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Simply Eva

Studio album by

Eva Cassidy

Released

January 25, 2011

Recorded

1994–96

Label

Blix Street

Producer

Chris Biondo, Eva Cassidy

Eva Cassidy chronology

Somewhere
(2008)

Simply Eva
(2011)

The Best of Eva Cassidy
(2012)

Simply Eva is the eighth posthumous album by Eva Cassidy, released on 25 January 2011, fifteen years after her death in 1996. It's a collection of 11 acoustic tracks with Cassidy herself on the guitar and an a cappella version of "I Know You By Heart". The Blues Alley version of "Over the Rainbow", which was not included in the Live at Blues Alley album, is on this album. Digital downloads include the Christmas single "Silent Night" as a bonus track. Simply Eva hit #4 on the UK Charts on February 13, 2011, and was certified silver and gold on February 18, 2011. The album debuted at #52 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

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Track listing

"Songbird" (Christine McVie)
"Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional; arranged by Eva Cassidy)
"People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield)
"True Colors" (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly)
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (Sandy Denny)
"Over the Rainbow" (E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen)
"Kathy’s Song" (Paul Simon)
"San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller)
"Wade in the Water" (Traditional; arranged by Eva Cassidy)
"Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman)
"Autumn Leaves" (Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma)
"I Know You By Heart" (a cappella) (Diane Scanlon, Eve Nelson)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[1]	8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[2]	42
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[3]	14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[4]	13
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[5]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	25
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	4
US Folk Albums (Billboard)^[8]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[9]	54

References

^ "Danishcharts.dk – Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Eva Cassidy". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Eva Cassidy Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2011". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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v t e Eva Cassidy
Studio albums	The Other Side (1992) Eva by Heart (1997) Time After Time (2000) Imagine (2002) American Tune (2003) Somewhere (2008) Simply Eva (2011) Acoustic (2017)
Live albums	Live at Blues Alley (1996) Nightbird (2015)
Compilations	Songbird (1998) No Boundaries (2000) Wonderful World (2004) The Best of Eva Cassidy (2012) I Can Only Be Me (2023)
Singles	"People Get Ready" "Over the Rainbow" "Fields of Gold" "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Imagine" "Songbird" "What a Wonderful World" (with Katie Melua)
Related	Discography

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