| Time* Sex* Love* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter | ||||
| Released | May 29, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | November 2000–January 2001 | |||
| Studio | AIR (London, UK) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter Blake Chancey John Jennings | |||
| Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (81/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com | (favorable)[2] |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[5] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [6] |
| Q | [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [1][7] |
Time* Sex* Love* is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Nashville on May 29, 2001. It rose to No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and produced two singles: "Simple Life," which peaked at No. 53 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and "This Is Me Leaving You", which failed to chart. Despite its low airplay ranking, "Simple Life" spent 28 weeks on Billboard's Top 25 Country Singles Sales chart,[8] peaking at No. 8 on May 5, 2001.[9]
The album was recorded at George Martin's AIR Studios in London.
The asterisks in the title refer to a comment producer John Jennings made about the album's content: "Time is the great gift; sex is the great equalizer; love is the great mystery"[10]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whenever You're Ready" | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gary Burr | 6:04 |
| 2. | "Simple Life" | 3:50 | |
| 3. | "Swept Away" | Carpenter, Kim Richey | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Slave to the Beauty" | 5:09 | |
| 5. | "Maybe World" | Carpenter, Burr | 3:52 |
| 6. | "What Was It Like" | Carpenter, Burr | 4:01 |
| 7. | "King of Love" | 5:23 | |
| 8. | "This Is Me Leaving You" | Carpenter, John Jennings | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Someone Else's Prayer" | 4:34 | |
| 10. | "The Dreaming Road" | 6:20 | |
| 11. | "Alone but Not Lonely" | 4:24 | |
| 12. | "The Long Way Home" | 4:54 | |
| 13. | "In the Name of Love" | 4:20 | |
| 14. | "Late for Your Life" | 5:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Goin' Home" (starting at 7:00 after 1:22 silence on track 14) | 5:45 |
| Total length: | 72:46 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Jon Carroll - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, background vocals, Wurlitzer
- David Daniels - cello
- Isobel Griffiths - arranger, conductor, contractor
- Nick Ingman - arranger, conductor, string arrangements
- John Jennings - clevenger bass, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, hi-string guitar, percussion, programming, slide guitar, tambourine, background vocals
- Patrick Kiernan - violin
- Boguslaw Kostecki - violin
- Peter Lale - viola
- Duke Levine - 12-string electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, electric sitar, slide guitar
- Rita Manning - violin
- Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion
- Steve Nathan - piano, synthesizer
- Tony Pleeth - cello
- Garrison Starr - background vocals
- Mike Thompson - French horn
- Brice White - viola
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar, clevenger bass, fretless bass
- Gavyn Wright - violin
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Time* Sex* Love* by Mary Chapin Carpenter". Metacritic.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "A Playlist of the Best Anti-Love Songs in Country Music History". Countrymusic.about.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2002. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Time* Sex* Love* - Mary Chapin Carpenter | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard review". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 17, 2001. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "In Brief - latimes". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 2, 2001. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Billboard" (PDF). 2001-10-27. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard" (PDF). 2001-05-05. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Takes On Themes Of Time, Sex, Love". Billboard. May 2, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
