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 A rare folk great Dec 04, 2009
This is some badass folk, and I mean badass in the most human, descriptive, and it's-the-only-word-that-fits way (Amazon if you're reading this, hear my plea and read through before rejecting it outright).
What does that mean? Well, listen to Suicide Alley. Or Get Out of This House, or 84,000 Different Delusions, and almost every track on this album - I mean, this is a girl at her *core*; pissed, confused, angry, and wanting it all out in the open with no pretense, no shyness, and using all the emotional capabilities of music itself to do it. She's out there, she's in-your-face, and she's not backing down. Badass! Other people have described this album as "mellow" - it may sound like it in some places, but there's a tension and a confidence to it that puts "mellow" out of the description for me entirely. At some points it verges on the feeling of rap music, and some of that rawness and passion and anger. If you're really listening, this ain't mellow at all - this is a woman singing the full spectrum.
And then in the middle of that, she throws "If I Were Brave" in. I mean, lock me up with that song alone and throw away the key, because it is absolutely incredible. Never has there been so much emotion encapsulated in one song, on one incredible recording, with that real a 'sigh' right there in it - she wasn't recording this, she was living it and a microphone happened to be there to hear it unfold.
This album truly is a masterpiece, possibly Colvin's last one. The whole thing is just so focused and coherent and all around such human themes expressed in such an honest, beautiful way. Truly artistic and a joy to listen to. This is on my all-time top 10 albums list for sure. If you're a fan of music at all, and especially if you enjoy any kind of folk or even modern indie, don't miss this.
Classic Shawn Colvin Feb 05, 2008
I bought this c.d. in the nineties and loved it. I recently rediscovered it and love it all over again. She is a talented musician.
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Fresh Sound Mar 03, 2007
What a great CD. Such a fresh sound. Really sounds like she is having fun when she is singing. What a unique style. I will seek out other SC CD's after hearing this masterpiece.
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If I Were Brave... Dec 27, 2006
In the late 90's Shawn Colvin was one of many in the "angry female singer with guitar" genre. However she is one of the few to not only outlast but to PREDATE this trend. Shawn has been running her own show from the ground up for years and put out consistantly (albiet long-awaited) solid work throwing back memories of Carly Simon and Carol King in terms of emotional poingnancy and clarity. Her work is evocative in its lyrics and in its overall sound and feel.
A Few Small Repairs was the album that put Shawn Colvin on the mainstream map and it's not hard to see why: The album title is taken from the first song (and the biggest single) Sonny Came Home: A hard-edged, slightly-lilting guitar hook filled with urgency immediatly pulls one into the emotional trip this album takes. Shawn seems primarily concerned on this album with finding meaning in life and doing what it takes to be happy. This takes many forms: Sonny Came Home is clearly one woman's escape from an abusive spouse. Several other songs on the album point to this "broken relationship" theme.
This is all pretty standard fare but in my opinion the true emotional center of the album comes from "If I Were Brave." Colvin speaks an indesputible truth: She is trying to do the best that she can and try as she might...her song uses biting irony to show that sometimes you can't be more than you are by simply putting on a "brave" facade for the world and trying to live a life that is not true to your nature. This reviewer has seen clarity of prose and verse like this only amongst some of the finest songwriters of our time.
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 I like it but... Sep 05, 2006
This is a good cd but this artist has so much more substance live. Her accompanying guitar player was very expressive. I saw them live on (I think) soundstage and she was really good. These songs took on a different light in a live context.
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