just love her voice and songwriting,always has lyricts that have a lot of emotion.i actually like her newer stuff such as(ashes and roses)

I was really disappointed in this one. What a shame she is wasting such a talent on such bad material. If you want to write a comentary, or go protest, then do it. Then get back in the studio and produce some more great work like you used to.

At least one can still listen to "Down at the Twist and Shout" and "I Feel Lucky" without hearing her hate America themed new "folk" songs.

I absolutely love Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Essentials" CD. So I was very, very, very disappointed with "The Calling.""Essentials" reveals a woman who is highly talented, who sounds like she loves the music she is singing, who has a good vocal range and quality, and who has musicians, composers, and studio technicians who know what they are doing and do it."The Calling" is exactly the opposite. Mary Carpenter sounds unpracticed and bashful, she sounds like she does not enjoy the music she is singing, it appears she can only sing about 10 notes, and the accompanyments and the mixing sound amaturish. I'm sorry I spent $10 for this download and wish I could send it back.

I have been a huge Mary Chapin fan since her career began. I have to say that this Album is one of the best. She uses her voice to speak out against the fear-based prejudice that has gripped our country. Thank you Mary Chapin Carpenter!

The. Worst. Movie. I. Have. Ever. Seen.One star is too many. This makes all the other bad movies I've seen look like Shakespeare. Honestly. There is no script, no plot, no characters, no story, no scenes, no acting, no direction. The audio and video quality are atrocious. Whoever financed this were utter fools. There is the barest hint of an idea in the premise on the DVD blurb, but it is NOT executed. There is no attempt to even tell a story. The documentary special feature "Burning Sand" is almost as bad.I really, really, really want that two hours + of my life back.