Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection

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Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 2004
Genre Rock, contemporary folk
Label Columbia
Producer Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal
Shawn Colvin chronology
Whole New You
(2001)
Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection
(2004)
These Four Walls
(2006)
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Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter and musician Shawn Colvin, released in 2004. [2] The cover song, "I'll Be Back" by The Beatles, is unique to this collection.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal; except where indicated

  1. "Steady On" – 4:56
  2. "Diamond in the Rough" – 5:00
  3. "Shotgun Down the Avalanche" – 5:01
  4. "Round of Blues" (Colvin, Larry Klein) – 4:43
  5. "Polaroids" (Colvin) – 5:49
  6. "I Don't Know Why" (Colvin) – 4:37
  7. "Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic" (Sting) – 3:17
  8. "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:02
  9. "Sunny Came Home" – 4:25
  10. "You and the Mona Lisa" – 4:06
  11. "Get Out of This House" – 4:16
  12. "The Facts About Jimmy" – 5:24
  13. "Whole New You" – 4:02
  14. "A Matter of Minutes" – 5:08
  15. "I'll Be Back" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:41

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