Simply Nothing is the debut album by singer-songwriter Shawn McDonald on Sparrow Records released August 10, 2004.

Track listing

Track information

Take My Hand

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Acoustic Bass: Mark Schneider

Cello: Dale Bradley

Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Shawn McDonald

Written by Shawn McDonald and Paul Wright

Gravity

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Acoustic Bass: Mark Schneider

Cello: Dale Bradley

Electric Guitar: Joe Weber, Nathan Christenson

Programming: Rhodes

Additional Guitars: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Shawn McDonald

Written by Shawn McDonald and Christopher Stevens

Hold On

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Viola, Nylon Guitar: Roy Brewer

Bass, Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Shawn McDonald

Written by Shawn McDonald and Christopher Stevens

Simply Nothing

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Drums, Bass, Additional Guitars, Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Cara Flory, Shawn McDonald

Written by Shawn McDonald

Beautiful

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Cello: Dale Bradley

Viola: Roy Brewer

Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Cara Flory

Written by Shawn McDonald

Don't Walk Away

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Drums: Tim Donahue

Electric/Acoustic Bass: Mark Schneider

Programming: Christopher Stevens

Written by Shawn McDonald

All I Need

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Drums: Tim Donahue

Programming, Bass, Electric Guitars: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Cara Flory, Shawn McDonald

Written by Shawn McDonald

Take This Life

Spanish Guitar: Roy Brewer

Bass, Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Jessica Rossi

Written by Shawn McDonald and Christopher Stevens

Have You Ever? Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald Programming: Christopher Stevens Written by Shawn McDonald

Simply Nothing

Here I Am

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Cello: Dale Bradley

Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Cara Flory

Written by Shawn McDonald

Yahweh

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Drums: Tim Donahue

Bass, Programming: Christopher Stevens

Written by Shawn McDonald

Open Me

Acoustic Guitar: Shawn McDonald

Drums: Tim Donahue

Acoustic Bass: Mark Schneider

Cello: Dale Bradley

Programming: Christopher Stevens

Background Vocals: Jessica Rossi

Written by Shawn McDonald

Album credits

Produced, Engineer & Mixed by Christopher Stevens

Executive Producer: Christopher York

Recorded & Mixed at fabmusic, Springfield, OR

Mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master

Creative Director: Jan Cook

Photography: Jeremy Cowart / Pixelgrazer.com

Photography Art Direction: Joshua S. Newman

Design: Jeremy Cowart / Pixelgrazer.com

Design Art Direction: Tim Frank

Grooming: Glynne Davies

Shawn McDonald albums

2004 debut albums

Sparrow Records albums

Simply Nothing