A Place in the World (album)

A Place in the World
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	October 22, 1996
Genre	Country
Length	45:06
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Stones in the Road (1994) A Place in the World (1996) Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
Q	[4]
Robert Christgau	B−[5]

A Place in the World is the sixth album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and was a No. 3 Country Album on the Billboard charts. Album tracks that entered the Hot Country Singles chart were "Let Me into Your Heart" at No. 11, "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" at No. 35, and "Keeping the Faith" at No. 58. Carpenter wrote all of the songs on the album singlehandedly.

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

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

Personnel

• Pete Barenbregge – tenor saxophone
• J.T. Brown – background vocals
• Jon Carroll – piano, accordion, background vocals
• Mary Chapin Carpenter – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Shawn Colvin – background vocals
• Mike Crotty – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar
• Rich Haering – trumpet
• John Jennings – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backpacker, baritone guitar, bass guitar, fretless bass, lap steel guitar, percussion, synthesizer, background vocals
• Duke Levine – electric guitar, mandola
• Robbie Magruder – drums
• Dave Mattacks – drums, tambourine
• Kim Richey – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – drums, cowbell
• Benmont Tench – piano, organ

String section

• Kim Miller, Margaraet Gutierrez, Lilly Soong Kramer, Theresa Lazar, Steven Romer, Matthew Loden, Mark Dulac, Ozman Kivrak, Joan Singer, Vickie Yanics, Tracy Jasas, Christoff Richter – violins
• Marcio Botelho, Timothy Butler, Nancy Jo Snyder, David Teie – cellos

Strings and horns conducted and arranged by Michael "Rico" Petruccelli.

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	20
Canadian RPM Country Albums	13

References

1. Jurek, Thom. A Place in the World at AllMusic
2. Chicago Tribune review
3. Entertainment Weekly review
4. Album reviews at CD Universe
5. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide