A Place in the World (album)

A Place in the World is the sixth album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and was a #3 Country Album on the Billboard charts. Album tracks that entered the Hot Country Singles chart were "Let Me into Your Heart" at #11, "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" at #35, and "Keeping the Faith" at #58. Carpenter wrote all of the songs on the album singlehandedly.

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

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

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 vocals
• Mike 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 vocals
• Duke Levine – electric guitar, mandola
• Robbie Magruder – drums
• Dave Mattacks – drums, tambourine
• Kim Richey – background vocals
• Harry 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.

Chart performance