Songbird (Eva Cassidy album)

Songbird
Compilation album by
Eva Cassidy
ReleasedMay 19, 1998
Length42:51
LabelBlix Street
Producer
Eva Cassidy chronology
Eva by Heart
(1997) 		Songbird
(1998) 		Time After Time
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Songbird is a compilation album of songs by American singer Eva Cassidy. It was released through Blix Street on May 19, 1998, two years after her death in 1996.

Five tracks ("Wade in the Water", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Songbird", "Time is a Healer" and "I Know You by Heart") are from Cassidy's album Eva by Heart. Four tracks ("Fields of Gold", "Autumn Leaves", "People Get Ready" and "Oh Had I a Golden Thread") are from her album Live at Blues Alley. The remaining track, "Over the Rainbow", is from the album The Other Side. The compilation album was certified Gold by the CRIA (50,000 units) in 2003.[3] It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2001 and Platinum in 2008 for shipments in excess of one million copies.[4]

In 2018, a twentieth anniversary edition of the album was released, titled Songbird 20.[5][6]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – September 2003". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  4. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  5. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Eva Cassidy Songbird 20". Jazz Monthly. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Songbird 20". Spotify. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2023.