Shipbuilding is a mini album by the English singer Tasmin Archer, released in the US in 1994.

[2][3] Archer decided to follow up her successful 1992 debut Great Expectations with an EP of four covers of songs written by Elvis Costello, which was released in January 1994 in the singer's homeland of the UK.

[5] SBK Records, Archer's label in North America, decided to release the EP as a full eight-track album instead, and to fill the space they included four live tracks.

The Guardian wrote: "'Shipbuilding' and 'New Amsterdam', two of this overrated songwriter's most boring compositions, blossom under Archer's caressing voice and the piano softly tinkling in the background.

"[9] AllMusic wrote that "none of the originals are bad; they're all fair to good, and the Costello covers are very powerful.