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Although Mary Chapin Carpenter's second album yielded two Top Ten hits, it was the release of 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark that confirmed her talents as an artist who could easily stage a crossover without relinquishing her country roots. With an even stronger infusion of folk and pop, Carpenter opened herself up to a wider market, taking the Cajun-tinged "Down at the Twist and Shout" (with the help of Beausoleil ) to number two on the country charts, a song that also netted her a Grammy for best country vocal performance by a female. Both "You Win Again" and Gene Vincent's "Right Now" were also released as singles, expanding Carpenter's exposure even more so, but the other tracks from the album also reveal her lyrical strength and attentive songwriting prowess. "Halley Came to Jackson" is a wonderful tale about a small town's fascination with and misconception about Halley's comet back in 1910, while tracks such as "What You Didn't Say" and "When She's Gone" are also fresh-sounding country efforts that shine a light on her delicate but hearty singing style. Carpenter gets some help from Shawn Colvin on a few of the cuts and, because their collaboration worked so well, she and a number of other artists appeared on her next album and on 1994's Stones in the Road, expanding her material to an even greater extent. Shooting Straight in the Dark was indeed a breakthrough album for Carpenter, not only in a commercial sense but at a personal level as well, and its progressive repercussions helped in making 1992's Come on Come On an even stronger effort, spawning a myriad of hit singles.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
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Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Composer - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Lyricist - John Jennings, Synthesizer - John Jennings, Bass - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - Don Dixon, Background Vocal - Don Dixon, Bass - Marti Jones, Background Vocal - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Jon Carroll, Piano - Sylvester Bradford, Composer - Sylvester Bradford, Lyricist - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Dave Palamar, Drums - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Al Lewis, Composer - Al Lewis, Lyricist
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Bass - Mike Cotter, Background Vocal - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Jon Carroll, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Rico Petruccelli, Bass - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Bass - Marti Jones, Background Vocal - Shawn Colvin, Background Vocal - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Vince Santoro, Drums - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Bass - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Rico Petruccelli, Bass - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano - Peter Bonta, Keyboards - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Billy Ware, Percussion - Rico Petruccelli, Bass - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Jimmy Breaux, Acordeon - Peter Bonta, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Michael Doucet, Fiddle
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Herb Pedersen, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Producer - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Mark O'Connor, Fiddle - Rico Petruccelli, Bass - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Peter Bonta, Piano - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - John McCutcheon, Dulcimer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Rico Petruccelli, Bass - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Bass - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - Shawn Colvin, Vocal - Jim DeMain, 2nd Engineer - Rico Petruccelli, Bass - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chrissy Follmar, 2nd Engineer - Denny Purcell, Edited By - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Although Mary Chapin Carpenter's second album yielded two Top Ten hits, it was the release of 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark that confirmed her talents as an artist who could easily stage a crossover without relinquishing her country roots. With an even stronger infusion of folk and pop, Carpenter opened herself up to a wider market, taking the Cajun-tinged "Down at the Twist and Shout" (with the help of Beausoleil ) to number two on the country charts, a song that also netted her a Grammy for best country vocal performance by a female. Both "You Win Again" and Gene Vincent's "Right Now" were also released as singles, expanding Carpenter's exposure even more so, but the other tracks from the album also reveal her lyrical strength and attentive songwriting prowess. "Halley Came to Jackson" is a wonderful tale about a small town's fascination with and misconception about Halley's comet back in 1910, while tracks such as "What You Didn't Say" and "When She's Gone" are also fresh-sounding country efforts that shine a light on her delicate but hearty singing style. Carpenter gets some help from Shawn Colvin on a few of the cuts and, because their collaboration worked so well, she and a number of other artists appeared on her next album and on 1994's Stones in the Road, expanding her material to an even greater extent. Shooting Straight in the Dark was indeed a breakthrough album for Carpenter, not only in a commercial sense but at a personal level as well, and its progressive repercussions helped in making 1992's Come on Come On an even stronger effort, spawning a myriad of hit singles.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:03
- Main artists: Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia Nashville
- Genre: Country
(P) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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