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Shawn Colvin is no stranger to a good cover. She's sung the songs of other writers throughout her career, even finding space for Warren Zevon's "Tenderness on the Block" on her 1992 breakthrough Fat City, but she hasn't devoted an entire album to covers since 1994's Grammy-nominated Cover Girl. Arriving 21 years after that album, Uncovered feels slightly spare and quiet in comparison -- there are no productions as bright and full as that on "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" -- but it follows the same basic formula as that album, with Colvin finding the quiet, intimate heart lying in each of these songs. She returns to a few of her favorite writers -- the first single pulled from Uncovered was "Hold On," and Tom Waits isn't the only repeated songsmith; she also repeats Robbie Robertson, reviving "Acadian Driftwood" this time around -- but casts her net a little wider than such expected celebrated singer/songwriters as Paul Simon, John Fogerty, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Finn, finding room for Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street," Stevie Wonder's "Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away," and Brenton Wood's classic '60s soul tune "Gimme a Little Sign," here performed as a duet with Marc Cohn. These slightly left-of-center choices illustrate the sly inventiveness of Colvin's interpretations, how she can retain the melody and emotion of the tune while shaping it to fit her gentle touch, and if this skill isn't forceful, it's nevertheless satisfying and deceptively sturdy, sounding stronger with each subsequent play.
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Bruce Springsteen, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Paul Simon, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
David Crosby, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Rafferty, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tom Waits, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Brenan, ComposerLyricist - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Graham nash, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Neil Finn, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Joseph Hooven, ComposerLyricist - ALFRED SMITH, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Winn, ComposerLyricist - Marc Cohn, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
ROBBIE ROBERTSON, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Fogerty, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Robert Earl Keen, ComposerLyricist - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Red Lane, ComposerLyricist - Larry Henley, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Colvin, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - STEUART SMITH, Producer - Stewart Lerman, Producer - Milo Deering, Mandola, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fukunaga, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Meadows, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Shawn Colvin is no stranger to a good cover. She's sung the songs of other writers throughout her career, even finding space for Warren Zevon's "Tenderness on the Block" on her 1992 breakthrough Fat City, but she hasn't devoted an entire album to covers since 1994's Grammy-nominated Cover Girl. Arriving 21 years after that album, Uncovered feels slightly spare and quiet in comparison -- there are no productions as bright and full as that on "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" -- but it follows the same basic formula as that album, with Colvin finding the quiet, intimate heart lying in each of these songs. She returns to a few of her favorite writers -- the first single pulled from Uncovered was "Hold On," and Tom Waits isn't the only repeated songsmith; she also repeats Robbie Robertson, reviving "Acadian Driftwood" this time around -- but casts her net a little wider than such expected celebrated singer/songwriters as Paul Simon, John Fogerty, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Finn, finding room for Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street," Stevie Wonder's "Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away," and Brenton Wood's classic '60s soul tune "Gimme a Little Sign," here performed as a duet with Marc Cohn. These slightly left-of-center choices illustrate the sly inventiveness of Colvin's interpretations, how she can retain the melody and emotion of the tune while shaping it to fit her gentle touch, and if this skill isn't forceful, it's nevertheless satisfying and deceptively sturdy, sounding stronger with each subsequent play.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:13
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Shawn Colvin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fantasy Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2015 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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