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Whole New You
Studio album by Shawn Colvin
Released	March 27, 2001
Length	44:32
Label	Columbia
Producer	John Leventhal
Shawn Colvin chronology
Holiday Songs and Lullabies (1998) Whole New You (2001) These Four Walls (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
Rolling Stone

Whole New You is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin, released in 2001 by Columbia Records. It was her first new release in over four years. While A Few Small Repairs is, "her divorce album," Whole New You is about family, commitment, and acceptance. The album retains the sixties folk-pop feel provided by collaborator John Leventhal, with Rolling Stone writing that album tracks "A Matter of Minutes" and "Whole New You" "expertly renovates antique Sixities teen pop." According to William Ruhlmann of AllMusic, "The most interesting song is the most complex one," "Another Plane Went Down".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal unless otherwise noted

Personnel

Musicians

• Shawn Colvin – vocals
• John Leventhal – banjo, bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards
• Tony Garnier – double bass
• Joe Quigley – bass
• Shawn Pelton – drums, percussion
• Marc Cohn – background vocals
• James Taylor – harmony vocals
• Kenny White – background vocals
• Rick DePofi – clarinet, piccolo, recorder, sax
• Joe Bonadio – percussion, drum fills
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Sandra Park – violin
• Fiona Simon – violin
• Robert Rinehart – viola
• Eileen Moon – cello
• Larry Farrell – trombone
• Tony Kadleck – flugelhorn
• Alan J. Stepansky – cello

Technical

• John Leventhal – producer, engineer, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Rick DePofi – engineer
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing
• David Boucher – engineer, mixing
• Fred Remmert – engineer
• Craig Bishop – engineer
• Gina Fant-Saez – engineer
• Matt Kane – engineer
• Tom Schick – engineer
• Noah Simon – engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Stephen Barber – string arrangements

Design

• Kate Breakey – photography
• Mary Maurer – art direction
• Frank Ockenfels – photography

Charts

References

1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Whole New You - Shawn Colvin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Shawn Colvin". Robert Christgau.
3. ^ "Shawn Colvin: Whole New You". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
4. ^ "Whole New You", Allmusic. Accessed January 20, 2007. "Musical tracks clearly informed by mid-'60s pop sensibilities."

• 2001 albums
• Shawn Colvin albums
• Albums produced by John Leventhal
• Columbia Records albums