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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter was produced by Bonny Light Horseman's Josh Kaufman.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
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  1. Jul 14, 2025
    80
    Personal History is a triumph, offering an unguarded look into her heart and her soul.
  2. Uncut
    Jul 14, 2025
    80
    Singing in a voice rich with the patina of experience, there's a universal wisdom to songs such as "New Religion" and "Home Is A Song", on which she's joined by Anais Micthell. [Jul 2025, p.26]
  3. Record Collector
    Jul 14, 2025
    80
    This uniquely personal set will resonate with the wide fanbase she's gathered. [Aug 2025, p.103]
  4. Mojo
    Jul 14, 2025
    60
    That confiding voice retains its hushed intimacy throughout but there's a lack of the soaring melodies that distinguish her recent collaborations with Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart. [Aug 2025, p.76]