Time* Sex* Love*

Time* Sex* Love*
Studio album by
Mary Chapin Carpenter
ReleasedMay 29, 2001 (2001-05-29)
RecordedNovember 2000–January 2001
StudioAIR (London, UK)
GenreCountry
LabelColumbia Nashville
ProducerMary Chapin Carpenter
Blake Chancey
John Jennings
Mary Chapin Carpenter chronology
Party Doll and Other Favorites
(1999) 		Time* Sex* Love*
(2001) 		The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(81/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com(favorable)[2]
AllMusic[3]
Billboard(favorable)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[1][7]

Time* Sex* Love* is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Nashville on May 29, 2001. It rose to No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and produced two singles: "Simple Life," which peaked at No. 53 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and "This Is Me Leaving You", which failed to chart. Despite its low airplay ranking, "Simple Life" spent 28 weeks on Billboard's Top 25 Country Singles Sales chart,[8] peaking at No. 8 on May 5, 2001.[9]

The album was recorded at George Martin's AIR Studios in London.

The asterisks in the title refer to a comment producer John Jennings made about the album's content: "Time is the great gift; sex is the great equalizer; love is the great mystery"[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whenever You're Ready"Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gary Burr6:04
2."Simple Life" 3:50
3."Swept Away"Carpenter, Kim Richey4:47
4."Slave to the Beauty" 5:09
5."Maybe World"Carpenter, Burr3:52
6."What Was It Like"Carpenter, Burr4:01
7."King of Love" 5:23
8."This Is Me Leaving You"Carpenter, John Jennings3:45
9."Someone Else's Prayer" 4:34
10."The Dreaming Road" 6:20
11."Alone but Not Lonely" 4:24
12."The Long Way Home" 4:54
13."In the Name of Love" 4:20
14."Late for Your Life" 5:38
Hidden track
No.TitleLength
15."Goin' Home" (starting at 7:00 after 1:22 silence on track 14)5:45
Total length:72:46

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ a b c "Time* Sex* Love* by Mary Chapin Carpenter". Metacritic.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "A Playlist of the Best Anti-Love Songs in Country Music History". Countrymusic.about.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2002. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Time* Sex* Love* - Mary Chapin Carpenter | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Billboard review". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 17, 2001. Retrieved April 14, 2013.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "In Brief - latimes". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 2, 2001. Retrieved April 14, 2013.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Billboard" (PDF). 2001-10-27. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "Billboard" (PDF). 2001-05-05. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Takes On Themes Of Time, Sex, Love". Billboard. May 2, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  11. ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.