A Place in the World | ||||
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Released | October 22, 1996 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 45:06 | |||
Label | Columbia Nashville/TriStar | |||
Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings | |||
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Robert Christgau | B− [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [4] |
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A Place in the World is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Records on October 22, 1996. It rose to No. 3 on the Billboard's Country Albums chart and No. 20 on the Billboard 200, with four of its tracks reaching the Hot Country Songs chart: "Let Me into Your Heart" (No. 11), "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" (No. 35), and "Keeping the Faith" (No. 58).
All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Keeping the Faith" | 3:19 |
2. | "Hero in Your Own Hometown" | 3:50 |
3. | "I Can See It Now" | 3:34 |
4. | "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" | 3:30 |
5. | "Let Me into Your Heart" | 2:54 |
6. | "What If We Went to Italy" | 3:38 |
7. | "That's Real" | 3:53 |
8. | "Ideas Are Like Stars" | 4:05 |
9. | "Naked to the Eye" | 3:54 |
10. | "Sudden Gift of Fate" | 5:05 |
11. | "The Better to Dream of You" | 3:18 |
12. | "A Place in the World" | 4:06 |
Total length: | 45:06 |
Strings and horns conducted and arranged by Michael "Rico" Petruccelli.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [12] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [13] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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