The Calling (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)
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| Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter | ||||
| Released | March 6, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Zoë | |||
| Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter Matt Rollings |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (77/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |  |
| Allmusic |  |
| BBC Music | (mixed) |
| The Boston Globe | (positive) |
| Hot Press | (favorable) |
| Paste | (6/10) |
| The Phoenix | |
| PopMatters |   |
The Calling is the ninth studio album released from country music singer Mary Chapin Carpenter. It is the follow-up album to her 2004 album, Between Here and Gone. The Calling was released on March 6, 2007 on Zoë Records. Carpenter had previously been on Columbia Nashville, this being her first release after leaving Columbia. Like her previous album, she wrote every track on the album.
From the album, two singles were released. "On With the Song" and "It Must Have Happened", were released, but neither of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Although Carpenter hasn't had a charting single since 2001s "Simple Life", The Calling reached its peak of #10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Thom Jurek of Allmusic said "Time will tell, of course, but in The Calling, Carpenter may have her finest moment yet; it also feels like an artistic rebirth. These songs come from her marrow and the conviction she sings them with proves it. Carpenter and her co-producer Matt Rollings should be awfully proud of this one." The album was also given 4 stars out of 5.
All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
All singles failed to chart
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