shawn colvin sunny came home album cover pics

SHAWN COLVIN SUNNY CAME HOME ALBUM COVER PICS PLUS

SHAWN COLVIN SUNNY CAME HOME ALBUM COVER PICS PLUS

Among the more interesting clips of a low-key collection is a brooding version of Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street, minus the saxophone of the original but plus backing vocals by David Crosby. In September 2015 came a second album of other people’s songs, Uncovered. I started to look at the book as something that might help people, instead of just what’s been interesting about my life.’ When I encountered people in my life that were honest about the tough stuff - alcoholism or depression - it helped me enormously. I had to get over that a little bit and just believe there were parts in there that are universal. And my drinking career is a joke compared to Keith Richards’s.

She told the New York Times that she had no problems writing about her depression and drink problems, but worried about adding to the long line of confessional celebrity memoirs. ‘I hope it’s comical for readers to keep track of them,’ she said. It’s a laconic, unself-pitying tale of misery at the hands of a long, long line of men. The album’s release coincided with the publication of an autobiography, Diamond in the Rough, which Colvin describes as a ‘stick-with-it, keep-pushing-through survival story’. Just a mention of the final track, a sweet cover version of the Bee Gees song Words which Colvin says ‘we recorded in the time it takes to listen to it’. I suggest you try the whole album on YouTube and then buy it. This is such a strong collection of songs that it’s hard to pick out the highlights. He is part of me and he is a bloody genius.’ Such is the surprise and humility of age. If you’d told me when I met him that we would be writing songs and working together today I wouldn’t have been able to comprehend it. It doesn’t seem possible that we’ve been creative co-conspirators for 25 years. In the sleeve notes Colvin salutes him, writing: ‘The gratitude I have for my partnership with John Leventhal is mighty. The ever-loyal Leventhal is once again in control, producing the album and playing the bulk of the backing music. Although the album is mainly a celebration of family life, Another Plane Went Down is a strange and intriguing exception. Bonefields features James Taylor on harmony vocals. The title track betrays a strong Beatles influence with George Harrison-style guitar. In 2001 came Whole New You, which Leventhal again produces while this time he co-writes every song. And then it was kind of a perfect storm - my mood problems, the postpartum depression, and the pressure of following up a huge record.’ I was 42 years old, and motherhood was something I wanted. And that’s not what you do after a huge record and a No 1 hit. ‘For a long time, I felt like I failed myself, my career and my record company,’ she told the New York Times. In 1998 she hurriedly recorded Holiday Songs and Lullabies, based on a children’s book by Maurice Sendak, but it was not until five years after the release of the platinum-selling A Few Small Repairs that she recorded her follow-up. Having moved to Austin, Texas, Colvin married a local photographer, Mario Erwin, and became pregnant. It is one of nine songs he wrote with Colvin while he plays guitars throughout and arranges strings and horns.

The final track, Nothin’ on Me, typifies Leventhal’s huge contribution to this album.

Shawn colvin sunny came home album cover pics