Somewhere (Eva Cassidy album)

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Somewhere
Eva Cassidy -Somewhere.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 26, 2008
Label Blix Street
Producer Chris Biondo,
Steve Lima (Track 4)
Eva Cassidy chronology
Wonderful World
(2004)
Somewhere
(2008)
Simply Eva
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Detroit Free Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NY Daily NewsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Trades(favorable) [3]
Salt Lake Tribune(B) [4]

Somewhere is the title of Eva Cassidy's seventh posthumous album and the fourth studio album, twelve years after her death in 1996. For the first time, it includes two songs written by Eva Cassidy herself.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Coat of Many Colors" Dolly Parton Dolly Parton 3:17
2."My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose"-Traditional3:43
3."Ain't Doin' Too Bad" Don D. Robey James Cotton 3:41
4."Chain of Fools" Donald Covay Aretha Franklin 4:10
5."Won't Be Long" J. Leslie McFarland Aretha Franklin 3:47
6."Walkin' After Midnight"Don Hecht, Alan Block Patsy Cline 2:38
7."Early One Morning"Eva Cassidy, Rob Cooper-2:20
8."A Bold Young Farmer"-Traditional3:44
9."If I Give My Heart"John Pennell Alison Krauss 3:59
10."Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" Fred Rose Roy Acuff 2:50
11."Summertime" George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin Billie Holiday 3:04
12."Somewhere"Eva Cassidy, Chris Biondo-4:54

Personnel

Charts

ChartsPeak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [5] 78
UK Albums Chart 4 [6]
Swedish Albums Chart 12 [7]
Norwegian Albums Chart 11 [7]
Irish Albums Chart 15
U.S. Billboard Top 200 136 [8]

The album been certified Gold in the UK. [9]

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References

  1. Detroit Free Press review
  2. NY Daily News review
  3. The Trades review
  4. Salt Lake Tribune review
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 52.
  6. CHART WEEK ENDING DATE 06/09/08
  7. 1 2 Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Swedishcharts.com
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  9. "British certification for Somewhere". British Phonographic Industry. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009.