Mary Chapin Carpenter The Age Of Miracles (CD - Zoë Records, 2010) ***
Genre: Country
Places I remember: Virgin Megastore Dubai Mall
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Put My Ring Back On
Gear costume: Iceland is spookily good, We Travelled So Far and Zephyr will always remind me of driving in the Tiida with Jacky from Al Ain to Dubai.
Active compensatory factors: Because of that association with driving around in sunny Al Ain, it's my favourite studio album by MCC.
It starts off with four terrific songs but things then get a little too hushed and maudlin for a bit (something David Crosby also suffers from periodically). Iceland gets the mix right before a strong close.
Where do they all belong? Party Doll and other favourites is still the best way to approach her particular genius.
It's got live stuff, studio gems, and beautiful cover versions of Mick Jagger's Party Doll and John Lennon's Grow Old Along With Me. It is superb!
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence - ROBERT FRIPP. Information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; MUSIC IS THE BEST - FRANK ZAPPA. I think we're a little happier when we have a little music in our lives - STEVE JOBS. Music in the soul can be heard by the universe - LAO TZU. Rock and Roll is fire, man. FIRE. - DAVID BRIGGS. Music grips you, gets into your soul - GEORGE MARTIN
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