- Hometown Girl
Infobox Album | Name = Hometown Girl
Type = studio
Artist =Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released =July 30 ,1987
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 42:21
Label = Columbia
Producer = Steve Buckingham
John Jennings
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfuxql5ldfe link]
This album = "Hometown Girl"
(1987)
Next album = "State of the Heart"
(1989)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio
"Hometown Girl" is the debut album from American
country music artistMary Chapin Carpenter . It was released on July 30, 1987 (see1987 in country music ) onColumbia Records . The album did not produce any chart singles.Vik Iyengar of
Allmusic gave the album a two-and-a-half star rating out of five, saying that although it "her songwriting skills are apparent" on the album, it did not contain as many "rollicking" tunes as Carpenter's following albums. [Allmusic (see infobox)] The "Washington Post " gave it a more favorable review, saying that her own songs "were more than strong enough" to carry the record.cite web |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/123945412.html?dids=123945412:123945412&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUL+26%2C+1987&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Mary+Chapin+Carpenter%3A+%27Hometown+Girl%27&pqatl=google |title=Mary Chapin Carpenter: "Hometown Girl" |accessdate=2008-08-10 |date=1987-07-26 |work=Washington Post]Carpenter herself noted that, although the album did not sell well, it received a following on
public radio due to her folk-oriented style, and her music was popular at colleges. [cite web |url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001041/Mary-Chapin-Carpenter.html |title=Mary Chapin Carpenter biography |accessdate=2008-08-10 |work=Musician Guide]Initially, Carpenter was to have included the John Stewart song "Runaway Train" on this album. However, it did not make the final cut, and was instead recorded by
Rosanne Cash on her 1987 album "King's Record Shop ".Track listing
All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.
#"A Lot Like Me" - 4:37
#"Other Streets and Other Towns" - 5:00
#"Hometown Girl" - 4:53
#"Downtown Train " (Tom Waits ) - 4:10
#"Family Hands" - 4:34
#"A Road Is Just a Road" (Carpenter, John Jennings) - 3:11
#"Come on Home" (Pat Bunch, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pamela Rose) - 3:17
#"Waltz" - 3:24
#"Just Because" - 4:58
#"Heroes and Heroines" - 4:46References
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