A Place in the World (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)

A Place in the World is the sixth album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and was a No. 3 Country Album on the Billboard charts. Album tracks that entered the Hot Country Singles chart were "Let Me into Your Heart" at No. 11, "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" at No. 35, and "Keeping the Faith" at No. 58. Carpenter wrote all of the songs on the album singlehandedly.

A Place in the World
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 1996
GenreCountry
Length45:06
LabelColumbia Nashville/TriStar
ProducerMary Chapin Carpenter
John Jennings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Stones in the Road
(1994)
A Place in the World
(1996)
Party Doll and Other Favorites
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Q[4]
Robert ChristgauB−[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

  1. "Keeping the Faith" – 3:19
  2. "Hero in Your Own Hometown" – 3:50
  3. "I Can See It Now" – 3:34
  4. "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" – 3:30
  5. "Let Me into Your Heart" – 2:54
  6. "What If We Went to Italy" – 3:38
  7. "That's Real" – 3:53
  8. "Ideas Are Like Stars" – 4:05
  9. "Naked to the Eye" – 3:54
  10. "Sudden Gift of Fate" – 5:05
  11. "The Better to Dream of You" – 3:18
  12. "A Place in the World" – 4:06

Personnel

String section

  • Kim Miller, Margaraet Gutierrez, Lilly Soong Kramer, Theresa Lazar, Steven Romer, Matthew Loden, Mark Dulac, Ozman Kivrak, Joan Singer, Vickie Yanics, Tracy Jasas, Christoff Richter violins
  • Marcio Botelho, Timothy Butler, Nancy Jo Snyder, David Teie cellos

Strings and horns conducted and arranged by Michael "Rico" Petruccelli.

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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