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Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - Music Head - 10-06-2012
online listen
nice guest cast
but none of the tracks say featuring.....
a little too mellow for me today
nice to fall asleep with
1.4 from me and a converted 2.4 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Knowing What I Know Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=024dDO7yLvo
released June 5th, 2012
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Bio - from allmusic
Shawn Colvin is one of the leading lights of the so-called "new folk movement" that began in the late '80s. Although
she grew out of the somewhat limited "woman with a guitar" school, she kept the form fresh with a diverse approach,
avoiding the genre's clichéd sentiments and all-too-often formulaic arrangements in favor of a more personal, pop-
influenced style. Colvin's debut record won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1991, but it was
her 1997 single, "Sunny Came Home," that firmly catapulted her into the mainstream. Although she never revisited
that commercial peak again, Colvin still commanded a broad, loyal following into the subsequent decades. Colvin was
born in Vermillion, South Dakota, on January 10, 1956. By the age of ten, she had discovered a passion for music and
taught herself guitar. After moving twice -- first to London, Ontario, and then to Carbondale, Illinois -- Colvin
formed the Shawn Colvin Band, a hard rock outfit whose high-energy demands soon strained her voice. She relocated to
Austin, Texas, where she joined the Western swing band the Dixie Diesels and sang with the band until nodes forced a
temporary retirement at age 24. In 1983, she moved to New York, where she found a home in the city's
singer/songwriter scene and built a following in the surrounding area.
Throughout the '80s, Colvin worked her way up the folk circuit, also appearing in off-Broadway shows such as Pump
Boys and Dinettes, Diamond Studs, and Lie of the Mind. Her work also appeared in Fast Folk magazine, and she got her
first break in 1987 singing backup on Suzanne Vega's hit song "Luka." By the following year, she had found a
songwriting partner in John Leventhal, who began providing melodies for Colvin's lyrics. A live tape sold at
Colvin's shows (Live '88) attracted the attention of Columbia Records, who signed her the same year in the wake of
success from such like-minded performers as Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, and the Indigo Girls.
Steady On, released in 1989, won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. Colvin's 1992 sophomore
effort, the more pop-oriented Fat City, earned her two more nominations -- Best Contemporary Folk Recording and Best
Female Pop Vocal for the single "I Don't Know Why" -- as well as considerable critical praise and a growing
crossover audience. In addition, "I Don't Know Why" became a big adult contemporary hit. Cover Girl, an album of
cover songs, met with mixed reviews and modest sales in 1994, but Colvin again earned a nomination for Best
Contemporary Folk Recording.
In late 1996, Colvin released A Few Small Repairs, having written the album during the midst of a painful divorce. A
Few Small Repairs slowly became a hit over the course of 1997, due in part to the success of "Sunny Came Home" on
the pop charts. In 1998, "Sunny Came Home" won two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and A
Few Small Repairs became her first album to reach platinum status. Holiday Songs and Lullabies followed that autumn.
During the new millennium, Colvin contributed vocals to songs by Béla Fleck, Edwin McCain, James Taylor, and Shawn
Mullins. She also collaborated with Sting on "One Day She'll Love Me," the theme song for Disney's The Emperor's New
Groove. She returned to the solo format with 2001's Whole New You and, in 2004, summarized the first 15 years of her
recording career with the compilation Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection. A companion home video was also issued.
Two years later, Colvin came out with another album, her debut for the Nonesuch label, entitled These Four Walls. It
featured guest performances from Patty Griffin and Teddy Thompson, among others. While touring through San Francisco
in support of the album, Colvin recorded material from her three-night residency at Yoshi's, which she released in
2009 as the concert album Live. Colvin's eighth studio album, 2012's All Fall Down, was produced by Buddy Miller and
recorded in Nashville at Miller's home studio, and featured guest spots from Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Jakob
Dylan, and others.
Album Review - from allmusic
Shawn Colvin took a six-year break from the recording studio after the release of 2006's These Four Walls, biding
her time with a live album in 2009, and on 2012's All Fall Down, Colvin shows she was clearly in the mood to try
something different. While her frequent co-writer John Leventhal has produced most of her albums, for All Fall Down
she went into the studio with Buddy Miller, one of the most distinctive songwriters and instrumentalists working in
Nashville today, and the result ranks with Colvin's most satisfying work since the '90s. The tenor of Colvin's
material hasn't changed much -- All Fall Down's 11 tracks, eight of which were co-written by Colvin, are full of
stories about people struggling with the eternal conflicts of the heart, the soul, and the conscience, all delivered
with Colvin's characteristic literacy and hard-won compassion. But the atmospheric soundscapes Miller and his studio
crew have constructed for Colvin give the songs a gravity that's organic and otherworldly at once, and the way her
voice melds with the broad spaces of Miller and Bill Frisell's guitars and the careful report of Brian Blade's
drumming reinforces the musicality of her performances. "Knowing What I Know Now" and "Anne of a Thousand Days" are
two of Colvin's best songs about love gone bitter, "American Jerusalem" and the title tune are thoughtful, pointed
commentaries on the state of the union in 2012, and "The Neon Light of the Saints" generates a palpable Crescent
City vibe in its tale of old gods pondering the present day. Colvin and Miller have brought some special guests on
board for this album, including Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Jakob Dylan, but Colvin is still the most
valuable player in this particular game; Buddy Miller may have given her some striking new musical backgrounds, but
Colvin makes the most of them, and this work reaffirms her status as one of the leading artists in contemporary
folk.
Track Listing
1. All Fall Down
2. American Jerusalem
3. Knowing What I Know Now
4. Seven Times the Charm
5. Anne of the Thousand Days
6. The Neon Light of the Saints
7. Change Is on the Way
8. I Don't Know You
9. Fall of Rome
10. Up on That Hill
11. On My Own
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - SteveO - 10-06-2012
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down ....I love this album!!!!....I've beeen waiting for it awhile !!! Thanks for the excellent review, MH !!!
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - quayy - 11-06-2012
yawn...yawn
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - SteveO - 12-06-2012
do you have any music to recommend at all ??????!!!!!!!
quayy Wrote:yawn...yawn
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - quayy - 08-07-2012
SteveO Wrote:do you have any music to recommend at all ??????!!!!!!!where would you like me to start??......singer songwriters???,,,,,,,anne mccue......fred eaglesmith.......richard shindell...........elizabeth cook,,,peter case.........should i go on???????........
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - SteveO - 09-07-2012
So you're into alternative country, quayy...nice picks!,,,,What do you think of one of my favorites Lucinda Williams ?
quayy Wrote:where would you like me to start??......singer songwriters???,,,,,,,anne mccue......fred eaglesmith.......richard shindell...........elizabeth cook,,,peter case.........should i go on???????........
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - quayy - 10-07-2012
SteveO Wrote:So you're into alternative country, quayy...nice picks!,,,,What do you think of one of my favorites Lucinda Williams ?
i think Lucinda is great.......she's gotten a little to divaesque in concert for my liking.......her duet work with the likes of terry allen and tony joe white and steve earle is second to nonone
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - SteveO - 11-07-2012
I agree quayy! A very talented lady!...been awhile since I heard the name Tony Joe White...Poke Salad Annie is a great song!
quayy Wrote:i think Lucinda is great.......she's gotten a little to divaesque in concert for my liking.......her duet work with the likes of terry allen and tony joe white and steve earle is second to nonone
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - Music Head - 12-07-2012
SteveO Wrote:I agree quayy! A very talented lady!...been awhile since I heard the name Tony Joe White...Poke Salad Annie is a great song!
lmao
I think it's Polk, not Poke
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down - SteveO - 12-07-2012
lol ...you're right MH ! It's POLK not POKE ...I bandied around both words and was too lazy to google so I went with the wrong one !!!! Thanks...I knew it was wrong but I also knew someone at MD would quickly correct me!
Music Head Wrote:lmao
I think it's Polk, not Poke