Between Here and Gone

Between Here and Gone
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	August–December 2003
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Mary Chapin Carpenter Matt Rollings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter (2003) Between Here and Gone (2004) The Calling (2007)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
People	[5]
Q	[1]

Between Here and Gone is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Nashville on April 27, 2004. It reached No. 5 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, although the album itself produced no chart singles. The title track was written by Carpenter upon hearing of the death of singer-songwriter Dave Carter.^[6]

This was Carpenter's last studio album on Columbia Records Nashville.

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter

1. "What Would You Say to Me" – 3:43
2. "Luna's Gone" – 4:16
3. "My Heaven" – 5:53
4. "Goodnight America" – 5:36
5. "Between Here and Gone" – 5:08
6. "One Small Heart" – 6:02
7. "Beautiful Racket" – 4:40
8. "Girls Like Me" – 4:27
9. "River" – 4:21
10. "Grand Central Station" – 4:25
11. "The Shelter of Storms" – 5:18
12. "Elysium" – 5:29

Barnes & Noble Limited Edition (Bonus CD)

Live acoustic performance from the Singer/Songwriter tour, October 2003:

1. "I Still Miss Someone" (live) – 5.17
2. "This Shirt" (live) – 5.08
3. "Late for Your Life" (live) – 4:57

Borders Limited Edition (Bonus DVD)

1. "Down at the Twist and Shout" (music video)
2. "I Feel Lucky" (music video)
3. "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (music video)
4. "The Better to Dream of You" (music video)
5. "Almost Home" (music video)

Personnel

• David Angell - violin
• Richard Bennett - electric guitar
• Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitar, Leslie guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Chad Cromwell - drums
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Shannon Forrest - drums
• Rob Ickes - dobro
• John Jennings - acoustic guitar
• Viktor Krauss - bass guitar
• Anthony LaMarchina - cello
• Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
• Tim O'Brien - mandolin
• Dean Parks - electric guitar
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Garrison Starr - background vocals
• Mary Kathryn Van Osdale - viola
• Kristin Wilkinson - string arrangements, viola
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[7]	50
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8]	5

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. "About.com review". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
3. Allmusic review
4. Havighurst, Craig (2004-04-30). "Between Here and Gone Review". Entertainment Weekly: 162. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
5. People review
6. "Mary Chapin Carpenter: A Thanksgiving Special", All Things Considered, National Public Radio, November 25, 2004 (Carpenter states: "Actually, I wrote this song after I learned about the passing of an extraordinary musician by the name of Dave Carter. He was a visionary songwriter, he was part of a duo called, Carter and Grammer...")
7. "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
8. "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

External links

• Mary Chapin Carpenter's official website