Party Doll & Other Favorites by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Pros: Every song is a gem!

Cons: I would have replaced one or two songs.

Review: I remember when I first heard this had been released, I didn't hesitate not one bit to run out and buy it. I have long been a fan of Mary's and this is just one more jewel to add to my collection. I have many , many fond memories of seeing her perform at...

Pros: Great mix of new and old

Cons: none

Review: "Party Doll and other favorites" came out several months ago. It's a different kind of greatest hits album from the usual navelgazing compilations that most artists issue after a certain number of years. This combines some of Carpenter's best...

Pros: A great overview of her career

Cons: None.

Review: Party Doll is one of the few "greatest hits" records to give an accurate overview of an artist's career. Usually they are just a random collection of an artists highest charting singles, thrown together to fulfill a record...

Pros: her strong voice

Cons: a compilation, not all original music

Review: It is only within the past couple of years that I've begun to enjoy Mary Chapin Carpenter. Although I used to detest country music (especially some of that twanging garbage they did in the 70's and before!), I have come to really enjoy the contemporary...

Pros: Though Provoking and Original Songs

Cons: It's Still Got A Country Sound At Times

Review: As I said in the title, I don't like Country music, but I like this album. Why? First of all I've always felt Mary Chapin Carpenter's sound is more of a folky sound than country anyways, it also has more of a New Orleans sound to it than so much of the...

Pros: Greatest Hits and Some Unusual Arrangements

Cons: Not much new music and many missing songs

Review: If you are a Mary Chapin Carpenter fan, you will probably want to buy this simply to complete your collection. It does have all of her greatest hits and to her credit, she did choose alternate arrangements of some of her lesser known songs (including a...

Pros: MCC's cerebral lyrics

Cons: This is a "Greatest Hits" compilation; the live versions of older songs leave something to be desired

Review: I'm a long-time Mary Chapin Carpenter fan, but I have to say that I was disappointed with her latest release. Most of the songs on "Party Doll..." have appeared on previous MCC albums, so an effort has been made to compensate for the older...