- Sony Music Special
- Products, A 28084
- 1. Down at the Twist and Shout
- 2. This Is Love
- 3. He Thinks He'll Keep Her
- 4. When She's Gone
- 5. Only a Dream
- 6. This Shirt
- 7. Shut Up and Kiss Me
- 2. This Is Love
These are collections which consist primarily of previously-released material. While there may be new or unreleased tracks on some of these, most of songs on these albums can be found on MCC's other albums.
| Mary Chapin Carpenter Collection (1996) | ||
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This CD was available exclusively at Target Stores, apparently as a promotion for the upcoming release of A Place in the World in 1996. |
| Songs of Mary Chapin Carpenter (1997) | ||
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This is a promotional disc put out by MCC's publishing company, Why Walk Music. Generally, this type of disc is used to offer songs for use in films and television programs. The liner notes include a fairly thorough discography and information about licensing the songs. |
Of note about this compilation is the fact that "Why Walk When You Can Fly" is presented here in its single version, with a different musical introduction than the solo piano version available on Stones in the Road.
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| Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999) | ||
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This album hardly qualifies as a compilation, simply due to the fact that 10 of the 17 tracks had never been released before. But it is a "best of" compilation, nonetheless. Of the previously-released material, the album includes five songs taken from MCC's albums, and two songs from various-artist compilations ("Dreamland" and "Grow Old With Me"). Of the unreleased material, one song is from a movie ("10,000 Miles" from the movie Fly Away Home, which did not have a soundtrack album), and three other songs are new studio recordings ("Wherever You Are," "Almost Home" and "Party Doll"). The remaining live recordings are all previously unreleased, with the exception of "Stones in the Road" which was avilable on a British CD single.
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| The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter (2002) | ||
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This is a more straightforward collection of "hits" than Party Doll and Other Favorites, since this collection only contains the original studio versions of the songs, without any live recordings or new versions. While it's missing a couple of classics (such as "The Moon and St. Christopher" and "John Doe No. 24"), it is actually a very good representation of her best songs. Hometown Girl and A Place in the World are the only albums not represented in this collection.
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| Super Hits (2007) | ||
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This is a budget-priced compilation that isn't exactly a collection of "hits," but it does span quite a few different albums. Having very little overlap with The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter," it would make a nice companion to the collection of a new fan who doesn't have all the albums yet.
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