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<h1><em>State of the Heart</em> (Mary Chapin Carpenter album)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>State of the Heart</em></strong> is the second studio album by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a> singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Chapin_Carpenter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mary Chapin Carpenter</a>. It is much more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country</a> sounding than her preceding basically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">folk</a> début <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hometown_Girl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hometown Girl</em></a>. <em>State of the Heart</em> eventually rose to the No. 28 position on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a> Country Albums chart, with four of its tracks finding places within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Singles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a> chart. Chronologically, they were "How Do" at No. 19, "Never Had It So Good" at No. 8, "Quittin' Time" at No. 7, and "Something of a Dreamer" at No. 14.</p><h2>Track listing</h2><p>All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.</p><ol><li>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Do</a>" – 2:09</li><li>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_of_a_Dreamer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Something of a Dreamer</a>" – 2:56</li><li>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Had_It_So_Good" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Never Had It So Good</a>" (Carpenter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jennings_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Jennings</a>) – 4:04</li><li>"Read My Lips" – 3:05</li><li>"This Shirt" – 3:48</li><li>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quittin%27_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quittin' Time</a>" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robb_Royer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robb Royer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roger Linn</a>) – 3:52</li><li>"Down in Mary's Land" – 2:27</li><li>"Goodbye Again" – 4:47</li><li>"Too Tired" – 2:28</li><li>"Slow Country Dance" – 4:00</li><li>"It Don't Bring You" – 4:45</li></ol><h2>Production</h2><ul><li>Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings – producers</li><li>Bob Dawson – production assistance, recording, mixing</li><li>Ted Jensen – mastering</li></ul><h2>The band</h2><ul><li>Mary Chapin Carpenter – acoustic guitars, lead &amp; backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jennings_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Jennings</a> – electric &amp; acoustic guitars, synthesizers, backing vocals, bass ("Too Tired"), piano ("This Shirt")</li><li>Peter "Tex Luigi" Bonta – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">accordion</a>, keyboards, acoustic guitar ("How Do")</li><li>Jon Carroll – organ, piano, keyboards</li><li>Rico Petrucelli – bass, fretless bass</li><li>Robbie Magruder – drums, percussion</li></ul><h3>Additional personnel</h3><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Auldridge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Auldridge</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dobro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_steel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pedal steel</a> ("Slow Country Dance")</li><li>Tommy Hannum – pedal steel ("How Do")</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickie_Simpkins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rickie Simpkins</a> – fiddle, mandolin</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Colvin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shawn Colvin</a> – backing vocals</li><li>Kim Miller, David Premo, Bruce Myers, Steven Day – string quartet ("Goodbye Again")</li><li>William Zsembery – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_horn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">French horn</a></li><li>Strings written, arranged &amp; conducted by Rico Petrucelli</li></ul><p><br></p>