Shawn colvin a few small repairs studio album, 1996 youtube. Its time for a few small repairs she said sunny came home with a vengeance chorus she says days go by i dont know why im walking on a wire. Born in vermilion, south dakota and raised in part in illinois and ontario, shawn colvin was already a welltraveled and seasoned performer by the time she w. The 20th anniversary edition of a few small repairs will be. A few small repairs is shawn colvin s fourth album. Listen to a few small repairs for free online and get recommendations for similar music. Some songs are seen in early stages with words and an outline to start. In 1996, colvin released her album a few small repairs and in 1997 the success of her single sunny came home catapulted her into the mainstream after spending four weeks at the number one spot on the adult contemporary chart. A few small repairs is a concept album about divorce, as shawn colvin s marriage was ending. With her wistful revisitation of these welltraveled songs, colvins lyrics come. The official website of shawn colvin shawn colvin music. Shawn colvin hitting the road with full band on a few small.
Colvin continued to win fans and critics with her subsequent releases, fat city 1992 and cover girl 1994. Get out of this house was the first single from shawn colvin s 1996 album a few small repairs. Spawning an international top 10 singlethe laconic, deceptively lightweight sunny came home shawn colvin s first album of original material in four years was as eclectic and as wayward as its predecessor, 1992s critically acclaimed fat city. Shawn colvin a few small repairs 20th anniversary edition. The biggest single off the album was sunny came home, which was released in 1997. And while the album is certainly a response, she avoids the obvious cliches in dealing with the aftermath, revealing instead the complex thought processes and complete range of human emotion, from anger, sadness, confusion, yearning, and disillusionment to resolve and recovery. The then 40yearold singersongwriter had been knocked flat emotionally by. A few small repairs 20th anniversary edition vinyl shawn colvin. This is a true behindthescenes look at shawn s writing process.
A replica of the notebook in which shawn wrote the lyrics to a few small repairs in 199596. Whole new you is american singersongwriter and musician shawn colvin s sixth album, and also her sixth studio album, released in 2001. Side a sunny came home get out of this house the facts about jimmy you and the mona lisa trouble i want it. See the the cover photos, artwork, and latest images for a few small repairs by shawn colvin. The song sunny came home gave colvin a top 10 hit, a platinumselling album and two of grammys biggest honors. The cover of this album is a painting by colvin s friend julie speed of a threeeyed woman with a lit match which inspired the song. When shawn colvin wrote and recorded her fourth album a few small repairs, she had nothing left to lose. Shawn colvin a few small repairs lyrics songmeanings. The albums biggest single, released in 1997, was sunny came home. Got by chance in youtube to shawn colvin and loved it. Shawncolvinvideos added 1 video to shawn colvin a few small repairs 2 years ago 3. A few small repairs, the proper followup to fat city, was recorded on the heels of shawn colvin s. While a few small repairs is, her divorce album, whole new you is about family, commitment, and acceptance.
The following spring, colvin took home the grammy for best contemporary folk album, legitimizing a burgeoning genre thats grown ever stronger and richer with time. The album featured sunny came home, and won grammy awards in 1997 for both record and song. Sunny came home is a folkrock song by american musician shawn colvin. Not because she had to endure a bitter divorceshe seems to have recovered adequately, with a solid songcycle to show for it in her fourth album, which is marked by enticing. Best known for her hit single sunny came home from the album a few small repairs. Shawn colvin born january 10, 1956 in vermillion, south dakota is an american musician. A few small repairs lyrics composition book shawn colvin. Shawn colvin a few small repairs lyrics and tracklist. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. It is a concept album about divorce, as shawn colvin s marriage was ending. In 1996, she released a few small repairs 1996, which would prove to be her breakthrough. Threetime grammy winner shawn colvin stopped the industry in its tracks with her arresting 1989 debut, steady on. It is the theme song to her 1996 concept album a few small repairs, and it was released as a cd single on june 24, 1997. Shawn colvin a few small repairs studio album, 1996.
In 1995 colvin released her album live 88 a collection of live recordings from 1988. Colvin s formative years were spent in the town of carbondale, illinois, where she attended southern illinois university carbondale. Colvin s formative years were spent in the town of carbondale, illinois, where. A few small repairs, the proper followup to fat city, was recorded on the heels of shawn colvin s divorce. Buy mp3 music online shawn colvin a few small repairs. In 1996, she released her fourthand, to date, only platinumsellingalbuma few small repairs.
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