Shooting Straight in the Dark

Shooting Straight in the Dark
Studio album by Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Released October 9, 1990
Genre Country
Length 42:12
Label Columbia Nashville
Producer Mary Chapin Carpenter
John Jennings
Mary-Chapin Carpenter chronology

State of the Heart
(1989)
Shooting Straight in the Dark
(1990)
Come On Come On
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly A−[2]

Shooting Straight in the Dark is Mary Chapin Carpenter's third studio album. It was a #11 Country Album on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Four of its tracks became Billboard Hot Country Songs hits: "You Win Again" at #16, "Right Now" at #15, "Down at the Twist and Shout" at #2, and "Going Out Tonight" at #14. Members of the Cajun band BeauSoleil provide guest instrumentation on "Down at the Twist and Shout".

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter; except where indicated

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

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[3]

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 11
U.S. Billboard 200 70

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Shooting Straight in the Dark (CD). Mary Chapin Carpenter. Columbia Records. 1990. CK 46077.