Shawn Camp (album)

Shawn Camp
Studio album by Shawn Camp
Released	1993
Studio	Javelina Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Label	Reprise
Producer	Mark Wright
Shawn Camp chronology
Shawn Camp (1993) Lucky Silver Dollar (2001)
Singles from Shawn Camp
"Fallin' Never Felt So Good" Released: July 31, 1993 "Confessin' My Love" Released: November 20, 1993

Shawn Camp is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Shawn Camp. It was released in 1993 via Reprise Records.

Content[]

The album produced three singles: "Confessin' My Love", "Fallin' Never Felt So Good", and "Man, What a Woman". Mark Wright produced the album.

Dude Mowrey originally recorded "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" on his 1991 debut album Honky Tonk. Mark Chesnutt recorded both "Confessin' My Love" and "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" on his 2000 album Lost in the Feeling (also produced by Wright), in addition to releasing his version of the former as a single that year. Rhett Akins covered "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" on his 1996 album Somebody New.

Critical reception[]

Daniel Cooper of New Country magazine gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, praising Camp's singing and production but criticizing his lyrics, saying that "there's nary a memorable line anywhere on the record."^[1] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock was favorable when reviewing the album's 2010 release, praising Camp's lyrics while comparing the album's sound favorably to Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam.^[2]

Track listing[]

1. "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" (Camp, Will Smith) – 4:39
2. "Confessin' My Love" (Camp, John Scott Sherrill) – 3:11
3. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" (Camp, Herb McCullough) – 3:07
4. "I'm Not Just Passin' Through" (Jeff Stevens, Jim McBride, Marvin Morrow) – 3:34
5. "Man, What a Woman" (Camp, Dean Miller) – 2:31
6. "Speakin' of the Angel" (Camp, Jim Rushing) – 2:46
7. "Bound to Cry" (Camp, Sherrill) – 3:54
8. "One of Them Days" (Camp, McCullough) – 2:43
9. "Turn Loose of My Pride" (Camp, Miller) – 3:53
10. "A Little Bit of Love (Camp, Smith) – 2:42

Personnel[]

Compiled from Shawn Camp liner notes.^[3]

Musicians

• James Burton – electric guitar
• Shawn Camp – vocals, acoustic guitar, Dobro, fiddle
• Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
• Kenny Malone – drums
• Nashville String Machine – strings
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Alan O'Bryant – banjo
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Jimmy Stewart – Dobro
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Willie Weeks – bass guitar

Background vocalists

• Alison Krauss (on "K-I-S-S-I-N-G")
• Jim Lauderdale (on "Fallin' Never Felt So Good")
• Shelby Lynne (on "Confessin' My Love")
• Alan O'Bryant (on "One of Them Days")
• John Wesley Ryles
• Dennis Wilson
• Mark Wright
• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young

Technical

• Robert Charles – recording, overdubbing
• Eric Flettrich – mixing
• Carl Gorodetzky – concert master
• John Hampton – mixing
• Skid Mills – mixing
• Warren Peterson – recording
• Bergen White – string arrangement, conductor
• Mark Wright – production

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