All Fall Down (Shawn Colvin album)

All Fall Down is the eighth studio album by recording artist Shawn Colvin, released in 2012.[2] The album is Colvin's second studio release on Nonesuch Records and features collaborations with Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin.[3]

All Fall Down
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 5, 2012
Recorded2011–12 at Buddy's
GenreRock, contemporary folk
Length41:41
LabelNonesuch
ProducerBuddy Miller
Shawn Colvin chronology
These Four Walls
(2006)
All Fall Down
(2012)
Uncovered
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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  1. "All Fall Down" (Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal) – 3:49
  2. "American Jerusalem" (Rod MacDonald) – 5:14
  3. "Knowing What I Know Now" (Colvin, Leventhal) – 3:24
  4. "Seven Times the Charm" (Colvin, Leventhal, Jakob Dylan) – 4:26
  5. "Anne of the Thousand Days" (Colvin, Bill Frisell) – 4:26
  6. "The Neon Lights of the Saints" (Colvin, Leventhal) – 2:55
  7. "Change Is on the Way" (Colvin, Patty Griffin) – 3:16
  8. "I Don't Know You" (Colvin, Viktor Krauss) – 3:32
  9. "Fall of Rome" (Colvin, Kenny White) – 3:54
  10. "Up On That Hill" (Mick Flannery) – 3:44
  11. "On My Own" (B. W. Stevenson) – 3:01

Chart positions

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
Billboard 200 126

Reception

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Rolling Stone's Will Hermes gave the album three stars out of five, saying the music heals, and particularly praising the song "American Jerusalem", which he says "will resonate for anyone who ever hated the Big Apple, even for a New York minute".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Woodstra, Chris Shawn Colvin Biography All Music, retrieved May 25, 2012
  3. ^ "Surviving a Struggle with a Sense of Hope". Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "Shawn Colvin: All Fall Down". Retrieved April 10, 2014.