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Come On Come On proved that even with two previous hit albums under her belt, Mary Chapin Carpenter was still as hot as could be. This album serves as one of the signposts that contemporary country would not only aspire to, but actually become in the 21st century. One need only to stack this slab up against 2006 recordings by Little Big Town and Sugarland to see the roots of Carpenter's blend of sophisticated pop, folk, and soft rock with country. This disc climbed all the way to number six on the country charts, yielding an astonishing seven hit singles, fully revealing Carpenter's meld of aesthetics, skill, and marketing savvy, and she established herself not only as one of her chosen genre's top artists, but crossed over into the then-burgeoning Americana and AAA radio formats as well. With friends such as Rosanne Cash, Joe Diffie, Shawn Colvin, and the Indigo Girls lending a hand, there's a full range of country, folk, and pop-styled songs strewn across the album, helping it and Carpenter herself gain enormous recognition from other audiences outside of country music. "He Thinks He'll Keep Her," a title keeping with country music's tradition of double entendres, became Carpenter's first number one hit, while the confident "I Feel Lucky" peaked at number four and netted her another Grammy. Lucinda Williams' "Passionate Kisses," with its beautiful guitar arrangements, also made it to number four, and Carpenter's vocal enthusiasm makes Dire Straits' "The Bug" one of the album's most spirited efforts. These songs, along with the title track's compelling folk essence, gave Come on Come On a well-rounded sound and exposed her talent for reaching slightly beyond the genre's long-established niches. Not only is Carpenter's music extendable, but her writing rescues country music from its familiar themes of "love 'em and leave 'em" conventionality while still managing to portray maturely the perils of romance and heartbreak from a female perspective. Carpenter repeated much of Come On Come On's full-ranged charm for 1994's Stones in the Road release, which garnered her yet a third Grammy in as many albums.
© Mike DeGagne & Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Amy Ray, Background Vocal - Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Dadmun-Bixby, Bass - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - Emily Saliers, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Producer - Jon Carroll, Synthesizer - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Matt Rollings, Piano - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Ronald Fierstein, Executive Producer - Shawn Colvin, Background Vocal - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Andy Newmark, Drums - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Bob Glaub, Bass - Don Schlitz, Composer - Don Schlitz, Lyricist - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Producer - John Jorgenson, Guitar - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Matt Rollings, Piano
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Bass - John Jennings, Percussion - John Jennings, Producer - John Jennings, Programmer - M.C. Carpenter, Composer - M.C. Carpenter, Lyricist - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Matt Rollings, Piano - Rosanne Cash, Background Vocal - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - D. Schlitz, Composer - D. Schlitz, Lyricist - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - J.T. Brown, Background Vocal - J.T. Brown, Bass - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Producer - Jon Carroll, Background Vocal - Jon Carroll, Piano - M.C. Carpenter, Composer - M.C. Carpenter, Lyricist - Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mike McAdam, Electric Guitar - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - J.T. Brown, Bass - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Producer - Mark Knopfler, Composer - Mark Knopfler, Lyricist - Marshall Morgan, Mixing Engineer - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Mike McAdam, Electric Guitar - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Steve Buckingham, Producer - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
D. Schlitz, Composer - D. Schlitz, Lyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro - Joe Diffie, Performer - Joe Diffie, Vocal - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Bass - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Producer - Jon Carroll, Piano - M. C. Carpenter, Composer - M. C. Carpenter, Lyricist - Margie Hunt, Executive Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vocal - Mike McAdam, Guitar - Robbie Magruder, Drums
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Andy Newmark, Drums - Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Bob Glaub, Bass - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - John Jennings, Producer - John Jorgenson, Electric Guitar - Lucinda Williams, Composer - Lucinda Williams, Lyricist - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Matt Rollings, Piano - Shawn Colvin, Background Vocal - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - John Jennings, Producer - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Matt Rollings, Piano - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - Edgar Meyer, Bass - John Jarvis, Piano - John Jennings, Producer - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Amy Ray, Background Vocal - Andy Newmark, Drums - Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Bob Glaub, Bass - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - Emily Saliers, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Producer - John Jorgenson, Electric Guitar - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Matt Rollings, Piano - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Dadmun-Bixby, Bass - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - Don Schlitz, Composer - Don Schlitz, Lyricist - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Electric Guitar - John Jennings, Producer - Jon Carroll, Piano - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Robbie Magruder, Drums - Ronald Fierstein, Executive Producer - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dawson, Assistant Producer - Bob Dawson, Recording Engineer - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - John Jennings, Background Vocal - John Jennings, Bass - John Jennings, Producer - Marshall Morgan, Recording Engineer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Composer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyricist - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Performer - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Producer - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocal - Matt Rollings, Piano - Shawn Colvin, Background Vocal - Toby Seay, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Come On Come On proved that even with two previous hit albums under her belt, Mary Chapin Carpenter was still as hot as could be. This album serves as one of the signposts that contemporary country would not only aspire to, but actually become in the 21st century. One need only to stack this slab up against 2006 recordings by Little Big Town and Sugarland to see the roots of Carpenter's blend of sophisticated pop, folk, and soft rock with country. This disc climbed all the way to number six on the country charts, yielding an astonishing seven hit singles, fully revealing Carpenter's meld of aesthetics, skill, and marketing savvy, and she established herself not only as one of her chosen genre's top artists, but crossed over into the then-burgeoning Americana and AAA radio formats as well. With friends such as Rosanne Cash, Joe Diffie, Shawn Colvin, and the Indigo Girls lending a hand, there's a full range of country, folk, and pop-styled songs strewn across the album, helping it and Carpenter herself gain enormous recognition from other audiences outside of country music. "He Thinks He'll Keep Her," a title keeping with country music's tradition of double entendres, became Carpenter's first number one hit, while the confident "I Feel Lucky" peaked at number four and netted her another Grammy. Lucinda Williams' "Passionate Kisses," with its beautiful guitar arrangements, also made it to number four, and Carpenter's vocal enthusiasm makes Dire Straits' "The Bug" one of the album's most spirited efforts. These songs, along with the title track's compelling folk essence, gave Come on Come On a well-rounded sound and exposed her talent for reaching slightly beyond the genre's long-established niches. Not only is Carpenter's music extendable, but her writing rescues country music from its familiar themes of "love 'em and leave 'em" conventionality while still managing to portray maturely the perils of romance and heartbreak from a female perspective. Carpenter repeated much of Come On Come On's full-ranged charm for 1994's Stones in the Road release, which garnered her yet a third Grammy in as many albums.
© Mike DeGagne & Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:18
- Main artists: Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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