Audio Cassette review:
Mary-Chapin Carpenter - Party Doll and Other Favorites

Mary-Chapin Carpenter - Party Doll and Other Favorites

Band: Mary-Chapin Carpenter Title: Party Doll and Other Favorites Rating: Release Date: 25 May, 1999 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Can't Take Love for Granted 2: Wherever You Are 3: Down at the Twist and Shout 4: I Feel Lucky 5: Dreamland 6: Passionate Kisses 7: Quittin' Time 8: This Shirt 9: Grow Old With Me 10: He Thinks He'll Keep Her 11: I Take My Chances 12: Hard Way 13: Shut up and Kiss Me 14: 10,000 Miles 15: Stones in the Road 16: Almost Home 17: Party Doll

Editoral Review Here, upbeat celebrations such as "Down at the Twist and Shout" (included in a live Super Bowl take) and "I Feel Lucky" comfortably rub shoulders with the quietly sweet ("Dreamland," originally on an early-'90s various-artists set of lullabies) and brooding ("Stones in the Road") sides of Carpenter's work. In addition to subverting the conventions of greatest-hits discs--only 5 of these 17 tracks appear in the hit versions from Carpenter's studio albums--Party Doll does a better job of balancing the singer/songwriter's moods than any of her releases since 1992's Come On Come On. Finally, her rendition of Mick Jagger's title tune hints that she has vital work yet to do. --Rickey Wright .. You can see a complete list of all Mary-Chapin Carpenter discography, or go back to the Mary-Chapin Carpenter tabs