State of the Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)

Infobox Album | Name = State of the Heart
Type = studio
Artist = Mary Chapin Carpenter


Released = 1989
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 38:21
Label = Columbia
Producer = John Jennings, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o1fqoauabijz link]
Last album = "Hometown Girl"
(1987)
This album = "State of the Heart"
(1989)
Next album = "Shooting Straight in the Dark"
(1990) |

"State of the Heart" is singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter's second album. It is much more country sounding than her preceding basically folk début "Hometown Girl". "State of the Heart" eventually rose to the #28 position on the Billboard Country Albums chart, with four of its tracks finding places within the Hot Country Singles chart. Chronologically, they were "How Do" at #19, "Never Had It So Good" at #8, "Quittin' Time" at #7, and "Something of a Dreamer" at #14.

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.
#"How Do" - 2:09
#"Something of a Dreamer" - 2:56
#"Never Had It So Good" (Carpenter, John Jennings) - 4:04
#"Read My Lips" - 3:05
#"This Shirt" - 3:48
#"Quittin' Time" (Robb Royer, Roger Linn) - 3:52
#"Down in Mary's Land" - 2:27
#"Goodbye Again" - 4:47
#"Too Tired" - 2:28
#"Slow Country Dance" - 4:00
#"It Don't Bring You" - 4:45