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Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: February 1987
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
  • ASIN: B000QJLQFS
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,565 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Lot Like Me
2. Other Streets and Other Towns
3. Hometown Girl
4. Downtown Train
5. Family Hands
6. Road Is Just a Road
7. Come on Home
8. Waltz
9. Just Because
10. Heroes and Heroines

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4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration and hard work, March 28, 2000
By dev1 (Baltimore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hometown Girl (Audio CD)
Has it really been 13 years since Mary Chapin Carpenter first cast her magic spell on me? When I explore my music collection, most often my favorites are artists' first releases. Hometown Girl included. There are several reasons for this phenomenon. First releases are culled from years of work. Usually the artist (and the record company of course) selects his best material - the songs that worked well in school auditoriums and small venues. Second, the artist is hungry for a wider audience, but also anxious of failure. It's sink or swim. And lastly, first releases don't merit a million dollar production with 50-member coral groups and a full symphony orchestra.

Hometown Girl wins my approval for all the previous reasons. The source of `A Lot Like Me' is a partnership with other musicians paying their dues in the small venues. There's fear of failure in `Hometown Girl,' but also fear of success. And I'm sure `A Road Is Just A Road' got the two-shades-to-the-wind bar crowd up from the tables and doing to two-step. Hometown Girl features no choral arrangement or symphony orchestra, just Mary Chapin Carpenter with a small back-up band. The result of Mary Chapin Carpenter's inspiration and hard work is irresistible.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Roots of Mary-Chapin Carpenter, January 25, 2002
By Alan Pancik (Willoughby, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hometown Girl (Audio CD)
"Hometown Girl" is an album which wasn't released by Columbia Records as much as it just escaped. Mary-Chapin was a virtual unknown outside of the Washington, D.C. beltway in 1987, and "Hometown Girl" received next to no publicity at the time of its first appearance. It remains as one of my favorite recordings by her, and "Just Because" is a simply beautiful song. The supporting musicians on this album are amazing -- especially Mark O'Connor and Tony Rice. If you enjoy the simplicity and beauty of Mary-Chapin Carpenter's music and lyrics, you will not be disappointed by this recording.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For thoughtful folk-oriented listeners, June 3, 2003
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This review is from: Hometown Girl (Audio CD)
I own a few hundred CDs and get tired of most after listening repeatedly. I've never gotten tired of this one and I've listened to it more than any other. It's more thoughtful than her other CDs, slower, and simply beautiful. In my (folk fan) view, this is her very best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hometown Girl, by Mary Chapin Carpenter
This is a favorite of mine out of all her recordings.
I finally replaced a well worn cassette.
Published 5 months ago by Ann Chessman

5.0 out of 5 stars MCC at her best...
Anyone who knows Mary Chapin Carpenter must agree with me that she is likely the country's best song writer since Carly Simon and Carole King ruled the air waves in the 70's... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gerald J. Donald

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Emotional Album
I bought this as an afterthought, when I was already a fan of "Come On, Come On" and "Stones in the Road". Read more
Published 21 months ago by James B. Wilkinson

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent CD "Hometown Girl"
Mary Chapin Carpenter's CD "Hometown Girl" is really good. Many sweet songs and nice melodies. I can give this CD my best recommendation.
Published on March 18, 2007 by John Robert Hansen

5.0 out of 5 stars Carpenter's Early Folk Album
Not the country most people expect from Mary chapin Carpenter. This album is full of folk (or at least folk-style) music from one of the best female artists of the 90s. Read more
Published on February 21, 2006 by L. Gagne

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER!!!
I own all of Mary's albums and can't wait to receive her new one "Between here and now" when it is released next week. Read more
Published on April 19, 2004 by Annie

4.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable Debut Album
This early work by Mary Chapin shows off her writing strengths. Her voice is at its most eager and vulnerable, and some of the writing remains, even after more than a decade, to... Read more
Published on December 7, 2001 by emringgold

5.0 out of 5 stars A Debut to Return To
Anybody who has discovered Chapin in the last few years will not be let down by getting this delightful debut. Read more
Published on December 2, 2001 by David Arthur Jan Reynolds

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER !
I have all of Mary's CD's (8 of them)
and this CD is my favorite.
If you don't own it yet, BUY IT !
It's worth it.
Published on October 21, 2001 by tazterry

5.0 out of 5 stars MCC is the BEST!
We all know that Mary Chapin Carpenter is the best singer/songwriter out there and Home Town Girl proves it. Read more
Published on February 5, 2000 by Krista Carman

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