''Come On Come On'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter

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, released by

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on June 30, 1992. It rose to No. 11 on the ''

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chart: "

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" (No. 4), " Not Too Much to Ask" (a duet with

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, No. 15), "

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" (a cover of the

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song, No. 4), " The Hard Way" (No. 11), " The Bug" (a cover of the

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song, No. 16), "

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" (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. It remains Carpenter's best-selling album.

Track listing

All songs written by

except where noted.

Production

*Produced by Mary Chapin Carpenter and John Jennings except "The Bug", which was produced by Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, and Steve Buckingham. *Recorded and mixed by Bob Dawson and Marshall Morgan *Engineered by Toby Seay

Personnel

Adapted from ''Come On Come On'' liner notes. *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) *

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– background vocals (3) *

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– background vocals (1, 7, 12) *Denny Dadmun-Bixby – bass guitar (1, 11) *

– duet vocals (6) *

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–

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(6) * Paul Franklin –

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(5, 6), Pedabro (5) *

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and

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) – background vocals (1, 10) *

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– bass guitar (2, 7, 10) *

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– 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) *

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– electric guitar (2, 7, 10) *Robbie Magruder – drums (1, 4–6, 11) *Mike McAdam – electric guitar (4–6),

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guitar (6) *

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– double bass (9) *

Andy Newmark Andrew Newmark (born July 14, 1950)

– drums (2, 7, 10) *

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– piano (1–3, 7, 8, 10, 12) *

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–

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(2, 3, 10, 11)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

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References

External links

Mary Chapin Carpenter's official website
{{Authority control 1992 albums Mary Chapin Carpenter albums Albums produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer) Columbia Records albums