Stones In The Road (studio album) by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Stones In The Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 19,346th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Award Top albums of 1994 (338th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,090th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,346th)
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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 6474 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 199.

Mary Chapin Carpenter album bestography « Higher ranked (6,474th) This album (19,346th) Lower ranked (21,946th) »
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Stones In The Road track list

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Stones In The Road rankings

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2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 199436/1003
2025 TamthebamTop 93 Music Albums of 199416/934
2025 TamthebamBest of The 90s Pt.2 (101-200)47/100 -
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 199458/1002
2025henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s6/10019
2025fabm0List 1994 Pt 213/70 -
2025 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 2001-210044/100 -
2025JohnnyoTop albums of the ‘90’s (301 - 400)51/83 -
2025 TheDude85Top 99 Music Albums of 199464/992
2025 RomanelliTop 98 Music Albums of 199480/981
2024skrapoelTop 50 Music Albums of 199435/502
2024JohnnyoMy most listened to albums of 2023 by female artists98/100 -
2024JohnnyoTop albums of all time by female artists (100 - 200)25/100 -
2024fabm0Platinum year 1994 Pt 22/19 -
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: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 54

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 11/15/2021 04:09
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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