Product Description
The Age of Miracles is the 3rd Zoe/Rounder release from world renowned singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter. The Age of Miracles has been a work in progress since 2007. The album is a personal exploration of regret and resilience but also a larger, more universal expression of wonder at the times we are living in. Carpenter is backed by an incredible band that includes Matt Rollings (piano, B-3 organ), Russ Kunkel (drums), Duke Levine (electric and acoustic guitar), Glenn Worf (bass), Dan Dugmore (steel and 12 string guitar) and Eric Darken (percussion). It also features guest vocals by Vince Gill and Alison Krauss.

1.. We Traveled So Far
2. Zephyr
3. I Put My Ring Back On
4. Holding Up The Sky
5. 4 June 1989
6. I Was A Bird
7. Mrs. Hemingway
8. I Have A Need For Solitude
9. What You Look For
10. Iceland
11. The Age Of Miracles
12. The Way I Feel

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033G9O1E/?tag=imwan-20

Cool. It's nice to see her back again.

Fans should be alerted to the rather frustrating news that the version at Barnes & Noble has an exclusive bonus track, "All the Sad Songs." This will indeed be frustrating for anyone that bought it anywhere else, and her own website makes no mention of this. But...it gets worse: the iTunes version has — you guessed it — a different "exclusive" bonus track, "This Is Home." And, of course, it is the only track you can't purchase separately.

So, if you're a diehard 'have-to-have-it-all' fan, you'll have to buy the full album twice in two formats. Or, if you already bought it somewhere besides B&N or iTunes, you'll wind up buying it THREE times...

I will refrain from making any commentary on this except to say that these types of marketing schemes are directly aimed at the most dedicated of an artist's fans who they know will want every song. I like a physical product in full CD fidelity with artwork, lyrics and credits without having to read them on-line or print them out and assemble my own booklet at home; others prefer the convenience of downloads. That's fine, but no one should miss out on a track because they prefer one format over the other. Bravo to the artists who release the same complete album in every format and let the fan decide what they want to purchase...and boo to the labels, management and, yes, the artists who approve these plans, who calculate that the faithful fan base will re-buy the album if they stick an extra song here, and an extra song there...

shelby lynne did the same thing.

went to best buy to pick up the taylor/king live CD and figured i might as well get mary chapin carpenter's new disc while i was there............whoa!!!!!!!!

$16.99 for her new CD the "age of miracles"....yep, you read it right, $16.99!

i almost shit my drawers!

no wonder best buy can't sell CD's anymore, you can get every past mary chapin carpenter CD in the bargain bins for a couple of bucks and they want $16.99 for the new one. needless to say, i left without it.

i will report back here when i pick it up for $5 or less in a couple of months (weeks?)

$16.99.....stunning.

Now that was a visual that I just didn't need!