State of the Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)

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State of the Heart
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	1989
Genre	Country
Length	38:21
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	John Jennings and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Hometown Girl (1987)	State of the Heart (1989)	Shooting Straight in the Dark (1990)

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.

[edit] Track listing

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