Uncovered (Shawn Colvin album) explained

Uncovered
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shawn Colvin
Cover:	ShawnColvinUncovered.jpg
Recorded:	Arlyn Studios, Austin Hobo Sound, Weehawken, NJ
Genre:	Rock
Label:	Concord, Fantasy
Producer:	Steuart Smith, Stewart Lerman
Prev Title:	All Fall Down
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Colvin & Earle
Next Year:	2016

Uncovered is the ninth studio album by American singer Shawn Colvin. The work consists of cover songs from other notable musicians.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The album debuted at No. 175 on Billboard 200,^[7] selling around 3,000 copies in the first week. It has sold 12,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016.^[8]

Track listing

1. "Tougher Than the Rest" (Bruce Springsteen) – 4:26
2. "American Tune" (Paul Simon) – 3:59
3. "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty) – 4:30
4. "Hold On" (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) – 4:18
5. "I Used to Be a King" (Graham Nash) – 5:09
6. "Private Universe" (Neil Finn) – 3:54
7. "Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:12
8. "Gimme Little Sign" (Joseph Hooven, Alfred Smith, Jerry Winn) – 3:10
9. "Acadian Driftwood" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:30
10. "Lodi" (John Fogerty) – 3:12
11. "Not a Drop of Rain" (Robert Earl Keen) – 4:34
12. "'Til I Get It Right" (Larry Henley, Red Lane) – 3:19

Personnel

• Shawn Colvin – vocals, guitar
• David Crosby – vocals ("Baker Street")
• Marc Cohn – vocals ("Gimme Little Sign")
• Glenn Fukunaga – bass
• Mike Meadows – percussion
• David Boyle – keyboards
• Milo Deering – pedal steel, lap steel, mandola
• Steuart Smith – guitar, keyboards, bass ("American Tune")

Production:

• Produced by Steuart Smith, Stewart Lerman
• Recorded by Stewart Lerman
• Assisted by Joseph Holquin, Jacob Sciba
• Additional Engineering by Steve Mazur, Sean Kelly
• Mixed by Stewart Lerman
• Mastered by Paul Blakemore

Notes and References

1. Web site: Album review: Shawn Colvin, ‘Uncovered’ – The Boston Globe. BostonGlobe.com. 6 October 2015.
2. Web site: Hear Shawn Colvin's Yearning Cover of CCR's 'Lodi'. Rolling Stone. 6 October 2015.
3. Web site: Song Premiere: Shawn Colvin, 'Hold On'. 6 August 2015. NPR.org. 6 October 2015.
4. Web site: 'We All Have Something To Say': Shawn Colvin On The Value Of Cover Songs. 26 September 2015. NPR.org. 6 October 2015.
5. Web site: Shawn Colvin. exclaim.ca. 6 October 2015.
6. Web site: Shawn Colvin. PopMatters. 6 October 2015.
7. Web site: The Billboard 200 . Billboard . October 17, 2015.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505233342/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . May 5, 2016 . Upcoming Releases . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures .