Simply Nothing
      
Simply Nothing is the debut album by singer/songwriter Shawn McDonald on Sparrow Records released August 10, 2004.
Track listing
All tracks written by Shawn McDonald, except where noted. 
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| 1. | "Take My Hand"   | Shawn McDonald, Paul Wright | 3:45 | 
| 2. | "Gravity"   | McDonald, Christopher Stevens | 4:10 | 
| 3. | "Hold On"   | McDonald, Stevens | 3:58 | 
| 4. | "Simply Nothing"   |   | 4:02 | 
| 5. | "Beautiful"   |   | 4:59 | 
| 6. | "Don't Walk Away"   |   | 3:17 | 
| 7. | "All I Need"   |   | 3:38 | 
| 8. | "Take This Life"   | McDonald, Stevens | 3:55 | 
| 9. | "Have You Ever?"   |   | 4:58 | 
| 10. | "Here I Am"   |   | 4:38 | 
| 11. | "Yahweh"   |   | 4:02 | 
| 12. | "Open Me"   |   | 4:17 | 
| Total length: | 52:35 | 
- 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
 
-  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