Uncovered (Shawn Colvin album)

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Uncovered
ShawnColvinUncovered.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
RecordedArlyn Studios, Austin
Hobo Sound, Weehawken, NJ
Genre Rock
Length52:13
Label Concord, Fantasy
Producer Steuart Smith, Stewart Lerman
Shawn Colvin chronology
All Fall Down
(2012)
Uncovered
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Uncovered is the ninth studio album by American singer Shawn Colvin. The work consists of cover songs from other notable musicians. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

The album debuted at No. 175 on Billboard 200, [8] selling around 3,000 copies in the first week. It has sold 12,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016. [9]

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

Production:

Chart positions

Chart (2015–16)Peak
position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [10] 82
US Billboard 200 [11] 175
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [12] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] 30

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