Mary Chapin Carpenter - Shooting Straight in the Dark
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Artist: Mary Chapin CarpenterEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-09-24
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Going Out Tonight
- Right Now
- More Things Change
- When She's Gone
- Middle Ground
- Can't Take Love For Granted
- Down At The Twist and Shout
- Halley Came To Jackson
- What You Didn't Say
- You Win Again
- Moon And St. Christopher
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Free Music Review: Splendid Early Album From Mary Chapin Carpenter
Hit: 5 Stars
Fellow Brunonian Mary Chapin Carpenter is often seen as a country musician, even if many of her songs don't easily fit the stereotypical view of a Nashville music scene dominated by the legacy of Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash, to name but a few. Instead, she might more accurately be described as an urban folk musician, whose musical influences range from rock to folk, bluegrass and country. If you regard Mary Chapin Carpenter mainly from this perspective, then you should truly appreciate listening to this early album of hers, which is replete with folkish tunes to hard rocking country/folk ballads that are played on both contemporary pop and country stations. The most popular song from this album, "Down At The Twist and Shout" is a vibrant, zydeco-influenced country rock song which was among her first major hits. However, another, lesser hit, "Can't Take Love For Granted", more accurately encapsulates her introspective, feminist-oriented urban folk tradition which has made her music quite distinctive, but underappreciated, by more traditional country/folk music fans and critics.
Shooting Straight in the Dark Poster
Mary Chapin Carpenter's third album perfected her mix of singer-songwriter introspection, storytelling, and the occasional up-tempo mood changer. It spawned a huge country radio hit in the surprisingly durable zydeco romp "Down at the Twist and Shout," but the most memorable track is "Going Out Tonight," a gutsy, folk-rocking statement of purpose from a brokenhearted woman who's gonna start living again even if it kills her. --Rickey WrightCountry Music CDs
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