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TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Shawn Colvin

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Shawn Colvin

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CAREER SPAN:

Decade
Album Score
# Albums
1980s
2.8296
1
1990s
2.7427
7
2000s
2.5748
3
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score: Shawn Colvin is ranked overall as 2.7274 out of 4 stars 2.7274

Shawn Colvin Album Rankings

1
A Few Small Repairs by Shawn Colvin
A Few Small Repairs, the proper follow-up toFat City, was recorded on the heels of Colvin's divorce. ...more
  • 2.95
2
Live '88 by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin scores a combined 2.8999 out of 4 stars for Live '88Live '88 (2.8999)
It's a folkie tradition and an economic boon to carry with you tapes to sell at your gigs, and before Shawn Colvin released her first Columbia Records album,Steady On, she used to sell a tape made at ...more
3
Fat City by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin scores a combined 2.8657 out of 4 stars for Fat CityFat City (2.8657)
For her second album, Shawn Colvin took a temporary break from longtime collaborator and producerJohn Leventhal, teaming up instead withLarry Klein. ...more
  • 80.85
4
Steady On by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin scores a combined 2.7878 out of 4 stars for Steady OnSteady On (2.7878)
Sonically,Steady Onis a triumph, with its emotional intimacy captured with smooth precision. ...more
  • 8.34
5
Whole New You by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin scores a combined 2.7831 out of 4 stars for Whole New YouWhole New You (2.7831)
As a singer, the South Dakota-born, Ontario and Illinois-raised Colvin occupies a niche between pensive Sheryl Crow and pre-jazz Joni Mitchell: no histrionics but a telling, often moving restraint. ...more
6
Holiday Songs & Lullabies by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin did a fabulous version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on the 1990 Columbia compilation Acoustic Christmas . ...more
7
These Four Walls by Shawn Colvin
Five years between albums is not unusual for Shawn Colvin. Yet whileThese Four Wallsfinds her on a new, good-match label, nothing much else has changed. ...more
8
Cover Girl by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin scores a combined 0.2871 out of 4 stars for Cover GirlCover Girl (0.2871)
When Shawn Colvin first turned up playing Greenwich Village folk clubs in the early 1980s, she used to perform a variety of cover songs, often taking rock recordings and re-imagining them for her gir ...more
  • 8.39
9
I Don't Know Why by Shawn Colvin
No review available
10
Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Sunny Came HomeSunny Came Home (0.0000)
No review available
11
Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin was one of the few pure singer/songwriters who broke through to mainstream success in the 1990s, and with good reason -- her songs have the strength and emotional honesty to satisfy her ...more

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