Still on my Mary Chapin Carpenter kick, I saw a budget priced compilation that grouped these two albums, her first two, for pretty cheap. They're each on a separate disc, but housed in one CD case and without the original (or much of any) liner notes. Still, it was an easy way to get two albums I wanted.
Hometown Girl was her debut album from her 1987. It's quite good and it's interesting to hear her direction early on. Most of the tracks were penned by her. There's also a very nice version of Tom Waits's "Downtown Train," which would be a huge hit for Rod Stewart only about three years after this one was released.
State of the Heart (1989) contains her first big chart successes, including "How Do," "Never Had It So Good," and "Quittin' Time." "Quittin' Time" is the only track that doesn't feature a writing credit for MCC. It's another solid album that hangs together well. Based on the albums I have so far, I have to imagine that Carpenter takes great care in crafting all of her albums, and that's a kind of artistry that deserves respect.
Tracks on Hometown Girl:
1. A Lot Like Me
2. Other Street and Other Towns
3. Hometown Girl
4. Downtown Train
5. Family Hands
6. A Road Is Just a Road
7. Come On Home
8. Waltz
9. Just Because
10. Heroes and Heroines
Tracks on State of the Heart:
1. How Do
2. Something of a Dreamer
3. Never Had It So Good
4. Read My Lips
5. This Shirt
6. Quittin' Time
7. Down in Mary's Land
8. Goodbye Again
9. Too Tired
10. Slow Country Dance
11. It Don't Bring You
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