Time* Sex* Love* Explained

Time* Sex* Love*
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mary Chapin Carpenter
Cover:	timesexlove.jpg
Recorded:	November 2000–January 2001
Studio:	AIR (London, UK)
Genre:	Country
Label:	Columbia Nashville
Producer:	Mary Chapin Carpenter Blake Chancey John Jennings
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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,^[1] peaking at No. 8 on May 5, 2001.^[2]

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

Personnel

• Mary Chapin Carpenter - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Jon Carroll - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, background vocals, Wurlitzer
• David Daniels - cello
• Isobel Griffiths - arranger, conductor, contractor
• Nick Ingman - arranger, conductor, string arrangements
• John Jennings - clevenger bass, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, hi-string guitar, percussion, programming, slide guitar, tambourine, background vocals
• Patrick Kiernan - violin
• Boguslaw Kostecki - violin
• Peter Lale - viola
• Duke Levine - 12-string electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, electric sitar, slide guitar
• Rita Manning - violin
• Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion
• Steve Nathan - piano, synthesizer
• Tony Pleeth - cello
• Garrison Starr - background vocals
• Mike Thompson - French horn
• Brice White - viola
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar, clevenger bass, fretless bass
• Gavyn Wright - violin

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[3]	86
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	47

External links

• Mary Chapin Carpenter's official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. 2001-10-27. March 14, 2022.
2. Web site: Billboard. 2001-05-05. March 14, 2022.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html. July 1, 2002. Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001. Billboard. October 21, 2020.