Fat City (Shawn Colvin album)
Fat City, Shawn Colvin's second full-length album, was released in 1992 on Columbia Records.
The album reached 142 on the Billboard 200 and reached #2 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers. "Round of Blues" and "I Don't Know Why" made Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Adult Contemporary single charts, respectively. "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, which was released in 2004.Track listing
- "Polaroids" - 5:53
- "Tennessee" - 4:21
- "Tenderness on the Block" - 5:05
- "Round of Blues" - 4:47
- "Monopoly" - 4:25
- "Orion in the Sky" - 6:38
- "Climb On " - 4:16
- "Set the Prairie on Fire" - 7:01
- "Object of My Affection" - 3:53
- "Kill the Messenger" - 4:36
- "I Don't Know Why" - 4:37
Personnel
- 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
- 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
Songwriting
In an interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Colvin described how she co-wrote songs for Fat City:
