A Few Small Repairs

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Last album = "Live '88" (1995)
This album ="A Few Small Repairs" (1996)
Next album ="Holiday Songs and Lullabies" (1998)
Misc =Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternative cover
Background = lightsteelblue


Lower caption = (UK re-issue) Singles
Name = A Few Small Repairs
Type = Studio album
single 1 = Get Out Of This House
single 1 date = 1996
single 2 = Sunny Came Home
single 2 date = 1996
single 3 = You And The Mona Lisa
single 3 date = 1996
single 4 = Nothin' On Me
single 4 date = 1998

"A Few Small Repairs" is Shawn Colvin's fourth album. It was released on October 1, 1996" [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9xfxlfhehcqi A Few Small Repairs] ". Allmusic. Accessed 08-06-2006.] .

The concept album's main theme is divorce, as Colvin's marriage was ending. At the time of the album's release, she had relocated to Austin, Texas." [http://www.lebanonoperahouse.org/events/event_detail.asp?id=270 Lebanon Opera House presents Shawn Colvin] ". Lebanon Opera House. Accessed 08-06-2006.] The biggest single off "A Few Small Repairs" was "Sunny Came Home", which was released in 1997. (The title of the album title comes from a lyric in this song: "It's time for a few small repairs" thinks Sunny, before burning down her home.) The song peaked on the Billboard Top 100 at number seven, and topped the Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, and Top 40 Adult Recurrents charts the same year." [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ey3m961ofep3~T31 A Few Small Repairs: Charts & Awards] ". Allmusic. Accessed 08-06-2006.]

Another notable song off the album was "Nothin' On Me", which peaked at number 24 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart." [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ey3m961ofep3~T31 A Few Small Repairs: Charts & Awards] ". Allmusic. Accessed 08-06-2006.] . The song was also used on "Suddenly Susan" as its theme song from 1997 to 2000. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115376/fullcredits IMDB: Full Cast and Crew for Suddenly Susan] , accessed 08-06-2006.] . Colvin appeared on the show in the second season episode "Ready ... aim ... Fong!". [ [http://www.tv.com/suddenly-susan/ready-...-aim-...-fong!/episode/37947/summary.html Suddenly Susan: Ready ... aim ... Fong!] . TV.com. Accessed 08-06-2006.] 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". [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm Rock On The Net: 39th Annual Grammy Awards - 1997] . Rock On The Net. Accessed 09-06-2006.] . 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). [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm Rock On The Net: 40th Annual Grammy Awards - 1998] . Rock On The Net. Accessed 09-06-2006.] 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, 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. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20021024232139/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429493/02251998/ghostface_killah.jhtml Wu-Tang's O.D.B. Bumrushes Grammy Podium] . MTV News. Accessed 09-06-2006 via the Internet Archive.] Colvin continued speaking, remarking, "I'm really confused now!" [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051617 40th Annual Grammy Award Lowdown] . Lyndsey Parker. Accessed 09-06-2006.]

Overall, "A Few Small Repairs" made it to number 39 on the Billboard Top 200 chart." [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ey3m961ofep3~T31 A Few Small Repairs: Charts & Awards] ". Allmusic. Accessed 08-06-2006.] The painting on the album's cover is by Julie Speed, one of Colvin's friends. [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3442 Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin] . SongFacts.com. Accessed 08-06-2006.]

Tracks [All times and composers of songs on "A Few Small Repairs" were cross-checked with the U.S. release of the album, catalog number CK 67119.]

All songs 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 (Colvin, Leventhal, Tom Littlefield)
#"I Want It Back" – 4:55
#"If I Were Brave" – 3:11 (Colvin)
#"Wichita Skyline" – 3:39
#"84,000 Different Delusions" – 4:01
#"Suicide Alley" – 5:29
#"New Thing Now" – 3:34 (Colvin)
#"Nothin' On Me" – 3:56

References

External links

* [http://www.shawncolvin.com/RepairsLyrics.html Lyrics to the album on ShawnColvin.com]