# Shawn Colvin discography

The discography of Shawn Colvin, an American singer-songwriter and musician, consists of eight studio albums, two live albums and sixteen singles.

## Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US | US Rock | US Folk | AUS | NZ | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Steady On | Release date: October 17, 1989 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Fat City | Release date: October 27, 1992 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette, LP (Spain only) | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cover Girl | Release date: August 23, 1994 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette | 48 | — | — | — | — | 67 | |
| A Few Small Repairs | Release date: October 1, 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette | 39 | — | — | 48 | 24 | 100 | US: Platinum |
| Holiday Songs and Lullabies | Release date: October 27, 1998 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette | 181 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whole New You | Release date: March 27, 2001 Label: Columbia Formats: CD | 101 | — | — | — | — | 122 | |
| These Four Walls | Release date: September 12, 2006 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, music download | 109 | — | — | — | — | 104 | |
| All Fall Down | Release date: June 5, 2012 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, music download | 126 | 45 | 7 | — | — | — | |
| Uncovered | Release date: September 25, 2015 Label: Fantasy Formats: LP, CD, music download | 175 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Colvin & Earle (with Steve Earle) | Release date: June 10, 2016 Label: Fantasy Formats: LP, CD, music download | 128 | 16 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| The Starlighter | Release date: February 23, 2018 Label: SLCRecordings Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Steady On: 30th Anniversary Acoustic Edition | Release date: 2019 Label: SLCRecordings Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Live '88 | Release date: October 1995 Label: Plump Records Formats: CD, cassette |
| Live | Release date: June 2009 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, Download |

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection | Release date: November 23, 2004 Label: Columbia Records Formats: CD, music download |
| The Best of Shawn Colvin | Release date: July 20, 2010 Label: Camden Formats: CD, music download |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US | US AC | US Alt | US Adult | AUS | CAN | UK | Album |
| 1990 | "Steady On" | — | 30 | 23 | — | 99 | — | — | Steady on |
| 1990 | "Diamond in the Rough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Steady on |
| 1992 | "Round of Blues" | — | 44 | 25 | — | — | — | 73 | Fat City |
| 1992 | "Climb on (A Back That's Strong)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fat City |
| 1993 | "I Don't Know Why" | — | 16 | — | — | — | 59 | 62 | Fat City |
| 1994 | "Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | Cover Girl |
| 1995 | "One Cool Remove" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | Cover Girl |
| 1995 | "I Don't Know Why" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | Fat City |
| 1997 | "Get Out of This House" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | A Few Small Repairs |
| 1997 | "Sunny Came Home" | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 44 | 3 | 29 | A Few Small Repairs |
| 1997 | "You and The Mona Lisa" | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | A Few Small Repairs |
| 1998 | "Nothin' on Me" | — | — | — | 24 | 96 | 25 | — | A Few Small Repairs |
| 2001 | "Whole New You" | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | Whole New You |
| 2001 | "Bound to You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Whole New You |
| 2006 | "Fill Me Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | These Four Walls |
| 2007 | "Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2012 | "All Fall Down (McKean/Cavallo Radio Mix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All Fall Down |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||||

## Other contributions

* Tom Russell – Heart On A Sleeve – Duet and background vocals on several tracks – Frontera – 1984
* Bruce Hornsby & The Range – A Night on the Town – Appearance on 4 tracks – "Barren Ground", "Stander on the Mountain", "Lost Soul" and "Special Night" – RCA – 1990
* It Could Happen to You: Musici from the Motion Picture – Track 1: "Young at Heart" – Tony Bennett and Shawn Colvin – Sony – 1994
* Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson – "A Heart Needs a Home" (with Loudon Wainwright III) (1995, Capitol)
* Curtis Stigers – Time Was – Track 8: "Time Was" (Duet with Curtis Stigers) – Arista – 1995
* Till the Night Is Gone: Tribute to Doc Pomus – Track 3: "Viva Las Vegas" – Forward (2) – 1995
* One Fine Day: Music from the Motion Picture – Track 5: "Someone Like You" – Sony – 1996
* Grace of My Heart – Track 5: "Between Two Worlds" – MCA Soundtracks – 1996
* Jimmy Webb – Ten Easy Pieces Track 7: "Didn't We" (Harmony Vocals) – Guardian Records – 1996
* Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours – Track 7: "The Chain" – Atlantic Records – 1998
* Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! – Track 6: "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" (with Ernie) – Sony Wonder – 1998
* Armageddon: The Album – Track 6: "When the Rainbow Comes" – 1998
* Runaway Bride: Music from the Motion Picture – Track 8: "Never Saw Blue Like That" – Sony – 1999
* Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Outbound – Track 3: "A Moment So Close" (Vocals) – 2000
* The Emperor's New Groove (Soundtrack) – Track 7: "One Day She'll Love Me" (with Sting) - Walt Disney Records - 2000
* Chris Botti – Night Sessions – Track 5: "All Would Envy" (Lead Vocals) – Columbia – 2001
* The Little Bear Movie – "Great Big World", "Everybody Wants to Paint My Picture" – 2001
* Serendipity: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture Track 7: "When You Know" – Sony – 2001
* Stuart Little 2: Music from and Inspired by – Track 7: "Hold On To The Good Things" – Sony – 2002
* 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin – Broadcasts, Vol.10 – Track 7: "Not a Drop of Rain" – 2002
* WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 – On Air Performances – Track 3: "Whole New You" – 2002
* Because of Winn-Dixie – Track 9: “Fly” – Nettwerk – 2005
* Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins – Track 1: "Secret Gardens" – Wildflower Records – 2008
* This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark Volume 1, Track 3: "All He Wants Is You" – Icehouse Music – 2011
* Buddy Miller – Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings – Track 8: "That's the Way Love Goes" – New West Records – 2011
* Judy Collins – Bohemian – Track 2: "Cactus Tree" (with Judy Collins) – Wildflower Records Under Exclusive License to Cleopatra Records, Inc. – 2011
* Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne – Track 20: "Call It a Loan" – Music Road Records – 2014
* Billy Childs – Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro – Track 8: "Save the Country" (with Chris Botti) – Sony Masterworks – 2014
* Buddy Miller & Friends – Cayamo Sessions at Sea – Track 8: "Wild Horses" – New West Records – 2016