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Sheryl Crow (album)
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Sheryl Crow is the second album
by American
singer Sheryl Crow
, released in 1996
. Reaching #6 on the Billboard 200
, Sheryl Crow sold 2.9 million units in the United States as of January 2008 and is certified 3× platinum. On the UK Album Chart, Sheryl Crow reached #5. As of February 2008, it had sold 880,344 copies in the UK and is certified 3× platinum.
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.
"Redemption Day" was covered by Johnny Cash
on his second posthumous record, American VI: Ain't No Grave
.
magazine. The album also made the Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll at number 26, and Mojo
named it the 39th best album of 1996. British magazine Q
named Sheryl Crow one of its 90 favorite albums of the 90s. Rolling Stone
also selected it as one of the essential albums of that decade in 1999, while naming the self-titled effort the 44th greatest album of all time by a female artist in 2002. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly
magazine placed the album at number 39 in their list of Top 100 Best Albums of the past 25 years.
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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:
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
, released in 1996
1996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
. Reaching #6 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, Sheryl Crow sold 2.9 million units in the United States as of January 2008 and is certified 3× platinum. On the UK Album Chart, Sheryl Crow reached #5. As of February 2008, it had sold 880,344 copies in the UK and is certified 3× platinum.
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
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
's gun sales policy). For this reason, sales of the album were banned at Wal-Mart stores.
"Redemption Day" was covered by Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
on his second posthumous record, American VI: Ain't No Grave
American VI: Ain't No Grave
Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews"...
.
Critical reception
Sheryl Crow is featured in the Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums list by SlantSlant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
magazine. The album also made the Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll at number 26, and Mojo
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
named it the 39th best album of 1996. British magazine Q
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
named Sheryl Crow one of its 90 favorite albums of the 90s. Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
also selected it as one of the essential albums of that decade in 1999, while naming the self-titled effort the 44th greatest album of all time by a female artist in 2002. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
magazine placed the album at number 39 in their list of Top 100 Best Albums of the past 25 years.
Track listing
Signature Tour edition
Personnel
- Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowSheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
– acoustic guitar, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, harmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, WurlitzerWurlitzer electric pianoWurlitzer 200A|250px|thumbThe Wurlitzer electric piano was one of a series of electromechanical stringless pianos manufactured and marketed by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Corinth, Mississippi, U.S. and Tonawanda, New York...
, Moog bassMoog TaurusThe Moog Taurus is a foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and manufactured by Moog Music from 1974 or 1975 to 1981. Commonly called the Taurus I, it has a 13-note organ-style pedal board similar to the pedal keyboard of a spinet organ.-History:...
, pennyosley - Steve BerlinSteve BerlinSteve Berlin is an American saxophonist, keyboardist and record producer, best known as a member of the rock group Los Lobos and, before that, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, The Blasters, and The Flesh Eaters...
– saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... - R.S. Bryan – wah wah guitar
- Steve Donnelly – dobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, guitar, electric guitar - Dave DouglasDave Douglas (trumpeter)Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...
– horn - Davey Faragher – fuzz bass
- Neil FinnNeil FinnNeil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
– vocals - Curtis Fowlkes – horn
- Mitchell FroomMitchell Froom-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
– harmonium, keyboards - Wally IngramWally IngramWally Ingram is an American drummer and musician. He is most famous as a member of the band, Timbuk 3.In recent years, he has toured with the multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, and released several records with him :* 2000 : Twango Bango Deluxe...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, djembeDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands.... - Jim KeltnerJim KeltnerJames Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...
– drums - Brian MacLeod – drums
- Josh RosemanJosh RosemanJosh Roseman is an American jazz trombonist.Roseman was born in Boston, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music. Roseman toured Jamaica with The Skatalites and in Australia with the Christopher Hale Ensemble...
– horn - Dan Rothchild – bass
- Anders Rundblad – bass, guitar
- Jane ScarpantoniJane ScarpantoniJane Scarpantoni is a classically trained cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums.She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-'80s, then went on to play with other musicians especially those associated with the Hoboken underground rock scene of the...
– strings - Bob Stewart – horn
- Pete ThomasPete ThomasPete Thomas is best known as the longtime drummer for Elvis Costello. Tom Waits has referred to him as "one of the best rock drummers alive".-Career:...
– drums - Jeff Trott – acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Michael UrbanoMichael UrbanoMichael Urbano is a studio drummer, band member, programmer, and record producer.One of his first gigs was as a member of Bourgeois Tagg, a 1980s band that was fronted by Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg and included Lyle Workman as the guitarist...
– drums, snare drumSnare drumThe snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...
s - Tad Wadhams – bass
- Todd Wolfe – dobro, guitar, electric guitar
Production
- Producer: Sheryl Crow
- Executive producer: Stephen Weintraub
- Assistant producer: Mitchell FroomMitchell Froom-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
- Engineers: Blair Lamb, Bob Salcedo, Trina ShoemakerTrina ShoemakerTrina Shoemaker is a mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for popular bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Something for Kate, Nanci Griffith and many more....
, Tchad BlakeTchad BlakeTchad Blake is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including State Radio, Apartment 26, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Brazilian Girls, Sheryl Crow, November 2nd, Travis, Marike... - Assistant engineers: Ron Black, S. "Husky" HöskuldsS. Husky HöskuldsS. Husky Höskulds is a Grammy Award–winning audio engineer based in Los Angeles, California.He moved to Los Angeles in 1991, to study audio engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles...
, Cappy Japngie, John Paterno - Mixing: Tchad Blake
- Mastering: Bob LudwigBob LudwigBob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
- 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)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Billboard Hot 200 | 6 |
| 1996 | UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
5 |
| 1997 | Top Canadian Albums | 12 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Adult Top 40 | 5 |
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 37 |
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Modern Rock Tracks | 6 |
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Top 40 Mainstream | 4 |
| 1996/7 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 2 |
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
10 |
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Adult Top 40 | 4 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 31 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Modern Rock Tracks | 17 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 2 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Top 40 Mainstream | 5 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
| 1997 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | UK Singles Chart | 12 |
| 1997 | "Hard To Make A Stand" | UK Singles Chart | 22 |
| 1997 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | Adult Top 40 | 5 |
| 1997 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | Modern Rock Tracks | 25 |
| 1997 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 5 |
| 1997 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | Top 40 Mainstream | 16 |
| 1997 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | UK Singles Chart | 8 |
| 1997 | "Home" | UK Singles Chart | 25 |
Awards
Grammy Awards| Year | Winner | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre... |
| 1996 | Sheryl Crow | Best Rock Album Grammy Award for Best Rock Album The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre... |
External links
- Editorial against the Wal-Mart ban.