Time* Sex* Love*
| Time* Sex* Love | ||||
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| Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter | ||||
| Released | May 29, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | November 2000-January 2001, Air Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter Blake Chancey John Jennings | |||
| Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (81/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com | (favorable) [2] |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Billboard | (favorable) [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B- [5] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [6] |
| Q | [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [1][7] |
Time* Sex* Love* is the seventh studio album from American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in 2001 on Columbia Records Nashville as her first full studio album since A Place in the World five years previous. This album produced two singles in "Simple Life," which peaked at #53 on Billboard's Hot Country chart, and "This Is Me Leaving You" which failed to chart. Despite its low airplay ranking, "Simple Life" spent 28 weeks on Billboard's Top 25 Country Singles Sales chart,[8] peaking at #8 on May 5, 2001.[9]
The album was recorded at George Martin's Air Studios in London.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whenever You're Ready" | 6:04 | |
| 2. | "Simple Life" | 3:50 | |
| 3. | "Swept Away" | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Slave to the Beauty" | 5:09 | |
| 5. | "Maybe World" | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gary Burr | 3:52 |
| 6. | "What Was It Like" | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gary Burr | 4:01 |
| 7. | "King of Love" | 5:23 | |
| 8. | "This Is Me Leaving You" | Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Someone Else's Prayer" | 4:34 | |
| 10. | "The Dreaming Road" | 6:20 | |
| 11. | "Alone but Not Lonely" | 4:24 | |
| 12. | "The Long Way Home" | 4:54 | |
| 13. | "In the Name of Love" | 4:20 | |
| 14. | "Late for Your Life" | 5:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Goin' Home" (starting at 7:00 after 1:22 silence on track 14) | 5:45 |
| Total length: | 72:46 | |
Personnel
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Jon Carroll - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, background vocals, Wurlitzer
- David Daniels - cello
- Isobel Griffiths - arranger, conductor, contractor
- Nick Ingman - arranger, conductor, string arrangements
- John Jennings - clevenger bass, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, hi-string guitar, percussion, programming, slide guitar, tambourine, background vocals
- Patrick Kiernan - violin
- Boguslaw Kostecki - violin
- Peter Lale - viola
- Duke Levine - 12-string electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, electric sitar, slide guitar
- Rita Manning - violin
- Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion
- Steve Nathan - piano, synthesizer
- Tony Pleeth - cello
- Garrison Starr - background vocals
- Mike Thompson - French horn
- Brice White - viola
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar, clevenger bass, fretless bass
- Gavyn Wright - violin
Chart performance
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 52 |
References
- Allmusic (see infobox)
- ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ About.com review
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Billboard review". Archived from the original on July 17, 2001. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Los Angeles Times review
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on November 2, 2001. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
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