![]() ![]() Ĭredits adapted from the liner notes of A Few Small Repairs. "What I Get Paid For" does not appear on North American pressings of the album, therefore reducing the number of tracks to 12.Colvin then began her speech, remarking, "I'm confused now!" Track listing 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. She won both awards (sharing Song of the Year with Leventhal). At the next year's Grammy Awards, Colvin was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home". 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. Grammy success came to Colvin two years after the release of A Few Small Repairs. ( January 2023)Ī Few Small Repairs peaked at number 39 on the Billboard 200 chart. Colvin appeared on the show in the second season episode Ready. The song was also used on Suddenly Susan as its theme song from 1997 to 2000. The album's biggest single, released in 1997, was " Sunny Came Home", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 7, and topped the Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, and Top 40 Adult Recurrents charts the same year.Īnother notable song from the album was "Nothin' on Me", which peaked at number 24 on Billboard 's Adult Top 40 chart. Singles Ī Few Small Repairs was supported by four singles. Colvin found the painting so arresting that she knew she wanted to use it as the cover before the songwriting and recording were done. ![]() 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 "Sonny Came Home". At the time of the album's release, she had relocated to Austin, Texas. Background Ī Few Small Repairs is a concept album about divorce, as Colvin's marriage was ending. It was released on Octoby Columbia Records. A Few Small Repairs is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin. ![]()
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