Party Doll and Other Favorites

Party Doll and Other Favorites
Compilation album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	May 25, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	72:35
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Blake Chancey Mary Chapin Carpenter Mark Isham John Jennings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
A Place in the World (1996) Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999) Time* Sex* Love* (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A[2]
Q	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

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.

Content

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.^[6] The track "Can't Take Love for Granted" was taken from a live performance on Late Show with David Letterman; the song, originally a ballad appearing on her third album, Shooting Straight in the Dark, differed from the album version, in that it was performed as a rowdy, guitar-driven rock and roll performance.

Carpenter produced most of the album with her usual producer, John Jennings, except for "Wherever You Are" and "Almost Home", which she produced with Blake Chancey, and "10,000 Miles", which was produced by Mark Isham.^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, except where noted.

1. "Can't Take Love for Granted" – 3:47
   • live recording from the Late Show with David Letterman - May 18, 1995
2. "Wherever You Are" – 4:16
3. "Down at the Twist and Shout" – 3:18
   • live recording from Super Bowl XXXI with BeauSoleil - January 1997
4. "I Feel Lucky" (Carpenter, Don Schlitz) – 3:31
5. "Dreamland" – 3:03
6. "Passionate Kisses" (Lucinda Williams) – 3:21
7. "Quittin' Time" (Roger Linn, Robb Royer) – 6:10
   • live recording from the Ryman Auditorium - November 1994
8. "This Shirt" – 3:47
9. "Grow Old with Me" (John Lennon) – 3:22
10. "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" (Carpenter, Schlitz) – 4:02
11. "I Take My Chances" (Carpenter, Schlitz) – 4:22
    • live recording at the Barrymore Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin - November 1998
12. "The Hard Way" (Carpenter) – 4:54
    • from the PBS special In the Spotlight and the DVD/Video Jubilee: Live at Wolftrap
13. "Shut Up and Kiss Me" – 3:41
14. "10,000 Miles" (Traditional) – 6:11
    • from the film Fly Away Home
15. "Stones in the Road" – 4:34
    • live recording from Her Majesty's Theatre, London - December 4, 1994
16. "Almost Home" (Carpenter, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 4:37
17. "Party Doll" (Mick Jagger) – 5:39

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard 200	43

References

1. Kurutz, Steve. "Party Doll and Other Favorites - Mary Chapin Carpenter". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
2. Nash, Alanna (28 May 1999). "Party Doll and Other Favorites Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
3. Blake, Mark. "Mary Chapin Carpenter: Party Doll & Other Favorites". Q (EMAP Metro Ltd) (July 1999): 132.
4. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Mary Chapin Carpenter". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
5. Schoemer, Karen (8 July 1999). "Mary Chapin Carpenter: Party Doll And Other Favorites : Music Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
6. "Mary Chapin Carpenter charted singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
7. Party Doll and Other Favorites (CD booklet). Mary Chapin Carpenter. Columbia Records. 1999. 68751.