| Stones in the Road | ||||
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| Released | October 4, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 55:35 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings | |||
| Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Stones in the Road | ||||
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| AllMusic |   link |
| Chicago Tribune |  link |
| Entertainment Weekly | Blink |
| Los Angeles Times | link |
| Q | link |
Stones in the Road is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Records on October 4, 1994. It became Carpenter's first album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and first album to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 10. It also contains her first No. 1 Hot Country Singles hit, "Shut Up and Kiss Me", which also reached No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other charting singles were "Tender When I Want to Be" (No. 6), "House of Cards" (No. 21), and "Why Walk When You Can Fly?" at (No. 45).
The nostalgically themed title track was first recorded by folk singer Joan Baez for her 1992 studio album Play Me Backwards, to whom Carpenter first pitched the song during a joint concert appearance before she recorded it herself. It was also featured in the 1995 film Bye Bye Love. Carpenter earned two Grammy Awards in 1995 for her work on the album: Best Country Album and Best Female Country Vocal Performance (for "Shut Up and Kiss Me"), the fourth straight year she won the latter category. In 2006, Country Universe called it the best Contemporary Country Album of all-time.[1]
All tracks are written by Mary Chapin Carpenter
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Why Walk When You Can Fly?" | 3:31 |
| 2. | "House of Cards" | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Stones in the Road" | 4:31 |
| 4. | "A Keeper for Every Flame" | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Tender When I Want to Be" | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Shut Up and Kiss Me" | 3:40 |
| 7. | "The Last Word" | 3:25 |
| 8. | "The End of My Pirate Days" | 5:02 |
| 9. | "John Doe No. 24" | 5:44 |
| 10. | "Jubilee" | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Outside Looking In" | 4:42 |
| 12. | "Where Time Stands Still" | 3:40 |
| 13. | "This Is Love" | 6:19 |
| Total length: | 55:35 | |
Adapted from Stones in the Road liner notes.[2]
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