Shawn Camp (album) explained

Shawn Camp
Type:studio
Artist:Shawn Camp
Cover:Shawn camp album.jpg
Released:1993
Studio:Javelina Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:Country
Label:Reprise
Producer:Mark Wright
Next Title:Lucky Silver Dollar
Next Year:2001

Shawn Camp is the debut studio album by American country music singer Shawn Camp. It was released in 1993 via Reprise Records.

Content

The album produced three singles: "Confessin' My Love", "Fallin' Never Felt So Good", and "Man, What a Woman". Mark Wright produced the album.

Dude Mowrey originally recorded "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" on his 1991 debut album Honky Tonk. Mark Chesnutt recorded both "Confessin' My Love" and "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" on his 2000 album Lost in the Feeling (also produced by Wright), in addition to releasing his version of the former as a single that year. Rhett Akins covered "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" on his 1996 album Somebody New.

Critical reception

Daniel Cooper of New Country magazine gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, praising Camp's singing and production but criticizing his lyrics, saying that "there's nary a memorable line anywhere on the record."[1] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock was favorable when reviewing the album's 2010 release, praising Camp's lyrics while comparing the album's sound favorably to Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam.[2]

Personnel

Compiled from Shawn Camp liner notes.[3]

Musicians
Background vocalists
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Cooper. Daniel. March 1994. Shawn Camp. New Country. 1. 1. 53.
  2. Web site: Shawn Camp review. Peacock. Bobby. Roughstock. 28 September 2010 . 12 December 2016.
  3. Shawn Camp . Shawn Camp . 1993 . CD booklet . Reprise Records . 45450.