A Few Small Repairs
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| A Few Small Repairs | ||
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| Studio album by Shawn Colvin | ||
| Released | October 1, 1996 | |
| Recorded | N/A | |
| Genre | Rock, Contemporary Folk | |
| Length | 51:09 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | John Leventhal | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Shawn Colvin chronology | ||
| Live '88 (1995) |
A Few Small Repairs (1996) |
Holiday Songs and Lullabies (1998) |
| Alternative cover | ||
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| (UK re-issue) | ||
A Few Small Repairs was Shawn Colvin's fourth album. It was released on October 1, 1996 [3].
The concept album's main theme is divorce, as Colvin's marriage was ending and she relocated to Austin, Texas before the album came out. [4] The biggest single off A Few Small Repairs was Sunny Came Home, which was released in 1997 (the album's title comes from a lyric off this song). It peaked on the Billboard Top 100 at number seven. It topped the Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, Top 40 Adult Recurrents charts the same year. [5]
Another notable song off the album was Nothin On Me. The song was used on Suddenly Susan as its theme song from 1997 to 2000. [6]. Colvin appeared on the show in the second season episode Ready ... aim ... Fong!. [7] She performed the song on the show. The song peaked at number 24 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart. [5]
Grammy success came to Colvin two years after the release of A Few Small Repairs. In the 1997 Grammy Awards, she was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award for Get Out of This House. She did not win the award; instead the winner was Toni Braxton with Un-Break My Heart. In the same year, the album itself was nomimated for Best Pop Album. This award was not won ether; Celine Dion won with Falling Into You. [8]. At the next year's Grammy Awards, Colvin was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for Sunny Came Home. She won both awards (Leventhal also won Song of the Year). [9] As Colvin started her speech after winning Song of the Year, rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard stormed the stage protesting his loss of an award that same night by saying "...I don't know how you all see it, but when it comes to the children, Wu-Tang is for the children..." leading him to be thrown off stage. [10] She continued speaking, remarking, "I'm really confused now!". [11]
Overall, A Few Small Repairs made it to number 39 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. [5] The painting on the album's cover is by Julie Speed, one of Colvin's friends. [12]
[edit] Tracks[13]
All songs are written by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal unless noted.
- "Sunny Came Home" – 4:24
- "Get Out Of This House" – 4:15
- "The Facts About Jimmy" – 5:22
- "You And The Mona Lisa" – 4:05
- "Trouble" – 4:18 (Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal, & Tom Littlefield)
- "I Want It Back" – 4:55
- "If I Were Brave" – 3:11
- "Wichita Skyline" – 3:39
- "84,000 Different Delusions" – 4:01
- "Suicide Alley" – 5:29
- "New Thing Now" – 3:34 (Shawn Colvin)
- "Nothin On Me" – 3:56
[edit] References
- ^ Cannon, Bob. Music Review: A Few Small Repairs. Entertainment Weekly, October 25, 1996. Accessed 11-06-2006.
- ^ Hochman, Steve. "ALBUM REVIEWS / POP; Shawn Colvin, "A Few Small Repairs," Columbia. (** 1/2)" (Newspaper), Los Angeles Times, 1996-12-06, p. 4. Retrieved on 2006-10-10. (in english)
- ^ A Few Small Repairs. All Music Guide. Accessed 08-06-2006.
- ^ Lebanon Opera House presents Shawn Colvin. Lebanon Opera House. Accessed 08-06-2006.
- ^ a b c A Few Small Repairs: Charts & Awards. All Music Guide. Accessed 08-06-2006.
- ^ IMDB: Full Cast and Crew for Suddenly Susan, accessed 08-06-2006.
- ^ Suddenly Susan: Ready ... aim ... Fong!. TV.com. Accessed 08-06-2006.
- ^ Rock On The Net: 39th Annual Grammy Awards - 1997. Rock On The Net. Accessed 09-06-2006.
- ^ Rock On The Net: 40th Annual Grammy Awards - 1998. Rock On The Net. Accessed 09-06-2006.
- ^ Wu-Tang's O.D.B. Bumrushes Grammy Podium. MTV News. Accessed 09-06-2006 via the Internet Archive.
- ^ 40th Annual Grammy Award Lowdown. Lyndsey Parker. Accessed 09-06-2006.
- ^ Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin. SongFacts.com. Accessed 08-06-2006.
- ^ All times and composers of songs on A Few Small Repairs were cross-checked with the U.S. release of the album, catalog number 67119.
[edit] External links
- Lyrics to the album on ShawnColvin.com (Lyrics for Trouble are not correct; they are actually the lyrics for There's A Rugged Road from her Cover Girl album. See second link for the correct lyrics.)
- Correct lyrics for Trouble
