The album consistently got great reviews. I kept reading about this album and how great it was. Brad from Topeka, KsWhen this album was released in 1988, I was reading a lot of rock magazines with album reviews.I should introduce her husband to my wife. Rick Shaw from Los AngelesThis is a song about a woman who marries a lazy bum who won't get a job and spends all his evenings at the bar while she works, takes care of the kid and pays all the bills.Billy Hartman from Rick Shaw could i meet her?.Maureen from Long IslandOne of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard.Topper from From WestThis song so beautiful and sad.It definitely pulls on your heartstrings, that’s for damn sure. I first caught wind of it through Luke Combs’ version, since it plays on the country station I listen to, and… wow. Nathan from Woodbridge, VaThis is… a beautiful song.In the US, her album also hit #1 on that date. The song raced up the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, landing at #5 in the UK on July 16 and #6 in America on August 27. In front of a huge prime-time audience she performed "Fast Car" alone with her acoustic guitar, wowing the crowd and building quite a buzz. She did a three-song set in the afternoon that included the apropos " Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution," but not "Fast Car." She thought she'd done her bit and could relax and enjoy the rest of the concert, but as the show stretched into the evening, Stevie Wonder was delayed when the computer discs for his performance went missing, and Chapman was ushered back on stage again. The catalyst came on June 11, 1988, when Chapman was on the bill at the Nelson Mandela birthday concert at Wembley Stadium along with big names like Whitney Houston, Peter Gabriel, and Jackson Browne. She gradually built a following, and in early June, "Fast Car" entered the charts in both the US and UK. She was signed to a major label, Elektra Records, which released both the song and her self-titled debut album in April 1988 and booked her as an opening act for 10,000 Maniacs. "Fast Car" was Tracy Chapman's first single, and an unlikely hit - somber songs from unknown artists usually have a very limited reach.
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