Album: Party Doll and Other Favorites by Mary Chapin Carpenter (1999)
Genre: Folk | Style: Country | Mood: Good Natured
Format: Compilation

Description: "Party Doll and Other Favorites" is the first compilation album by American country music singer Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in 1999 on the Columbia Records label and comprises a mix of her greatest hits, several album cuts, and newly recorded tracks.
The collection uses live or special event recordings in place of the studio cuts in several cases, others like "I Feel Lucky" and "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" are the original album versions. Of the new material, "Almost Home" and "Wherever You Are" were both released as singles, respectively reaching numbers 22 and 55 on the Billboard country charts in 1999.

Artist Background: Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American folk and country music singer, songwriter and musician. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer. Carpenter's first album, 1987's Hometown Girl, did not produce any singles, although 1989's State of the Heart and 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark each produced four Top 20 hits on the Billboard country singles chart... Part of the Princeton, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Folk movement. Known for Country style.

Related Artists: Shawn Colvin, Kathy Mattea, Rosanne Cash, Nanci Griffith

Music Scene: Part of the Princeton, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Folk movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Folk, Country, Good Natured, 1990s, Compilation


"Party Doll and Other Favorites" is the first compilation album by American country music singer Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in 1999 on the Columbia Records label and comprises a mix of her greatest hits, several album cuts, and newly recorded tracks.
The collection uses live or special event recordings in place of the studio cuts in several cases, others like "I Feel Lucky" and "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" are the original album versions. Of the new material, "Almost Home" and "Wherever You Are" were both released as singles, respectively reaching numbers 22 and 55 on the Billboard country charts in 1999.

Party Doll and Other Favorites

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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