billboard . Retrieved February 1, 2021."Canadian album certifications – Mary Chapin Carpenter – A Place in the World" . Music Canada . Retrieved February 1, 2021."American album certifications – Mary Chapin Carpenter – A Place in the World" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 1, 2021.
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