Stones In The Road
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
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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 9785 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 125.
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Stones In The Road track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Stones In The Road rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1994 Pt 2 | 10/29 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1994 | 15/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1994 Pt 2 | 21/80 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2001-2100 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | most listened to (2 B deleted) | 95/96 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Best of The 90s Pt.2 (101-200) | 30/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 8/100 | 19 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the ‘90’s (301 - 400) | 51/83 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 54 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/06/2025 05:19 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2024 12:37 | Cyrax | 1,869 | 61/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2023 12:35 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Romanelli 10/05/2023 12:55 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Trans-Europe ExpressStones In The Road comments
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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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