State of the Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)

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State of the Heart
State of the Heart cover
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released 1989
Genre Country
Length 38:21
Label Columbia
Producer John Jennings and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Professional reviews
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Hometown Girl
(1987)		 State of the Heart
(1989)		 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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.

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