Shooting Straight in the Dark

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Shooting Straight in the Dark
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	1990
Genre	Country
Length	42:12
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	John Jennings and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
State of the Heart (1989)	Shooting Straight in the Dark (1990)	Come On Come On (1992)

Shooting Straight in the Dark is Mary Chapin Carpenter's third album. It was a #11 Country Album on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Four of its tracks became Billboard Hot Country Singles hits: "You Win Again" at #16, "Right Now" at #15, "Down at the Twist and Shout," her highest charting hit to date, at #2, and "Going Out Tonight" at #14. Another highlight is a song that never hit the charts, "Halley Came to Jackson," about the lives wrapped around two passes of Halley's Comet. Cajun group Beausoleil provides instrumental backup on "Down at the Twist and Shout." "You Win Again" and "Down at the Twist and Shout" also were acocmpanied by videos, which were popular on CMT and the now defunct Nashville Network.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Going Out Tonight" (Mary Chapin Carpenter/John Jennings) - 3:16
2. "Right Now" (Al Lewis/Sylvester Bradford) - 2:36
3. "The More Things Change" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 3:56
4. "When She's Gone" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 5:05
5. "Middle Ground" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 3:51
6. "Can't Take Love for Granted" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 4:01
7. "Down at the Twist and Shout" [with Beausoleil] (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 3:21
8. "Halley Came to Jackson" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 3:10
9. "What You Didn't Say" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 4:36
10. "You Win Again" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 3:59
11. "The Moon and St. Christopher" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 4:21