A Few Small Repairs

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A Few Small Repairs
File:ShawnColvin-AFewSmallRepairs.jpg
Cover to the standard edition of the album
Studio album by Shawn Colvin
Released October 1, 1996 (1996-10-01)
Genre Rock, Contemporary Folk
Length 51:09
Label Columbia
Producer John Leventhal
Shawn Colvin chronology
Cover Girl
(1994)Cover Girl1994		 A Few Small Repairs
(1996)		 Holiday Songs and Lullabies
(1998)Holiday Songs and Lullabies1998
Singles from A Few Small Repairs
  1. "Get Out of This House"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Sunny Came Home"
    Released: June 24, 1997
  3. "You and The Mona Lisa"
    Released: 1997
  4. "Nothin' on Me"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
Entertainment Weekly A[1]
Los Angeles Times 2.5/4 stars[2]

A Few Small Repairs is Shawn Colvin's fourth album. It was released on October 1, 1996.[3]

A Few Small Repairs is a concept album about divorce, as Shawn Colvin's marriage was ending. At the time of the album's release, she had relocated to Austin, Texas.[4] The Album's biggest single, released in 1997, was "Sunny Came Home". The album cover consists of a painting by Colvin's friend Julie Speed[5] of a three-eyed woman with a lit match, which inspired Colvin to write the song. The single peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 7,[6] and topped the Adult Contemporary,[7] Adult Top 40,[8] and Top 40 Adult Recurrents[9] charts the same year.

Another notable song from the album was "Nothin' on Me", which peaked at number 24 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.[10] The song was also used on Suddenly Susan as its theme song from 1997 to 2000.[11] Colvin appeared on the show in the second season episode Ready ... aim ... Fong!.[12] She performed the song on the show.

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" and Best Pop Album for A Few Small Repairs.[13] 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 (sharing Song of the Year with Leventhal).[14] As Colvin was about to begin her speech after winning Song of the Year, rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard stormed the stage protesting his loss of an award that same night, 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 escorted off stage.[15] Colvin then began her speech, remarking, "I'm confused now!"[16]

A Few Small Repairs made it to number 39 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.[17]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, except where noted[18]. 

No. Title Length
1. "Sunny Came Home"   4:24
2. "Get Out of This House"   4:15
3. "The Facts About Jimmy"   5:22
4. "You and The Mona Lisa"   4:05
5. "Trouble" (Colvin, Leventhal, Tom Littlefield) 4:18
6. "I Want It Back"   4:55
7. "If I Were Brave" (Colvin) 3:11
8. "Wichita Skyline"   3:39
9. "84,000 Different Delusions"   4:01
10. "Suicide Alley"   5:29
11. "What I Get Paid For" (Colvin, Neil Finn) (only on Sunny Came Home single) 3:23
12. "New Thing Now" (Colvin) 3:34
13. "Nothin' on Me"   3:56

Personnel

  • Shawn Colvin – All vocals (tracks 2, 5-8, 12), lead vocals (1, 3-4, 9-10, 13), background vocals (4), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5, 8-10, 12-13), additional guitars (6), piano (7)
  • John Leventhal – All guitars (track 2), electric guitar (12), additional guitars (1, 3-6, 8-10, 12-13), pedal steel guitar (6), mandolin (1), keyboards (1-5, 8-10, 12-13, organ- 6), violin (1), additional percussion (1, 3-6, 8-10, 13), string arranger (2, 7-8), harmonica (2, 4), horn arranger (3), background vocals (4, 9, 13)
  • Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9-10)
  • Shawn Pelton – drums (tracks 1-6, 8-10, 13), percussion (2, 4-5)

References

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External links

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