Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection
Encyclopedia
Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album by American
singer-songwriter
and musician
Shawn Colvin
, released in 2004. The cover song, "I'll Be Back" by The Beatles
, is unique to this collection.
; except where indicated
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...
, released in 2004. The cover song, "I'll Be Back" by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, is unique to this collection.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Shawn Colvin and John LeventhalJohn Leventhal
John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...
; except where indicated
- "Steady On" – 4:56
- "Diamond in the Rough" – 5:00
- "Shotgun Down the Avalanche" – 5:01
- "Round of Blues" (Colvin, Klein) – 4:43
- "Polaroids" (Shawn Colvin) – 5:49
- "I Don't Know Why" (Colvin) – 4:38
- "Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic" (Sting) – 3:17
- "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" (David ByrneDavid ByrneDavid Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
, Chris FrantzChris FrantzChris Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He was the drummer for both Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club.-Career:...
, Jerry HarrisonJerry HarrisonJerry Harrison is an American songwriter, musician and producer...
, Tina WeymouthTina WeymouthMartina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club .-Profile:Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side. Weymouth was a cheerleader in high school...
) – 4:02 - "Sunny Came HomeSunny Came Home"Sunny Came Home" is a folk-rock song by American musician Shawn Colvin. It is the theme song to her 1996 concept album A Few Small Repairs, and quickly became a hit when it was released as a CD single on June 24, 1997.-About the single:...
" – 4:25 - "You and the Mona Lisa" – 4:06
- "Get Out of This House" – 4:16
- "The Facts About Jimmy" – 5:24
- "Whole New You" – 4:02
- "A Matter of Minutes" – 5:08
- "I'll Be BackI'll Be Back (song)"I'll Be Back" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon–McCartney, and recorded by The Beatles for the soundtrack LP to their film "A Hard Day's Night"...
" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) – 3:41