Mary Chapin Carpenter discography

Mary Chapin Carpenter discography

Mary Chapin Carpenter in New York City; 2006.
Releases
Studio albums 10
Compilation albums 5
Singles 35
Video albums 3
Music videos 15
Other appearances 22
No. 1 Singles 1

The discography of Mary Chapin Carpenter, an American folk, country, and soft rock artist, consists of ten studio albums, five compilation albums, two video albums, and thirty five singles. After recording a demo tape, she was signed to Columbia Records in 1987, where she released her debut album Hometown Girl the same year, which was composed of folk music.[1]

In June 1989, Carpenter released her second album State of the Heart, which transitioned more towards country music[2] and spawned the singles "Never Had It So Good" and "Quittin' Time", both of which reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] Her third album Shooting Straight in the Dark was released in October 1990 and certified platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America.[3] Come On, Come On was issued June 30, 1992 and became her highest-selling studio album, certifying quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and producing seven singles between 1992 and 1994. Of the seven singles spawned the Top Ten hits, "I Feel Lucky", "Passionate Kisses", "He Thinks He'll Keep Her", and "I Take My Chances".[1] Stones in the Road (1994) debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and remained at the position for five weeks, while also peaking at number 10 on the Billboard 200. A Place in the World was released in 1996 and certified gold in sales in the United States. Its lead single "Let Me Into Your Heart" reached number 11 on the Billboard country chart in 1997.[3][4]

After the release of the compilation Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999), Carpenter released her seventh studio album Time* Sex* Love* in 2001, which debuted at number 6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 52 on the Billboard 200.[5] Its lead single "Simple Life" became Carpenter's last charting single to date, reaching number 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2001.[6] Carpenter produced her next album Between Here and Gone with pianist Matt Rollings in 2004 and spawned two singles. Her ninth studio release The Calling was released on the Zoë independent label and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 59 on the Billboard 200.[7] After issuing her first holiday album in 2008, Carpenter released her tenth studio album in April 2010 entitled The Age of Miracles, which was also released via Zoë.[1] Mary Chapin Carpenter has sold about 8.5 million records according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[8]

Contents

Studio albums

1980s

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
Hometown Girl
State of the Heart
  • Release date: June 13, 1989
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
28 183
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
CAN Country
[12]
CAN
[13]
UK
[14]
Shooting Straight in the Dark
  • Release date: October 9, 1990
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
11 70
Come On Come On
  • Release date: June 30, 1992
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
6 31 4
Stones in the Road
  • Release date: October 4, 1994
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 10 1 29 26
A Place in the World
  • Release date: October 22, 1996
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3 20 13 36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
UK
[14]
Time* Sex* Love*
  • Release date: May 29, 2001
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
6 52 57
Between Here and Gone
  • Release date: April 27, 2004
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
5 50 92
The Calling
  • Release date: March 6, 2007
  • Label: Zoë Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
10 59 95

2010s

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
US
Folk

[17]
US Rock
[18]
UK
[14]
The Age of Miracles
  • Release date: April 27, 2010
  • Label: Zoë Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
6 28 1 8 101

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
Party Doll and Other Favorites
  • Release date: May 25, 1999
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
4 43
The Essential Mary
Chapin Carpenter
  • Release date: November 4, 2003
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD
60
Super Hits
  • Release date: May 22, 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, music download
Playlist: The Best of
Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Release date: August 19, 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Holiday albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[9]
US
[10]
US Holiday
[19]
Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas
  • Release date: September 30, 2008
  • Label: Zoë Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
30 155 7

Singles

1980s singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[20]
CAN Country
[21]
1989 "How Do" 19 44 State of the Heart
"Never Had It So Good" 8 6

1990s singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[20]
US
[22]
US AC
[23]
CAN Country
[21]
CAN
[24]
CAN AC
[25]
UK
[14]
1990 "Quittin' Time" 7 8 State of the Heart
"Something of a Dreamer" 14 8
1991 "You Win Again" 16 6 Shooting Straight in the Dark
"Right Now" 15 14
"Down at the Twist and Shout" 2 7
1992 "Going Out Tonight" 14 13
"I Feel Lucky" 4 3 16 Come On Come On
"Not Too Much to Ask" (featuring Joe Diffie) 15 12
1993 "Passionate Kisses" 4 57 11 5 39 17
"The Hard Way" 11 11
"The Bug" 16 24
1994 "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" 2 6 71
"I Take My Chances" 2 2
"Shut Up and Kiss Me" 1 90 5 35 Stones in the Road
1995 "Tender When I Want to Be" 6 2
"House of Cards" 21 22
"Why Walk When You Can Fly" 45 43
1996 "Grow Old with Me" 17 Working Class Hero
"Let Me into Your Heart" 11 5 A Place in the World
1997 "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" 35 33
"The Better to Dream of You" 64 85
"Keeping the Faith" 58
1999 "Almost Home" 22 85 45 Party Doll and Other Favorites
"Wherever You Are" 55 74
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[20]
2001 "Simple Life" 53 Time* Sex* Love*
"This Is Me Leaving You"
2004 "What Would You Say to Me" Between Here and Gone
"Beautiful Racket"
2007 "On with the Song" The Calling
"It Must Have Happened"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s singles

Year Single Album
2010 "I Put My Ring Back On" The Age of Miracles
"The Way I Feel"

Other singles

Featured singles

Year Single Artist(s) Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[26]
US
[26]
CAN Country
[21]
UK
[14]
1993 "Romeo" Dolly Parton
(with Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea,
Pam Tillis, and Tanya Tucker)
27 50 33 Slow Dancing with the Moon
1995 "One Cool Remove" Shawn Colvin 40 Cover Girl
1998 "It's Only Love" Randy Scruggs 67 Crown of Jewels
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Video albums

Title Album details
My Record Company Made Me Do This
  • Release date: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: VHS
Jubilee: Live at Wolf Trap
Musical Tribute to the Red Cross
(with Kevin Pollak and Sawyer Brown)
  • Release date: October 27, 2006
  • Label: Unicorn
  • Formats: CD, DVD

Music videos

Year Video Director
1989 "Never Had It So Good"[27] Ken Ross
1990 "This Shirt"[28] Bill Pope
1991 "You Win Again"[29]
"Down at the Twist and Shout"[30] Jack Cole
1992 "I Feel Lucky"[31]
1993 "Passionate Kisses"[32] Markus Blunder
1994 "He Thinks He'll Keep Her"[33] Bud Schaetzle
"Shut Up and Kiss Me"[34] Michael Salomon
1995 "Tender When I Want to Be"[35]
"House of Cards"[36]
1996 "Let Me Into Your Heart"[37] Steven Goldmann
1997 "The Better to Dream of You"[38]
1999 "Almost Home" Randy Spear
"Wherever You Are"[39] Steven Goldmann

Guest appearances

Year Video Director
1993 "Romeo" (with Dolly Parton, Billy Ray Cyrus,
Kathy Mattea and Tanya Tucker)
Randee St. Nicholas
1994 "One Cool Remove" (with Shawn Colvin) David Hogan

Other appearances

Year Song Album appearance
1992 "Jenny Dreamed of Trains" Disney's Country Kids[40]
1993 "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (with Rosanne Cash and Shawn Colvin) The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration[41]
"Romeo" (Dolly Parton featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis, and Kathy Mattea) Slow Dancing with the Moon[42]
1994 "The Moon and St. Christopher" 1992 Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Incredibly Live[43]
"One Cool Remove" (with Shawn Colvin) Cover Girl[44]
"It Don't Bring You" Shelter: Best of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters[45]
1995 "Diamonds & Rust" (with Joan Baez) Ring Them Bells[46]
"Grow Old with Me" Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon[47]
1996 "Wishing" Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly)[48]
1997 "Dead Man Walking (A Dream Like This)" Dead Man Walking (soundtrack)[49]
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" My Best Friend's Wedding (soundtrack)[50]
"Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixon Line" Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute[51]
1998 "It's Only Love" (with Randy Scruggs) Crown of Jewels[52]
"I Belong to You" (with John Jennings) I Belong to You[53]
"Oh Lonesome Me" A Tribute to Tradition[54]
1999 "Deserted Soldier" (with The Chieftains) Tears of Stone[55]
2000 "Blue Night" Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe[56]
2001 "This Shirt" (live) Concerts for a Landmine-Free World[57]
2002 "Spring and All" Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown[58]
"Flesh and Blood" (with Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris) Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash[59]
2004 "Peace Call" (Eliza Gilkyson featuring Patty Griffin and Iris Dement) Land of Milk and Honey[60]
2007 "The Weeping Willow" (with Devin Sproule) Keep Your Silver Shined[61]

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