Stones in the Road - Highlighter Yellow
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11/22/2024
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Highlighter Yellow.
With Printed Inners.
Catalog Number: RLGM24511PMI
Color: Yellow
Format: LP
UPC: 198028224512
How could this album, one of the biggest
crossover country smashes of the '90s and a
complete artistic triumph, remain a vinyl wallflower
at this late date?! Real Gone Music take this classic Mary Chapin
Carpenter release to the dance with a special
2-LP expanded highlighter yellow vinyl edition
that includes an entire bonus side featuring
a live performance from 1994, the same year
Stones in the Road was released! The accolades
and accomplishments of this record are almost
too numerous to list here: #1 on the Country
charts, Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Pop charts, a
#1 Country hit with "Shut Up and Kiss Me," other
charting singles like "Tender When I Want to Be," "House of Cards," and "Why Walk When
You Can Fly?", and Grammies for Best Country Album and Best Female Country Vocal
Performance. But hits and awards aside, what makes this album so special is that every
song packs its own unique emotional punch, starting with the title tune that was first
covered by Joan Baez; you could also point to the transcendent "John Doe No. 24" and
the brilliant "End of My Pirate Days" as firsts among equals on this amazingly consistent
and rewarding album (which Country Universe called the best Contemporary Country
album of all time!). Some credit must be given to the band that producer John Jennings
assembled, including drummer Kenny Aronoff, keyboardist Benmont Tench, guitarists Lee
Roy Parnell and Steuart Smith, and backing vocalists Trisha Yearwood, Shawn Colvin, and
Linda Williams. But, as always with a Mary Chapin Carpenter album, it's the songwriting
that's the real star: witty, wistful, personal, and real. With gorgeous hooks to boot! Side
D includes the four tracks that came out on the Live at "Her Majesty's Theatre" EP recorded
in London, featuring a version of "Shut Up and Kiss Me," and it all comes with two printed
inner sleeves boasting lyrics. Released on its 30th anniversary with the full consent and
support of the artist herself!