1996 studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
A Place in the World is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter , released by Columbia Records on October 22, 1996. It rose to No. 3 on the Billboard's Country Albums chart and No. 20 on the Billboard 200 , with four of its tracks reaching the Hot Country Songs chart: "Let Me into Your Heart" (No. 11), "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" (No. 35), and "Keeping the Faith" (No. 58).
Track listing [ edit ] All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter .
Title 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 Total length: 45:06
Personnel [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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.
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