The Calling (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)

The Calling
Studio album by
Mary Chapin Carpenter
ReleasedMarch 6, 2007
GenreCountry
LabelZoë
ProducerMary Chapin Carpenter
Matt Rollings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Between Here and Gone
(2004) 		The Calling
(2007) 		Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas
(2008)

The Calling is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Zoë Records on March 6, 2007. Carpenter had previously been on Columbia Nashville; this album was her first release on a new label, as well as her first studio album since 2004's Between Here and Gone. Like her previous release, she wrote every song on the album, which went to No. 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Two singles were released, On With the Song and It Must Have Happened, but neither charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(77/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(mixed)[4]
The Boston Globe(positive)[5]
Hot Press(favorable)[6]
Paste(6/10)[1][7]
The Phoenix[8]
PopMatters[9]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4-out-of-5-stars and said: "Time will tell, of course, but in The Calling, Carpenter may have her finest moment yet; it also feels like an artistic rebirth. These songs come from her marrow and the conviction she sings them with proves it. Carpenter and her co-producer Matt Rollings should be awfully proud of this one."

Track listing

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All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

  1. "The Calling" - 4:17
  2. "We're All Right" - 3:47
  3. "Twilight" - 4:30
  4. "It Must Have Happened" - 4:05
  5. "On and on It Goes" - 4:20
  6. "Your Life Story" - 4:20
  7. "Houston" - 5:45
  8. "Leaving Song" - 4:02
  9. "On With the Song" - 3:58
  10. "Closer and Closer Apart" - 4:31
  11. "Here I Am" - 4:17
  12. "Why Shouldn't We" - 5:04
  13. "Bright Morning Star" - 4:55

Credits

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Production

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  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, Matt Rollings - producers
  • Chuck Ainlay - engineer, mixing
  • Scott Kidd - engineer
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 55
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 10

References

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  1. ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ About.com review
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ BBC Music review
  5. ^ The Boston Globe review
  6. ^ Hot Press review
  7. ^ Paste review
  8. ^ The Phoenix review
  9. ^ PopMatters review
  10. ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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