The Essential Shawn Mullins

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The Essential Shawn Mullins
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2003
Recorded1995-2000
Genre Folk rock, pop
Length59.25
Label Sony
Producer Mitch Maketansky, Shawn Mullins, Julian Raymond
Shawn Mullins chronology
Beneath the Velvet Sun
(2000)
The Essential Shawn Mullins
(2003)
9th Ward Pickin Parlor
(2006)
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The Essential Shawn Mullins is a compilation album by Shawn Mullins which includes remastered songs mostly from his 2 previous folk-rock albums, Soul's Core and Beneath the Velvet Sun. The album was released on 1 April 2003 by Sony.

Track listing

  1. "Lullaby" (Mullins) - 5:30
  2. "Lately" (ft. Michael Ward)(Mullins) - 4:26
  3. "This Time/Last Time" (Mullins) - 2:59
  4. "Canyons and Caverns" (Mullins) - 4:19
  5. "The Gulf of Mexico" (Mullins) - 3:44
  6. "Anchored in You" (Mullins) - 3:19
  7. "Shimmer" (Mullins) - 4:08
  8. "Everywhere I Go" (Mullins) - 3:51
  9. "Somethin' To Believe In" (ft. Shawn Colvin) (Mullins) - 3:43
  10. "Santa Fe" (Mullins) - 3:49
  11. "I Know" (ft. Shelby Lynne)(Mullins) - 4:00
  12. "Joy Terrell Brown" (Mullins) - 2:45
  13. "Lonesome, I Know You Too Well" (Mullins) - 3:10
  14. "Border Song (Holy Moses)" (John/Taupin) - 3:22
  15. "Lullaby" (Mullins) - 5:05

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