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Cover Girl (Shawn Colvin album)

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Cover Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994
Recorded1993–94
VenueThe Bitter End
StudioSony Music Studios
LabelColumbia
ProducerShawn Colvin, David Kahne, Steuart Smith
Shawn Colvin chronology
Fat City
(1992)
Cover Girl
(1994)
A Few Small Repairs
(1996)

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.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME3/10[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Vox8/10[8]

Cover Girl received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album.[9]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Cover Girl – Shawn Colvin". AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Kening, Dan (October 13, 1994). "Surprise Package". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Nash, Alanna (August 26, 1994). "Cover Girl". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Willman, Chris (September 4, 1994). "Shawn Colvin, 'Cover Girl,' Columbia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Staunton, Terry (September 17, 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". NME. p. 57.
  6. ^ Sinclair, David (September 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". Q. No. 96. p. 98.
  7. ^ Manning, Kara (December 15, 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  8. ^ Dellar, Fred (October 1994). "Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl". Vox. No. 49. p. 94.
  9. ^ "Cover Girl grammy nominations". Retrieved June 2, 2008.