Between Here and Gone

Between Here and Gone
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	August–December 2003
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Mary Chapin Carpenter Matt Rollings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Time* Sex* Love* (2001) Between Here and Gone (2004) The Calling (2007)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
People	[5]
Q	[1]

Between Here and Gone is the ninth studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released April 27, 2004. The album reached number five on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, although the album itself produced no chart singles. The title track was written by Carpenter upon hearing of the death of singer-songwriter Dave Carter.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter

1. "What Would You Say to Me" – 3:43
2. "Luna's Gone" – 4:16
3. "My Heaven" – 5:53
4. "Goodnight America" – 5:36
5. "Between Here and Gone" – 5:08
6. "One Small Heart" – 6:02
7. "Beautiful Racket" – 4:40
8. "Girls Like Me" – 4:27
9. "River" – 4:21
10. "Grand Central Station" – 4:25
11. "The Shelter of Storms" – 5:18
12. "Elysium" – 5:29

Personnel

• David Angell - violin
• Richard Bennett - electric guitar
• Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitar, Leslie guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Chad Cromwell - drums
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Shannon Forrest - drums
• Rob Ickes - dobro
• John Jennings - acoustic guitar
• Viktor Krauss - bass guitar
• Anthony LaMarchina - cello
• Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
• Tim O'Brien - mandolin
• Dean Parks - electric guitar
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Garrison Starr - background vocals
• Mary Kathryn Van Osdale - viola
• Kristin Wilkinson - string arrangements, viola
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	50

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. About.com review
3. Allmusic review
4. Havighurst, Craig (2004-04-30). "Between Here and Gone Review". Entertainment Weekly: 162. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
5. People review
6. "Mary Chapin Carpenter: A Thanksgiving Special", All Things Considered, National Public Radio, November 25, 2004 (Carpenter states: "Actually, I wrote this song after I learned about the passing of an extraordinary musician by the name of Dave Carter. He was a visionary songwriter, he was part of a duo called, Carter and Grammer...")

External links

• Between Here and Gone at Metacritic