Come On Come On

Come On Come On is the fourth album by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Seven of its tracks became Billboard Hot Country Singles hits in 1992, 1993, and 1994. They were, chronologically, "I Feel Lucky" at #4, "Not Too Much to Ask" (a duet with Joe Diffie) at #15, "Passionate Kisses" at #4, "The Hard Way" at #11, "The Bug" (a cover of a Dire Straits song) at #16, "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" at #2, and "I Take My Chances" also at #2. The album topped out at #6 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Come On Come On
Studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released	June 30, 1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	Bias Studios, Springfield, Virginia
Genre	Country
Length	49:22
Label	Columbia Nashville/TriStar
Producer	Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings Steve Buckingham
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Shooting Straight in the Dark (1990) Come On Come On (1992) Stones in the Road (1994)
Singles from Come On Come On
"I Feel Lucky" Released: May 18, 1992 "Not Too Much to Ask" Released: September 1992 "Passionate Kisses" Released: January 19, 1993 "The Hard Way" Released: March 1993 "The Bug" Released: August 9, 1993 "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" Released: December 6, 1993 "I Take My Chances" Released: April 25, 1994

By 2017, the album had sold 2.9 million copies.[1] It remains Carpenter's best-selling album.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A [4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Q	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter except where noted.

1. "The Hard Way" – 4:23
2. "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Don Schlitz) – 4:01
3. "Rhythm of the Blues" – 3:49
4. "I Feel Lucky" (Carpenter, Schlitz) – 3:31 (1993 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance)
5. "The Bug" (Mark Knopfler) – 3:47
6. "Not Too Much to Ask" (duet with Joe Diffie) (Carpenter, Schlitz) – 3:24
7. "Passionate Kisses" (Lucinda Williams) – 3:23 (1994 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance)
8. "Only a Dream" – 5:34
9. "I Am a Town" – 5:06
10. "Walking Through Fire" – 4:04
11. "I Take My Chances" (Carpenter, Schlitz) – 3:47
12. "Come On Come On" – 4:51

Production

• Produced by Mary Chapin Carpenter and John Jennings except "The Bug", which was produced by Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, and Steve Buckingham.
• Recorded and mixed by Bob Dawson and Marshall Morgan
• Engineered by Toby Seay

Personnel

• J. T. Brown – bass guitar
• Mary Chapin Carpenter – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Jon Carroll – piano, synthesizer
• J. T. Carroll – background vocals
• Rosanne Cash – background vocals
• Shawn Colvin – background vocals
• Denny Dadmun-Bixby – bass guitar
• Joe Diffie – duet vocals on "Not Too Much to Ask"
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
• Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) – background vocals
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• John Jennings – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, programming, background vocals
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar
• Robbie Magruder – drums
• Mike McAdam – electric guitar, tremolo guitar
• Edgar Meyer – double bass
• Andy Newmark – drums
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Benmont Tench – Hammond organ

Chart performance

Albums Chart (1992) Peak position U.S. Billboard 200 [8] 31 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [8] 6 Canadian RPM Country Albums 4

Singles Billboard [9] Year Song Chart Peak Position 1992 "I Feel Lucky" Country Singles 4 1992 "Not Too Much To Ask" Country Singles 15 1992 "Passionate Kisses" Country Singles 4 1993 "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" Hot Country Songs 2[10] 1993 "Passionate Kisses" Adult Contemporary 11 1993 "Passionate Kisses" Hot 100 57 1993 "The Bug" Country Singles 16 1993 "The Hard Way" Country Singles 11 1994 "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" Country Singles 2 1994 "I Take My Chances" Country Singles 2

References

1. "In 1992 the hits came for Mary". July 18, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
2. DeGagne, Mike; Jurek, Thom. Come On Come On at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2006.
3. Hurst, Jack (August 13, 1992). "Mary-Chapin Carpenter Come On Come On (Columbia)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
4. Browne, David (July 17, 1992). "Carin' Carpenter: Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter > Music Review". Entertainment Weekly (127). p. 55. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
5. Cromelin, Richard (July 12, 1992). "Record Rack: Mary Chapin Carpenter, "Come On Come On"". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
6. "Mary-Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
7. Berger, Arion (September 3, 1992). "Mary Chapin Carpenter: Come On Come On : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone (638). p. 68. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
8. Come On Come On - Mary Chapin Carpenter > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
9. Come On Come On - Mary Chapin Carpenter > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
10. "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.