Cover Girl is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin, released in 1994 on Columbia Records. Colvin is a singer-songwriter who usually records her own material, however, as the title alludes to, all of the tracks on the album are covers of previously recorded songs.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 23, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–94 | |||
| Venue | The Bitter End | |||
| Studio | Sony Music Studios | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Shawn Colvin, David Kahne, Steuart Smith | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[3] |
| Los Angeles Times | [4] |
| NME | 3/10[5] |
| Q | [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Vox | 8/10[8] |
Cover Girl received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album.[9]
Track listing
edit| Track No | Song title | Songwriter/composer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic" | Sting | 3:17 |
| 2 | "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" [live] | Tom Waits | 3:36 |
| 3 | "One Cool Remove" (feat. Mary Chapin Carpenter) | Greg Brown | 3:19 |
| 4 | "Satin Sheets" [live] | Willis Alan Ramsey | 3:10 |
| 5 | "There's a Rugged Road" | Judee Sill | 3:43 |
| 6 | "Killing the Blues" [live] | Roly Salley | 3:47 |
| 7 | "Window to the World" | Tom Littlefield | 5:15 |
| 8 | "Someday" | Steve Earle | 4:09 |
| 9 | "Twilight" [live] | Robbie Robertson | 2:56 |
| 10 | "If These Walls Could Speak" | Jimmy Webb | 3:06 |
| 11 | "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" | David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth. |
4:01 |
| 12 | "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" [live] | Bob Dylan | 4:10 |
| 13 (hidden) | "Ol' 55" [live] | Tom Waits |
Personnel
edit- Shawn Colvin – guitar, vocals
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Steve Addabbo – guitar
- Kenny Aronoff – drums, percussion
- Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
- Larry Campbell – fiddle, pedal steel
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – vocals
- Milt Grayson – background vocals
- David Kahne – bass, keyboards
- Curtis King – background vocals
- Larry Klein – bass
- Andy Kravitz – drums
- Steuart Smith – guitar, bass, mandolin, keyboards
- Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
- Frank Vilardi – drums, percussion
- Ken White – background vocals
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Frank Floyd – background vocals
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass, accordion
References
edit- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Cover Girl – Shawn Colvin". AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Kening, Dan (October 13, 1994). "Surprise Package". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Nash, Alanna (August 26, 1994). "Cover Girl". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Willman, Chris (September 4, 1994). "Shawn Colvin, 'Cover Girl,' Columbia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Staunton, Terry (September 17, 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". NME. p. 57.
- ^ Sinclair, David (September 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". Q. No. 96. p. 98.
- ^ Manning, Kara (December 15, 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Dellar, Fred (October 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". Vox. No. 49. p. 94.
- ^ "Cover Girl grammy nominations". Retrieved June 2, 2008.
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