Sheryl Crow (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Sheryl Crow
Type = Album
Artist = Sheryl Crow


Released = September 24 1996
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 56:28
Label = A&M
Producer = Sheryl Crow
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:x96uak6khm3p~T1 link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294283,00.html link]
*"Slant Magazine" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=343 link]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|hm1 [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1242&name=Sheryl+Crow link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sherylcrow/albums/album/115025/review/6067651/sheryl_crow link]
Last album = "Tuesday Night Music Club"
(1993)
This album = "Sheryl Crow"
(1996) | Next album = "The Globe Sessions"
(1998)

"Sheryl Crow" is the second album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). Reaching #6 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the UK Album Chart, "Sheryl Crow" has sold 2.9 million units in the US as of January 2008 [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp] [http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877] and is certified 3x platinum. As of February 2008, it has sold 880,344 copies in the UK.

The song "Love Is a Good Thing" contains the lyrics "Watch out sister, watch out brother, watch our children while they kill each other with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart discount stores" (in criticism of Wal-Mart's gun sales policy). For this reason, sales of the album were banned at Wal-Mart stores. [Liz Harper. [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/wal-mart/impact.html Wal-Mart: Pop Culture Gatekeeper?] . Online NewsHour. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2008.]

Track listing

#"Maybe Angels" (Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell) – 4:56
#"A Change Would Do You Good" (Crow, Brian MacLeod, Jeff Trott) – 3:50
#"Home" (Crow) – 4:51
#"Sweet Rosalyn" (Crow, Trott) – 3:58
#"If It Makes You Happy" (Crow, Trott) – 5:23
#"Redemption Day" (Crow) – 4:27
#"Hard to Make a Stand" (Bottrell, R.S. Bryan, Crow, Todd Wolfe) – 3:07
#"Everyday Is A Winding Road" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) – 4:16
#"Love Is a Good Thing" (Crow, Tad Wadhams) – 4:43
#"Oh Marie" (Bottrell, Crow, Trott) – 3:30
#"Superstar" (Crow, Trott) – 4:58
#"The Book" (Crow, Trott) – 4:34
#"Ordinary Morning" (Crow) – 3:55USA bonus track:
-"Free Man" (Crow) - 3:20
European bonus tracks:
-"Sad Sad World" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) - 4:05
-"Hard to Make a Stand (alternate version)" (Bottrell, R.S. Bryan, Crow, Todd Wolfe) - 3:30

ignature Tour edition

The "Signature Tour Edition" of the album (released in 1997) contained the European/Australian CD (with bonus tracks "Sad Sad World" and "Hard To Make A Stand (Alternate Version)") as well as a bonus CD containing six songs recorded live at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on the 26th of November 1996:

#"If It Makes You Happy" – 5:33
#"Leaving Las Vegas" (Crow, Bottrell, David Baerwald) – 6:45
#"Hard To Make A Stand" – 4:23
#"Can't Cry Anymore" (Crow, Bottrell) – 5:33
#"Everyday Is A Winding Road" – 4:59
#"On The Outside" (Crow, Trott) – 7:58

Personnel

*Sheryl Crow - acoustic guitar, bass, piano, electric guitar, harmonium, keyboards, Hammond organ, vocals, Wurlitzer, Moog bass, pennyosley
*Steve Berlin - saxophone
*R.S. Bryan - wah wah guitar
*Steve Donnelly - dobro, guitar, electric guitar
*Dave Douglas - horn
*Davey Faragher - fuzz bass
*Neil Finn - vocals
*Curtis Fowlkes - horn
*Mitchell Froom - harmonium, keyboards
*Wally Ingram - drums, djembe
*Jim Keltner - drums
*Brian MacLeod - drums
*Josh Roseman - horn
*Dan Rothchild - bass
*Anders Rundblad - bass, guitar
*Jane Scarpantoni - strings
*Bob Stewart - horn
*Pete Thomas - drums
*Jeff Trott - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
*Michael Urbano - drums, snare drums
*Tad Wadhams - bass
*Todd Wolfe - dobro, guitar, electric guitar

Production

*Producer: Sheryl Crow
*Executive producer: Stephen Weintraub
*Assistant producer: Mitchell Froom
*Engineers: Blair Lamb, Bob Salcedo, Trina Shoemaker, Tchad Blake
*Assistant engineers: Ron Black, S. "Husky" Hoskulds, Cappy Japngie, John Paterno
*Mixing: Tchad Blake
*Mastering: Bob Ludwig
*Loop: Sheryl Crow, Brian MacLeod, Jeff Trott, Michael Urbano
*String arrangements: Mitchell Froom
*Horn arrangements: Mitchell Froom
*Coordination: Pam Werheimer
*Art direction: Jeri Heiden, Karen Walker
*Design: Jeri Heiden, Karen Walker
*Photography: James Minchin, Stephanie Pfriender, Steen Sundland

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ulv.edu/ctimes/960920/op920.htm Editorial against the Wal-Mart ban]