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Shawn Colvin — Shotgun down the Avalanche
Album: Steady On
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Released: 1989
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I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche, ooh
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche, ooh

So be quiet tonight
The stars shine bright
On this mountain of new fallen snow
But I will raise my voice into the void
You have left me nowhere to go

I love you so much and it's so bizarre
A mystery that goes on and on and on
This is the best thing and the very most hard
And we don't get along

After countless appeals
We keep spinning our wheels
On this mountain of new fallen snow
So I let go the catch and we are over the edge
You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

Sometimes you make me lose my will to live
And just become a beacon for your soul
But the past is stronger than my will to forgive
Forgive you or myself, well I don't know

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche, ooh
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche, ooh

So be quiet tonight
Be sure to step lightly
On this mountain of new fallen snow
But I will raise up my voice into the void
You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche
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Shawn Colvin is just plain very damn good. There have been so many times that the sound I've chased down has turned out to be hers.
Posted 1 year ago by bufallo    [ Reply ]
amazing song.  Saw her and Mary Chapin Carpenter live together once, one of my favourite gigs of all time 
Posted 2 years ago by alisonhayward231    [ Reply ]
Shawn Colvin had a few guest appearances in The Larry Sanders Show. Worth finding and watching...
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
up to 10... from 9... Shawn Colvin has a delightful voice, and I love the production with her background singers.
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
What a voice...what a song! Big fat 8 from the Rockit Man.
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Saw Shawn Colvin opened for Jason Isbell last month in San Francisco. She was fantastic, especially this song. This was my third time hearing her live.  She has the best between-song patter. This show she told a story about living in Berkeley when she was young with a bunch of roommates, in the attic room with roof access, going out there with a six pack of Coors too often after working in a stained glass shop.  "Drinking too much, working with broken glass all day, while trying to make it as a guitar player.  I didn't quite have it all figured out then."  
Posted 2 years ago by jrozzelle    [ Reply ]
Lovely....the Austin City Limits version with Alison Krauss also excellent.
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
Chills every time I hear it. One of my few 10's.
Posted 2 years ago by rob311    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

I really don't understand how this song didn't make even a ripple in the music charts.  Seeing as it's from 1989 I guess it just couldn't compete with the likes of New Kids On The Block and Paula Abdul.


Not all people want to be famous doing what they do like shawn
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
I'm always surprised when I learn Shawn Colvin wrote more than one song.
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
She's playing this album in its entirety on her tour. https://shawncolvin.com/tour/
Posted 2 years ago by hbriggs60    [ Reply ]
 bdwhitepm wrote:

The electric guitar on this track sounds very Dire Straits...Its a nice sound




On Every street
Posted 3 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

Yikes 1989! 

This is an example of a "timeless" song - very hard to pick the decade never mind the year from listening to it so proves that it is quality.




Sounds like 1989 to me exactly, hard to explain why but it really does.
Posted 3 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
I really don't understand how this song didn't make even a ripple in the music charts.  Seeing as it's from 1989 I guess it just couldn't compete with the likes of New Kids On The Block and Paula Abdul.
Posted 3 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by simon.martin83761    [ Reply ]
The electric guitar on this track sounds very Dire Straits...Its a nice sound
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
 JoBo wrote:
a strong 'amen' to that, birdland


birdland wrote:
Everything about this womans productions reeks of quality. The composition, delivery, recording and mix. Each is a pinnacle of the discipline, together they're pure genius.

Any of todays pop artists could take a page from this book and learn something.



 


 
The wonderful John Leventhal has been her long time producer.  
Posted 3 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This whole CD is incredible.  I play it when I need inspiration to write - "Dead of the Night" is moody, brooding, and incredibly beautiful. After the first time I heard it, I put a notebook and a pencil next to my bed, and I wrote down all my dreams. (Boy, my subconscious is a skeery place.) I even wrote a short story called "Dead of the Night" which had nothing to do with the topic of the song. Shawn Colvin is my muse, I think.

'Scuse me - gotta go fish out my "Steady On" CD and listen to it through the headphones. I feel a story brewing...
 
"Fat City", the following record, was equally strong. I see AMG picked "A Few Small Repairs" as it's top pick of her work. That was her closest thing to a mainstream hit but weaker than Steady On and Fat City.
Posted 3 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Heard this on RP a few times... What a stunning song, and such a gorgeous voice
Posted 4 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This whole CD is incredible.  I play it when I need inspiration to write - "Dead of the Night" is moody, brooding, and incredibly beautiful. After the first time I heard it, I put a notebook and a pencil next to my bed, and I wrote down all my dreams. (Boy, my subconscious is a skeery place.) I even wrote a short story called "Dead of the Night" which had nothing to do with the topic of the song. Shawn Colvin is my muse, I think.

'Scuse me - gotta go fish out my "Steady On" CD and listen to it through the headphones. I feel a story brewing...
 
Ahh I miss your insights 
Posted 4 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
lovely...:)
Posted 4 years ago by Jamer2k41    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 4 years ago by Adevincci    [ Reply ]
 bruceandjenna wrote:

Listen to nothing but RP every day.  Take it in the car.  Take it on long motorcycle trips.  Plan to add a stream payment in my will for my coffin.

Hope I don't outlive it.  Life would become so tedious.  Don't see anything on the horizon to lure me away.

#LLRP!
 
Bruce between this and WFMU out of jersey city been turned on to so much fantastic music, have given up on commercial rock radio

Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Riding shotgun down the avalanche. 

Oh boy is that ever an apt description of a love relationship gone volatile, eh?  Something about which I suppose most can identify. 

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 5 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 EagleAB wrote:
Way to go RP just made my CD record and tapecollection obsolete
 
Listen to nothing but RP every day.  Take it in the car.  Take it on long motorcycle trips.  Plan to add a stream payment in my will for my coffin.

Hope I don't outlive it.  Life would become so tedious.  Don't see anything on the horizon to lure me away.

#LLRP!
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 vaiodon wrote:
Thirty years. Still as fresh 

Timeless masterpiece,clean as a mountain air
Posted 5 years ago by Coldcreek    [ Reply ]
 BibKiller wrote:
put that shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger{#Frustrated} -mechanic1

 I'm from Head Office ... I'm here to help

Posted 5 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by nuran12    [ Reply ]
Thirty years. Still as fresh and powerful.
Posted 5 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
 {#Clap} LOL! 

EagleAB wrote:
Way to go RP just made my CD record and tapecollection obsolete

 

Posted 5 years ago by Magikal1act    [ Reply ]
Way to go RP just made my CD record and tapecollection obsolete
Posted 6 years ago by EagleAB    [ Reply ]
Yikes 1989! 

This is an example of a "timeless" song - very hard to pick the decade never mind the year from listening to it so proves that it is quality.
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Chills. Every time. Haunting and never old.
One unique collaboration and a timeless album.
Thanks, RP!!
Posted 7 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
Saw her as warm up for fellow alumni Lyle Lovett at the Greek Theater in Berkeley.  That whole show ruined me for many subsequent concerts.
Posted 7 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Shawn Angel
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]

5:55 amShawn Colvin
Shotgun down the AvalancheSteady On (1989)7
.5 5:52 amGus Black
The New NormalThe Day I Realized (2011)6.5
 5:48 amRea Garvey
Take Your Best ShotCan't Stand the Silence (2011)6.6 
5:45 amPeter Gabriel
Of These, HopePassion (soundtrack) (1989)


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I could use a double expresso with this set {#Sleep}


Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Shaun - you are a goddess of the singer songwriter business!  What a success! 
Hey Ol' Dirty Bastard - you inept dingle-berry.  Where are you? Jail, the ghetto, dead from a self inflicted gun shot?
No just dead from a drug over-dose.  Go figure...


Posted 8 years ago by below72    [ Reply ]
I'm with you, Cynaera!  I lived in a tent for two years when I was a crazy young hippie chick, and I played this almost every night while I stood by my campfire, trying not to freeze to death, and gazing up at the stars and Northern lights between the pines over head.  "Dead of the Night" was my soundtrack song.  
Cynaera wrote:
This whole CD is incredible.  I play it when I need inspiration to write - "Dead of the Night" is moody, brooding, and incredibly beautiful. After the first time I heard it, I put a notebook and a pencil next to my bed, and I wrote down all my dreams. (Boy, my subconscious is a skeery place.) I even wrote a short story called "Dead of the Night" which had nothing to do with the topic of the song. Shawn Colvin is my muse, I think. 

'Scuse me - gotta go fish out my "Steady On" CD and listen to it through the headphones. I feel a story brewing...

Posted 8 years ago by dimar    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This whole CD is incredible.  I play it when I need inspiration to write - "Dead of the Night" is moody, brooding, and incredibly beautiful. After the first time I heard it, I put a notebook and a pencil next to my bed, and I wrote down all my dreams. (Boy, my subconscious is a skeery place.) I even wrote a short story called "Dead of the Night" which had nothing to do with the topic of the song. Shawn Colvin is my muse, I think.

'Scuse me - gotta go fish out my "Steady On" CD and listen to it through the headphones. I feel a story brewing...

 
Cynaera, how can it be that you still inspire me? Empathy, methinks.
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

First Dar Williams:

"As I start to wake, a vision of Dar driving the Shawn Colvin bus over to The Nields House of Ho-hum appears before me, and back to sleep I go....."

Did I conjure this? Are the Nields next? The Ambien isn't working....


Posted 8 years ago by Crumblebum    [ Reply ]
 wgsu_1978 wrote:


 
Yep, a model 698 I bought new back in '77.
Posted 9 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 And that's an Empire turntable, if I'm not mistaken.

DaveInVA wrote:


Sounds great on audiophool quality vinyl also!

 


Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
  Love this and have only just now heard of Shawn Colvin...how did that happen? 
Posted 9 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
love it!!!
Posted 9 years ago by markus333    [ Reply ]
Beautiful, and attached to so many memories; it sends me right back to the CA mountains.... 
Posted 9 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
As haunting as it gets.
Leventhal the genius behind the genius.
Posted 9 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
 drictor wrote:

OMG I have that same amp sitting on my desk!  My Dad bought it new sometime in the late 60's?  Did a deep clean on it a couple of years ago and listening to RP on it now.  Still sounds great.

 
Its a Sony STR-7065 I bought back in the early 70's...Great sounding receivers.
Posted 9 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:


Sounds great on audiophool quality vinyl also!

 
OMG I have that same amp sitting on my desk!  My Dad bought it new sometime in the late 60's?  Did a deep clean on it a couple of years ago and listening to RP on it now.  Still sounds great.
Posted 10 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
Lying in bed with my lover, to be my second wife, the mother of my children.
Listening to this. 1991.
Thinking about our entire future lives.
"This is the best thing, and the very most hard."
Chills.
The entire CD is unparalleled
Posted 10 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This whole CD is incredible.  I play it when I need inspiration to write - "Dead of the Night" is moody, brooding, and incredibly beautiful. After the first time I heard it, I put a notebook and a pencil next to my bed, and I wrote down all my dreams. (Boy, my subconscious is a skeery place.) I even wrote a short story called "Dead of the Night" which had nothing to do with the topic of the song. Shawn Colvin is my muse, I think.

'Scuse me - gotta go fish out my "Steady On" CD and listen to it through the headphones. I feel a story brewing...

 
Strong artist shares and inspires beautiful spirit
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Wow, I was hit right between the ears with this one.
Posted 10 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
What a voice.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Made me go to listen to the Shawn Colvin albums I have on iTunes.  Great record and ditto to the concert events.
Posted 11 years ago by clarabowdo    [ Reply ]
mine, too!!
 

Emwolb wrote:
One of my all-time favorite CDs
 


Posted 11 years ago by JoBo    [ Reply ]
a strong 'amen' to that, birdland


birdland wrote:
Everything about this womans productions reeks of quality. The composition, delivery, recording and mix. Each is a pinnacle of the discipline, together they're pure genius.

Any of todays pop artists could take a page from this book and learn something.



 


Posted 11 years ago by JoBo    [ Reply ]
Everything about this womans productions reeks of quality. The composition, delivery, recording and mix. Each is a pinnacle of the discipline, together they're pure genius.

Any of todays pop artists could take a page from this book and learn something.


Posted 11 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
One of my all-time favorite CDs
Posted 11 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
 PurplePrincess wrote:
A few years back I saw her give one of THE most incredible concerts ever, just her and her guitar....she sang and played on and on and we did not want to let her go. She was fantastic, so underrated.
 
So did I. After about an hour and a half, out comes Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the two of them go on for another 45 minutes. Amazing concert.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
And she's flying a stairway to heaven...
Posted 11 years ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
put that shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger{#Frustrated} -mechanic1
Posted 12 years ago by BibKiller    [ Reply ]
For a second, I was expecting "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
Posted 12 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
 Groogrux69 wrote:
great song from a great album.
 
this is the song that got me interested in her CD when it first came out.  played it to death.  love me some shawn...
Posted 12 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
great song from a great album.
Posted 12 years ago by Groogrux69    [ Reply ]
 rtb wrote:
Saw her this summer on her tour with John Hiatt.
Fantastically strong, yet somehow understated.
 
Saw her with John Hiatt on that tour, too - they did a fantastic duet on a song that I didn't recognise. Do you remember what it was?
Posted 12 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
 jktravl wrote:
Ishould have never dumped her
 
Yeah, moron.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]


Sounds great on audiophool quality vinyl also!
Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Easy on the ears{#Music}
Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Great song by a great artist. 
Posted 13 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
This whole CD is incredible.  I play it when I need inspiration to write - "Dead of the Night" is moody, brooding, and incredibly beautiful. After the first time I heard it, I put a notebook and a pencil next to my bed, and I wrote down all my dreams. (Boy, my subconscious is a skeery place.) I even wrote a short story called "Dead of the Night" which had nothing to do with the topic of the song. Shawn Colvin is my muse, I think.

'Scuse me - gotta go fish out my "Steady On" CD and listen to it through the headphones. I feel a story brewing...
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Ishould have never dumped her
Posted 13 years ago by jktravl    [ Reply ]
Mute.
Posted 13 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
2nd time hearing...liking this more {#Clap}
Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
mmm very nice
Lotion for my hangovers {#Propeller} 
Posted 13 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
Took this from 7 to 8 this morning.  It just cut through everything and made me feel good.
 
First time hearing for me. Makes me feel good as well {#Angel} 8.

Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Love her voice!

Posted 14 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]

 This is the song that introduced me to Shawn! It's beautiful, melancholy, thoughtful, crisp... absolutely a PERFECT 10! {#Jump}



Posted 14 years ago by RobMartin    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Not "eclectic" enough - Shawn,
tits are OK, though!

 
How old are you again?  Twelve?  Grow some maturity and come back when you can make an intelligent comment.  Sheesh.{#Frustrated}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite poets, to be sure. Of course, the crystal-clear vocals, as well. Shawn's a keeper.
Posted 14 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
This was an amazing first album. Can't believe it released over 20yrs ago. {#Eek}
Posted 14 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
Took this from 7 to 8 this morning.  It just cut through everything and made me feel good.
Posted 14 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Not "eclectic" enough - Shawn,
tits are OK, though!

Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 PurplePrincess wrote:
A few years back I saw her give one of THE most incredible concerts ever, just her and her guitar....she sang and played on and on and we did not want to let her go. She was fantastic, so underrated.
 
I've heard this is the BEST way to see SC perform. 15 years after becoming a fan, I'm still waiting for an opportunity to see her LIVE. {#Cry}
Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
Again another CD that´s not available on iTunes Germany. {#Cry}
Posted 16 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
Voice ={#Roflol}=8    song= {#Wall} =2 Average=5

Posted 16 years ago by amaynard    [ Reply ]
I love her voice. Not too sure of this song, though.
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
PurplePrincess wrote:
A few years back I saw her give one of THE most incredible concerts ever, just her and her guitar....she sang and played on and on and we did not want to let her go. She was fantastic, so underrated.
I listen very closely to anything she does.
Posted 16 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
A few years back I saw her give one of THE most incredible concerts ever, just her and her guitar....she sang and played on and on and we did not want to let her go. She was fantastic, so underrated.
Posted 16 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
love this album!!
Posted 17 years ago by MTlady    [ Reply ]
Saw her this summer on her tour with John Hiatt. Fantastically strong, yet somehow understated.
Posted 17 years ago by rtb    [ Reply ]
Sublime! May be the next Emmy-Lou. Stone-cold natural STAR!

Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Her first major-label cd, and still her best. Get this if you've never heard it, kids.
Posted 17 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
See her around town sometimes. Big fan.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Crafty wrote:
"The past is stronger than my will to forgive..... you or myself, I don't know...."
"After countless appeals we keep spinning our wheels....."
Posted 17 years ago by felix_the_man    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by rowgal    [ Reply ]
"The past is stronger than my will to forgive..... you or myself, I don't know...."
Posted 17 years ago by Crafty    [ Reply ]
Kerly wrote:
It is 10, it is more than 10. I absolutely love it!
... love love love shawn! í'm mad at you bill but thanx for the last two tracks, at least! easin' my frustration over lrc stoppin' all the time!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
liked the guitar melody, very nice
Posted 17 years ago by Saliby_Br    [ Reply ]
mjaded wrote:
Telluride 1995+-. She played a a set with this tune. I fell hard! I was A Shawn Colvin groupie.
I was there! and also fell hard, she is an easy woman to fall for, almost imposibile not to sitting captivated in front of her ...but even that voice is enough on it's own to make a fella stand up and take notice
Posted 17 years ago by go_ski_mully    [ Reply ]
Love her. Love this song. One of her best!
Posted 17 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
Telluride 1995+-. She played a a set with this tune. I fell hard! I was A Shawn Colvin groupie.
Posted 17 years ago by mjaded    [ Reply ]
hippiechick wrote:
He wanted to keep playing later, but the venue (an outdoor stadium in the heart of a conservative bastion) has a strict 10pm stopping time. Believe it or not, Chicago has the same rule. All the hoity-toities complain everytime it's too noisy. They had a fit over Lollapalooza.
I just can't fathom the notion of building an outdoor stadium and then building residential communities close to it. And this was in the hyper planned community of The Woodlands, Texas (yes the THE must be capped).
Posted 18 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
He wanted to keep playing later, but the venue (an outdoor stadium in the heart of a conservative bastion) has a strict 10pm stopping time.
Believe it or not, Chicago has the same rule. All the hoity-toities complain everytime it's too noisy. They had a fit over Lollapalooza.
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
birdland wrote:
My God. Shawn Colvin opening for Lyle Lovett? That must have been a hell of an evening.
It really was a great concert. Both of them were in perfect form. There were only 2 bad things. One was when Lyle came out a sang a duet with Shawn. I love both of their voices individually and paired with other fols. But for some reason their voices did not work well together. The other sad thing was that it was Lyle's last concert of the tour (back home in the Houston area). He wanted to keep playing later, but the venue (an outdoor stadium in the heart of a conservative bastion) has a strict 10pm stopping time. Appareently they fine performers a significant amount for every minute they go over 10pm.
Posted 18 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Marr wrote:
I saw her open for Lyle Lovett once. Just her and her guitar. She did a lovely version of this.
My God. Shawn Colvin opening for Lyle Lovett? That must have been a hell of an evening.
Posted 18 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
It is 10, it is more than 10. I absolutely love it!
Posted 18 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
I saw her open for Lyle Lovett once. Just her and her guitar. She did a lovely version of this.
Posted 18 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
This is my favorite song by her, period. I agree with seeing her solo, small club, she's just wonderful.
Posted 18 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Saw her slumming the other night at the Broken Spoke here in town. She was there incognito watching her niece perform in a rock n roll camp with my daughter. Funny. I love Austin.
Posted 18 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
It's songs like this that make me love RP.
Yes, indeed.
Posted 18 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
I love everything she records, but to truly appreciate her as an artist, see her live and solo whenever possible. Studio recording and fronting a band limits her talent.
Posted 18 years ago by sujo    [ Reply ]
Vogelfrei wrote:
...Colvin's voice is nice, and she's a good guitarist, but I found the songwriting and production uninspired. Or maybe just uninspiring. But anyway, years later it sounds better to me, in small doses.
Same here. I've had many people recommend her to me over the years, but also find her uninspiring in large doses (like a whole CD). Love her voice one song at a time, though.
Posted 18 years ago by karen    [ Reply ]
meh.
Posted 18 years ago by jodygold    [ Reply ]
I got to see Shawn perform a lot when I lived in Austin - she rocks!
Posted 18 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Red_Dawn wrote:
It's the first time I hear about Shawn Collins! This song is very beautiful. I'd like to hear more from her ;)
Shawn who?
Posted 18 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Red_Dawn wrote:
It's the first time I hear about Shawn Collins! This song is very beautiful. I'd like to hear more from her ;)
I agree Red_Dawn. I have never heard this music or this artist before but love what I am hearing!
Posted 18 years ago by Steven_G    [ Reply ]
My local public radio station played the Dickens out of several tracks from this album when it first came out. For some reason, I never thought it was that great -- Colvin's voice is nice, and she's a good guitarist, but I found the songwriting and production uninspired. Or maybe just uninspiring. But anyway, years later it sounds better to me, in small doses.
Posted 18 years ago by Vogelfrei    [ Reply ]
This album got me through a bad breakup years ago. I've been a fan for more than a decade, have seen her a number of times, love her when she's got the right band with her - Stan is one of them - makes her sound good! Her songwriting is wonderful. She also did a performance on Live on West 54th St - whatever that PBS thing was. It was a pristine recording and FABULOUS. Any of their (many artists') performances were beyond great.
Posted 18 years ago by biking_chick    [ Reply ]
Very nice - haven't heard this one before. I've previously found her work a little patchy, but this one is definitely working for me. Thanks, RP - now if only work would come together as nicely as this set is...
Posted 19 years ago by Akaiila    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
This is a most excellent song from Shawn's very first album. The rest of the songs are equally great. I highly recommend it.
It's a wonderful work of art...my favorite so far from Shawn. A phenomenal first effort.
Posted 19 years ago by am    [ Reply ]
It's the first time I hear about Shawn Collins! This song is very beautiful. I'd like to hear more from her ;)
Posted 19 years ago by Red_Dawn    [ Reply ]