1992 studio album by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Come On Come On is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Records on June 30, 1992. It rose to No. 11 on the Billboard's Country Albums chart and No. 31 on the Billboard 200, with seven of its tracks reaching the Hot Country Songs chart: "I Feel Lucky" (No. 4), "Not Too Much to Ask" (a duet with Joe Diffie, No. 15), "Passionate Kisses" (a cover of the Lucinda Williams song, No. 4), "The Hard Way" (No. 11), "The Bug" (a cover of the Dire Straits song, No. 16), "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" (No. 2), and "I Take My Chances" (No. 2). "Passionate Kisses" also reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100.
By 2017, the album had sold 2.9 million copies.[1] It remains Carpenter's best-selling album.
Track listing
All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter except where noted.
Personnel
Adapted from Come On Come On liner notes.[8]
- J. T. Brown – bass guitar (4, 5), background vocals (4)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – acoustic guitar (1-3, 7, 9, 11, 12), vocals
- Jon Carroll – piano (4, 6, 11), synthesizer (1), background vocals (4)
- Rosanne Cash – background vocals (3)
- Shawn Colvin – background vocals (1, 7, 12)
- Denny Dadmun-Bixby – bass guitar (1, 11)
- Joe Diffie – duet vocals (6)
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro (6)
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (5, 6), Pedabro (5)
- Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) – background vocals (1, 10)
- Bob Glaub – bass guitar (2, 7, 10)
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano (9)
- John Jennings – electric guitar (1, 2, 4-6, 11), acoustic guitar (3-6, 10, 12), bass guitar (3, 6, 12), percussion (3), programming (3), background vocals (1-5, 10-12)
- John Jorgenson – electric guitar (2, 7, 10)
- Robbie Magruder – drums (1, 4-6, 11)
- Mike McAdam – electric guitar (4-6), tremolo guitar (6)
- Edgar Meyer – double bass (9)
- Andy Newmark – drums (2, 7, 10)
- Matt Rollings – piano (1-3, 7, 8, 10, 12)
- Benmont Tench – Hammond organ (2, 3, 10, 11)