Sometimes Just The Sky
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Mary Chapin Carpenter bestography
Sometimes Just The Sky is ranked 15th best out of 20 albums by Mary Chapin Carpenter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mary Chapin Carpenter is Come On, Come On which is ranked number 9685 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 126.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (4 out of 13 tracks have been rated).
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Overall rank: 58,553rd | 2010s rank: 14,681st | 2018 rank: 1,492nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | henrygreen0203 | Top 53 Music Albums of 2018 | 10/53 | 4 |
| 2021 | henrygreen0203 | Mickey, Nanci, Bruce and Mary - Complete Discography | 65/68 | - |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 50/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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| ! | 10/18/2025 10:02 | Tamthebam | 23,334 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2022 21:53 | henrygreen0203 | 874 | 74/100 |
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henrygreen0203 03/18/2022 21:54 | #283014
Sometimes Just the Sky is the fourteenth studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter, self-released in 2018 on her Lambent Light label.
Carpenter revisited previously recorded songs in 2014 on her Songs from the Movie record. While that one had the novelty of being backed by an orchestra, I'm not sure what motivated her to make re-recordings with a basic studio band.
Carpenter re-treads a song from most of her studio albums here, with the track Superman, an outtake from Time Sex Love and a new track, inspired by Patti Smith, called Sometimes Just the Sky.
But the highlight is the production. Ethan Johns is the perfect producer for Carpenter at this point in her career. Listening to Carpenter's voice supported with swirling synths and gritty guitar sounds heavenly here. The track Superman is the most adventurous she has sounded in the studio since Time Sex Love.
A record of new material also produced by Ethan Johns would be a wise for Carpenter's next move in her career.
Condensed to a 7" Single:
A-Side: Naked to the Eye
B-Side: The Moon and St. Christopher
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