Stones in the Road

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Stones in the Road
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	1994
Genre	Country
Length	55:35
Label	Columbia
Producer	John Jennings and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Come On Come On (1992) Stones in the Road (1994) A Place in the World (1996)

Stones in the Road is the fifth album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and her first and only #1 Country Album on the Billboard charts. The album also contains her first and only #1 Hot Country Singles hit, "Shut Up and Kiss Me." Other charting singles were "Tender When I Want to Be" at #6, "House of Cards" at #21, and "Why Walk When You Can Fly?" at #45. The nostalgically themed title track was first recorded by folk legend Joan Baez in 1992 (to whom Carpenter first pitched the song during a joint concert appearance) before she recorded it herself.

Mary Chapin Carpenter earned two Grammy Awards in 1995 for her work on the album: Best Country Album and Best Female Country Vocal Performance (for "Shut Up and Kiss Me"), the fourth straight year she won the latter category.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

1. "Why Walk When You Can Fly?" - 3:31
2. "House of Cards" - 3:45
3. "Stones in the Road" - 4:31
4. "A Keeper for Every Flame" - 3:46
5. "Tender When I Want to Be" - 2:54
6. "Shut Up and Kiss Me" - 3:40
7. "The Last Word" - 3:25
8. "The End of My Pirate Days" - 5:02
9. "John Doe No. 24" - 5:44
10. "Jubilee" - 4:36
11. "Outside Looking In" - 4:42
12. "Where Time Stands Still" - 3:40
13. "This Is Love" - 6:19

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Paul Brady – tin whistles, background vocals
• J. T. Brown – fretless bass, bass guitar
• Mary Chapin Carpenter – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Jon Carroll – piano, accordion
• Shawn Colvin – background vocals
• Don Dixon – bass guitar, arco bass
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• John Jennings – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, beach guitar, bass guitar, background vocals, percussion, Hammond C-3, cowbell, plucked piano
• Robbie Magruder – drums
• Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone
• Alan O'Bryant – background vocals
• Lee Roy Parnell – slide guitar
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Steuart Smith – electric guitar
• Benmont Tench – Hammond C-3, piano
• Robin and Linda Williams – background vocals
• Trisha Yearwood – background vocals