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Steady On

Her debut: ten songs, most written with John Leventhal, with Suzanne Vega and Bruce Hornsby as guests.
Shawn Colvin, 1989

Wikipedia lists the album at 44:09, though its track times sum to about 43:09. Suzanne Vega and Bruce Hornsby appear as guests. It reached 111 on the Billboard 200 and 102 in Australia, and the title track reached 30 on the adult contemporary chart and 23 on the modern rock chart in 1990.

AllMusic gave it 4 stars, calling it a must have for anyone who loves acoustic music created in the grand tradition of Joni Mitchell and James Taylor; Q gave it 3 and the Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5.

Track listing

  1. Steady On4:59
  2. Diamond in the Rough5:02
  3. Shotgun Down the Avalanche5:02
  4. Stranded4:03
  5. Another Long One3:46
  6. Cry Like an Angel4:52
  7. Something to Believe In4:12
  8. The Story3:59
  9. Ricochet in Time3:11
  10. The Dead of the Night5:03

More from Shawn Colvin

Fat City (1992), Cover Girl (1994), A Few Small Repairs (1996), Holiday Songs And Lullabies (1998), Whole New You (2001), These Four Walls (2006), All Fall Down (2012), Uncovered (2015), Steady On • 30th Anniversary Acoustic Edition (2019)

Sources

  1. Steady On (Shawn Colvin album), Wikipedia
  2. Shawn Colvin, Wikipedia