Stones In The Road
by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Stones In The Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 19,575th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 18 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1994 (333rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,082nd)
Award Best albums of all time (19,575th)

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Mary Chapin Carpenter bestography

Stones In The Road is ranked 2nd 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 6581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 197.

Mary Chapin Carpenter album bestography « Higher ranked (6,581st)
Come On, Come On
This album (19,575th)
Stones In The Road
Lower ranked (21,889th) »
The Age Of Miracles

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Mary Chapin Carpenter / Brandy Clark
The Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, United States. United States
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 19,575th | 1990s rank: 3,082nd | 1994 rank: 333rd
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2026 RomanelliTop 100 Music Albums of 199480/1001
2026henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s8/10019
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 2001-210066/100 -
2026fabm0Platinum year 1994 Pt 29/27 -
2026fabm0List 1994 Pt 220/78 -
2026Johnnyomost listened to (2 B deleted)98/99 -
2026 TamthebamTop 91 Music Albums of 199416/914
2025JohnnyoTop albums of the ‘90’s (301 - 400)51/83 -
2025 TheDude85Top 99 Music Albums of 199464/992
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 199436/1003
2025 TamthebamBest of The 90s Pt.2 (101-200)47/100 -
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 199457/1002
2025skrapoelTop 52 Music Albums of 199439/521
2024JohnnyoTop albums of all time by female artists (100 - 200)25/100 -
2023 TamthebamMy Overall Chart 801-900 (1953-2020)54/100 -
2023henrygreen0203Top 46 Music Albums of 19942/465
2022borninhockeytownTop 40 Music Albums of 199423/402
2021 NickVolosTop 100 Music Albums of 199440/1003
2021henrygreen0203Mickey, Nanci, Bruce and Mary - Complete Discography36/68 -
2021henrygreen0203My Cassette Collection - Vintage, Homemade and Revival75/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 54
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12/06/2025 05:19 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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From 11/15/2021 04:09 | #276283
Stones in the Road is the fifth studio album by Mary Chapin-Carpenter. The record follows up the smash hit album Come On Come On by treading a similar formula, but this record is all Carpenter though. No covers, and no hit co-writes with Don Schlitz. It's way more mid-tempo
and intimate, perhaps the most introspective mainstream country album ever made.

This record doesn't have many memorable upbeat pop-rock kickers, and ultimately it suffers compared to Come On Come On. She would get more lively on her next record "A Place in the World."
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