Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

One of Chapin's Best!:

I work with a colleague who went to high school here in CT with Mary Chapin Carpenter. My colleague once told me that even back then MCC was "really into her music." We've been the beneficiaries for more than a decade of MCC's dedication, focus, and wonderful music. Her latest is right up there, IMHO, with "Come On, Come On" and "Stones in the Road," my favorite MCC CD's.

There aren't many upbeat, up tempo songs in this album, and the mood is often reflective, but as with almost all of her music, the... more info

Powerful message, beautiful melodies:

There is no better singer/songwriter out there today than Mary Chapin Carpenter. Between Here and Gone ranks right next to Stones in the Road in its emotional and lyrical quality. It's impossible to think of another album or artist that uses language to express feelings as eloquently as Mary Chapin. Although there aren't a lot of "rockers" on this album, there are several mid-tempo songs which have a mesmerizing mellow groove and are immensly satisfying. I find that the overall message of the album is... more info

And Yet More Georgous:

It is important to remember the purpose of am Mary Chapin Carpenter album. This is not back ground music, this is music to focus on and think about. As good as they were in their time, Stones in the Road and Come On Come On were recorded at a time when there was still potential for Carpenter to be played on mainstream radio. Room for intelligent and grown up voices doesn't exist anymore, and so, like many others Carpenter seems to have stopped caring. And, like so many others she has found her true voice in... more info

Tracks:

1. What Would You Say to Me
2. Luna's Gone
3. My Heaven
4. Goodnight America
5. Between Here and Gone
6. One Small Heart
7. Beautiful Racket
8. Girls Like Me
9. River
10. Grand Central Station
11. Shelter of Storms
12. Elysium

Similar Products:

The Girl In The Other Room from Verve

Impossible Dream from Ato Records

Feels Like Home from Blue Note Records

Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter from Sony

The Red Thread from Red House

?