LP #35 Mary Chapin Carpenter – Come On Come On (1992)

Back in the days when country music radio welcomed everyone from Rhodes Scholars to Brown University graduates, Mary Chapin Carpenter had an amazing run of commercial success, hitting the top 20 of Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart 17 times between 1989 and 1995. Seven of those hits were from this album, and the album itself was her most commercially successful, selling over 4 million copies in the U.S. Most of the non-single tracks are great as well (especially “I Am A Town” and “Rhythm Of The Blues”), to the extent that I (regretfully) had to leave her cover of Mark Knopfler’s “The Bug” off of my list below.

 

Favorite tracks:

 

Passionate Kisses 

He Thinks He'll Keep Her

I Feel Lucky

The Hard Way

I Am A Town

I Take My Chances

Rhythm Of The Blues