A Few Small Repairs is Shawn Colvin's fourth album. It was released on October 1, 1996. 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. 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 of a three-eyed woman with a lit match, which inspired Colvin to write the song

Album A Few Small Repairs (1996). Joe Blaney, John Leventhal, Mark Plati. 13. Whole New You. 2001.

Shawn Colvin - If I Were Brave (Live from Columbia Records Radio Hour) (03:04, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - You and The Mona Lisa (Live at the Ryman) (04:06, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - The Facts About Jimmy (Live at the Ryman) (05:38, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - Get Out Of This House (Live at KFOG) (02:56, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - Trouble (Live from Columbia Records Radio Hour) (04:34, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home (Live at KFOG) (04:01, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - If I Were Brave (03:11, 320Kb/s). Shawn Colvin - I Want It Back (04:55, 320Kb/s). Listen online and stay in a good mood.

This fall, Shawn Colvin will hit the road with the A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour. t-singer Larry Campbell & his wife singer-guitarist Teresa Williams will support all dates in addition to appearing in the band. Her 1989 ced debut, Steady On, had taken home the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album and subsequent releases Fat City (1992) and Cover Girl (1994) each multiple-categories nominees. A Few Small Repairs was certified RIAA Platinum on March 31, 1998.

There are few albums that I come to associate with my father more than A Few Small Repairs. Colvin's country/folk stylings are much more musical than they are lyrical, and it shows in the more mature topics of heartbreak and identity that she grapples with on nearly every song. It's a concept album really, one that centers among those very emotions she felt in the wake of her divorce. One track of particular merit, aside from those previously noted, is the gorgeously minimalistic "The Facts About Jimmy.

A Few Small Repairs is a concept album about divorce, as Shawn Colvin's marriage was ending. The biggest single off the album was "Sunny Came Home", which was released in 1997. 2001-04-19: Austin City Limits, Austin, TX, USA released: 2001. Whole New You released: 2001. Holiday Songs and Lullabies released: 1998.

This is Shawn's Grammy Award winning album of the year release of which Sunny Came Home won song of the year bringing this remarkable artist the acclaimed attention she deserves. This CD a must for any collection.

Get Out of This House. The Facts About Jimmy.