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(More customer reviews)Mary-Chapin Carpenter has always been a troubador in Nashville's clothing but there's no more chart room for her in Country Music now that they're looking for prefabricated pop stars with a twang. Their loss.
Freed from Nashville's constraints Mary-Chapin delivers possibly her best album ever. Eloquent, elegant and elegaic, she is a master of simplifying the most complicated truths and singing them in a melodious, sparse, straightforward manner.
Here she writes politically ("I'm the decider, like some kind of Messiah") on the brilliant "On With The Song" and a song about Hurricane Katrina refugees "Houston", as well as tenderly on "Closer And Closer Apart" about a disintegrating relationship and about just the opposite on "Here I Am." Other fantastic songs are the rocking "It Must Have Happened," "Twilight," "Why Shouldn't We," and the wonderful "Your Life Story" which asks the question "maybe love is all anybody should believe in?"
Something you can believe in is "The Calling" is an exquisite CD that is a must have for anyone who believes in clearheaded, intelligent songs lovingly delivered. Extra points for both the production and engineering which are pristine and flawless.
When you get The Calling - answer. Greatness awaits you.
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As a songwriter and performer, Mary Chapin Carpenter has longsince transcended the traditional notions of genre and style, findingwidespread acclaim for her poetic, elegantly - observed compositions.TheCalling, her first release for Zoë/Rounder, is the most topical albumshe's made in her twenty-year career. While it unequivocally addressesissues both public and political - from the after-effects of HurricaneKatrina to religious zealotry to the trial-by-radio of the Dixie Chicks --there is also something deeply personal about this extraordinary collectionof songs.The album is a powerful, provocative meditation on the mysteriesof fate and circumstance, which mingles timeless questions withcontemporary issues.Introspective, defiant and deeply resonant, TheCalling is a profound set from one of modern songwriting's most distinctivevoices. Featuring "It Must Have Happened," "We're All Right," and "On with theSong."
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