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1992 studio album by Shawn Colvin
Fat City is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin . It was released on October 27, 1992, on Columbia Records .
Fat City peaked at number 142 on the Billboard 200 and at number 2 on Billboard ' s Top Heatseekers chart.[4] "Round of Blues" and "I Don't Know Why" charted on Billboard ' s Modern Rock Tracks and Adult Contemporary single charts, respectively.[5] "Tenderness on the Block" is a cover version of a song released on Warren Zevon 's 1978 album Excitable Boy . Opening track "Polaroids" provided the title of her greatest hits album Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection , which was released in 2004.
Songwriting [ edit ]
In an interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Colvin described how she co-wrote songs for Fat City :[6]
The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music. Like on "Round of Blues" I wrote the whole song but Larry Klein said that it needed a bridge. So he wrote the bridge and I wrote the words to it. But Elly and I really shared every part of ["Set the Prairie on Fire"] equally. She wrote some of the words, I wrote some of the words, she wrote some of the music, I wrote some of the music.
Track listing [ edit ]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Polaroids" Shawn Colvin 5:53 2. "Tennessee" 4:21 3. "Tenderness on the Block" 5:05 4. "Round of Blues" 4:47 5. "Monopoly" Colvin 4:25 6. "Orion in the Sky" 6:38 7. "Climb On (A Back That's Strong)" 4:16 8. "Set the Prairie on Fire" 7:01 9. "Object of My Affection" 3:53 10. "Kill the Messenger" Colvin 4:36 11. "I Don't Know Why" Colvin 4:37
Personnel [ edit ]
Shawn Colvin – guitar, vocals
Bruce Hornsby – piano, background vocals
David Lindley – Hawaiian guitar, bazouki, lap steel Guitar
Joni Mitchell – percussion
The Subdudes – vocals
Richard Thompson – guitar
Chris Whitley – National Steel guitar (8)
Tommy Malone – guitar, background vocals
Valerie Carter – background vocals
Jim Keltner – drums
Alex Acuña – percussion
Steve Amedee – drums, background vocals
Robin Batteau – background vocals
Larry Campbell – fiddle, pedal steel
Mary Chapin Carpenter – background vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Denny Fongheiser – drums
Béla Fleck – banjo
Milt Grayson – background vocals
Richie Hayward – drum brushes
Curtis King – background vocals
Larry Klein – bass, percussion, guitar, keyboards, drum programming
Greg Leisz – pedal steel
John Leventhal – guitar, bass, percussion
John Magnie – accordion, background vocals
Bill Payne – organ
Jeff Pevar – guitar
Steuart Smith – guitar
Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
Ken White – keyboards, background vocals
Vinnie Zummo – guitar
Johnny Ray Allen – bass
Booker T. Jones – Hammond organ
References [ edit ]
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles Related articles