Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Mary-Chapin Carpenter (vocals, acoustic guitar); Duke Levine (electric guitar, mandola); John Jennings (electric slide guitar, percussion); Steve Nathan (piano); Jon Carroll (Hammond B-3 organ); Glenn Worf (bass); Dave Mattacks (drums); Garrison Starr, Jon Carroll (background vocals).
Producers: Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, Blake Chancey.
Recorded at Air Studios, London, England in November 2000.
TIME SEX LOVE was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award For Best Engineered Album.
This is a multi-channel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
Personnel includes: Mary-Chapin Carpenter (vocals, acoustic guitar); Duke Levine (electric guitar, mandola); John Jennings (electric slide guitar, percussion); Steve Nathan (piano); Jon Carroll (Hammond B-3 organ); Glenn Worf (bass); Dave Mattaks (drums); Garrison Starr, Jon Carroll (background vocals).
Producers: Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, Blake Chancey.
Recorded at Air Studios, London, England in November 2000.
TIME SEX LOVE was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award For Best Engineered Album.
Personnel: Mary Chapin Carpenter (acoustic guitar, background vocals); John Jennings (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar, tambourine, percussion, programming, background vocals); Duke Levine (electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, mandola, electric sitar); Patrick Kiernan, Boguslav Kostecki, Rita Manning, Gavyn Wright (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Tony Pleeth, David Daniels (cello); Michael Thompson (French horn); Jon Carroll (piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer, background vocals); Steve Nathan (piano, synthesizer); Glenn Worf (fretless bass); Dave Mattacks (drums, percussion); Garrison Starr (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: George Massenburg.
Recording information: Air Studios, London, England (11/2000-01/2001); Bias Studios, Springfield, WV (11/2000-01/2001); The Farm, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (11/2000-01/2001); Westwood Sound Studio, Nashville, TN (11/2000-01/2001).
Photographers: Pamela Springsteen; Mary-Beth Aungier; George Massenburg.
Arrangers: Isobel Griffiths; Nick Ingman.
With one foot in adult pop, one in country, and one in singer/songwriterdom, Mary Chapin Carpenter has always been tough to pin down. TIME*SEX*LOVE probably won't make it any easier for listeners to pigeonhole her, either. The album represents all the facets of Carpenter's work, from moody folk-rock ("Swept Away") to bluesy, Bonnie Raitt-like grit ("Simple Life"). Along the way, a number of other influences peek their head into the mix. The baroque, harmony-laden sound of "Maybe World" is redolent of PET SOUNDS-era Beach Boys, while the sparkling pop-rock of "The Long Way Home" is reminiscent of Carpenter's take on Lucinda Williams's "Passionate Kisses." "In the Name of Love" even employs a sitar as a key element. Clearly, Carpenter is an artist whose only unwavering characteristic is a commitment to intelligent songwriting. When it comes to stylistic detours, she shows an appealing tendency to wander the map.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (6/01/01, p.90) - "...As always, [she] has an expert way with ballads of betrayal or obsession....Stick with her slow, depressing stuff, and bring your Zoloft..." - Rating: B-

Entertainment Weekly (6/01/01, p.90) - "...As always, [she] has an expert way with ballads of betrayal or obsession....Stick with her slow, depressing stuff, and bring your Zoloft..." - Rating: B-

Q (6/01, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Her best yet....musically more extravagant, lyrically just as searching..."

Q (6/01, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Her best yet....musically more extravagant, lyrically just as searching..."

Down Beat (10/01, p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...An inspiring set..."

Down Beat (10/01, p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...An inspiring set..."

No Depression (7-8/01, p.123) - "...Her most ambitious record to date..."o

No Depression (7-8/01, p.123) - "...Her most ambitious record to date..."o

Album: Time* Sex* Love*
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Whenever You're Ready
2)	Simple Life
3)	Swept Away
4)	Slave to the Beauty
5)	Maybe World
6)	What Was It Like
7)	King of Love
8)	This Is Me Leaving You
9)	Someone Else's Prayer
10)	Dreaming Road, The
11)	Alone But Not Lonely
12)	Long Way Home, The
13)	In the Name of Love
14)	Late for Your Life

Album: Time* Sex* Love*
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Whenever You're Ready
2)	Simple Life
3)	Swept Away
4)	Slave to the Beauty
5)	Maybe World
6)	What Was It Like
7)	King of Love
8)	This Is Me Leaving You
9)	Someone Else's Prayer
10)	Dreaming Road, The
11)	Alone But Not Lonely
12)	Long Way Home, The
13)	In the Name of Love
14)	Late for Your Life