![]() It is one of those albums that goes a dozen songs deep without a weak moment. The difference, however, is that Colvin’s record now feels more like a pop masterpiece, a record that does more than stand the test of time - it shines brighter with every listen and has risen, or really soared over its competition. Now, two decades later, A Few Small Repairs still looks like a piece of mature pop - not edgy like Wu-Tang, not zeitgeisty like Alanis, not defiant or hiply smutty like Phair and her Exile in Guyville. And when Colvin and her producer co-writer Jon Leventhal headed to the stage to get their award, there was one of those Grammy moments: Ol’ Dirty Bastard of the Wu-Tang Klan seized the stage to protest losing the “Best Rap Album”, making Colvin look mature, uncool, Grammy-ish. The Grammys, of course, are not a reliable barometer of quality. Suddenly, Colvin was not only a star but arguably the breakout star of the moment. Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill preceded Colvin’s fourth recording by just 16 months.Ī Few Small Repairs was nominated for “Best Pop Album”, but a year later the hit song, “Sunny Came Home” (released as a single in 1997) went home with both the “Record of the Year” and “Song of the Year” awards. Strong female artists were not only making great music (when were they not?) but also having bold success. Colvin would be a main stage artist in all three years of the tour, playing alongside Liz Phair, Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Erykah Badu, and many others. Lilith Fair, the tour for women in the music, would gross $16 million in 1997. Send us feedback about these examples.When pop-folksinger Shawn Colvin releasedĪ Few Small Repairs in 1996, the music world was ripe for an album of sharp, catchy songs by a female singer-songwriter. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'vengeance.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Flying has come back with a vengeance, so to speak. ![]() Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and later Paul Gosar (R-AZ) from committee assignments during the prior Congress. 2023 Democrats have cried foul and accused McCarthy of pursuing political vengeance against Omar for Rep. ![]() 2023 Cold weather will come back with a vengeance by the end of the week. 2023 Daniel Roth Daniel Roth is back with a vengeance-and a new timepiece. 2023 Instagram 5 Questlove is directing a live-action remake of 'The Aristocats' His next quest may be to bring digital fur technology back with a vengeance. 2023 The ricocheting narrative starts with North Korea’s cyberattack on Sony Pictures, an act of vengeance for the misbegotten 2014 comedy The Interview, in which Seth Rogen and James Franco are recruited by the CIA to assassinate Kim Jong Un. 2023 Moff Gideon played a key role in the destruction of Mandalore, and some Mandalorians might be eager to carry out their own brutal form of vengeance. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. Recent Examples on the Web Gutiérrez believes Mora killed their children as an act of vengeance against her.
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