| Shooting Straight in the Dark | ||||
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| Released | October 9, 1990 | |||
| Studio | Bias Studios, Springfield, Virginia | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville/TriStar | |||
| Producer | Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[2] |
Shooting Straight in the Dark is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Records on October 9, 1990. It rose to No. 11 on the Billboard's Country Albums chart, with four of its tracks reaching the Hot Country Songs chart: "You Win Again" (No. 16), "Right Now" (No. 15), "Down at the Twist and Shout" (No. 2), and "Going Out Tonight" (No. 14).
Members of the Cajun band BeauSoleil provide guest instrumentation on "Down at the Twist and Shout". Shawn Colvin provided backing vocals on three of the album's songs.