Tuesday Night Music Club
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Tuesday Night Music Club is the debut album from American
singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow
, released on August 3, 1993. The lead single "Run, Baby, Run
" was not particularly successful. However, the album gained attention after the success of the third single, "All I Wanna Do
," based on the Wyn Cooper
poem "Fun" and co-written by David Baerwald
, Bill Bottrell
, Sheryl Crow
, and Kevin Gilbert
. The single eventually reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, propelling the album to number three in the US Billboard 200
album charts, selling over 5.3 million units there as of January 2008. On the UK Album Chart, Tuesday Night Music Club reached #8 and is certified 2× platinum.
It is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
.
group of musicians including Crow, the "Tuesday Music Club", who came together on Tuesdays to work on the album. Many of them share songwriting credits with Crow.
The group existed as a casual songwriting collective prior to its association with Crow, but rapidly developed into a vehicle for her debut album after her arrival (she was at the time dating Kevin Gilbert
, who actually co-wrote most of the songs for the TNMC album along with Crow, Baerwald, Ricketts, Bottrell, Schwartz and MacLeod). Her relationship with Gilbert became acrimonious soon after the album release and there were disputes about songwriting credits. Crow claimed to have written them in interviews later. Both Gilbert and Baerwald castigated Crow publicly in the fallout, although Baerwald later softened his position. A similar tension arose with TNMC member Bill Bottrell after her second album, on which he collaborated during the early stages.
In February 2008, Bottrell said, "The truth is hard to describe, but it lies between what all the people were shouting. It was all very vague and very complicated. She wrote the majority of the album. The guys and I contributed writing and lyrics, including some personal things. However, the sound was the sound that I developed". However, this was said while promoting their most current work together and contradicts most previous statements by him including those in Richard Buskin's highly detailed book about the situation. Bottrell in earlier times had said she was given the 2nd largest portion of the publishing splits on the album in order to motivate her to work hard, as she still had to pay the very large debt from her unreleasable real first record, publishing being the only way she was likely to earn any money from her new record.
Tuesday Night Music Club went on to sell some 7.6 million copies in the US and UK during the 1990s. The album also won Crow three Grammy Awards in 1995: Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance.
Travis Tritt
's 2002 album Strong Enough features a song titled "Strong Enough to be Your Man" and was written as a reply to Crow's original song.
"Tuesday Night Music Club" has been expanded for a 2009 re-release. The new deluxe edition features the original 1993 album, a second CD containing b-sides
, rarities and outtakes and a bonus DVD featuring the album's six original videos plus a rare alternate version of "All I Wanna Do" directed by Roman Coppola. The DVD also includes a newly-produced documentary composed of on-the-road, backstage, soundcheck and live footage from Crow's early '90s tour in support of the set.
Four of the previously unreleased recordings on the bonus CD‒"Coffee Shop," "Killer Life," "Essential Trip of Hereness" and "You Want More"--were recorded in 1995 and intended for Crow's follow-up album. The cuts were mixed for this album by original "Tuesday Night Music Club" producer Bill Bottrell.
The bonus CD also includes a trio of UK single B-sides--"Reach Around Jerk," an alternate version of "The Na-Na Song" titled "Volvo Cowgirl 99" and a cover of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"‒as well as a cover of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er" and the song "On The Outside," which was released as part of an "X-Files" soundtrack album.
(DVD)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer/songwriter 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 on August 3, 1993. The lead single "Run, Baby, Run
Run Baby Run (Sheryl Crow song)
"Run Baby Run" is a 1995 single by singer Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released by A&M Records. It was originally released as a first European single from the album both in 1993 and 1994. It failed to chart in 1993 but it reached a no...
" was not particularly successful. However, the album gained attention after the success of the third single, "All I Wanna Do
All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)
English singer/songwriter Amy Studt released a cover version of the song as her fourth single. Amy was asked personally by Sheryl Crow to record a cover of the song....
," based on the Wyn Cooper
Wyn Cooper
-Background:Cooper was raised in Michigan and later attended the University of Utah and Hollins College.He has taught at the University of Utah, Bennington College, Marlboro College, and at The Frost Place Festival of Poetry. His most recent book is Chaos is the New Calm -Background:Cooper was...
poem "Fun" and co-written by David Baerwald
David Baerwald
David Baerwald is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.He has one son, Beker Baerwald, who is a nationally ranked basketball player. He is the son of Hans Baerwald, a political scientist, and Diane Moore, a psychologist...
, Bill Bottrell
Bill Bottrell
Bill Bottrell is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson, E.L.O. and Sheryl Crow.- Biography :...
, 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...
, and Kevin Gilbert
Kevin Gilbert
Kevin Matthew Gilbert was an American songwriter, musician, composer, producer and collaborator born in Sacramento, California, later living in San Mateo, California where he attended Junipero Serra High School...
. The single eventually reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, propelling the album to number three in the US 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...
album charts, selling over 5.3 million units there as of January 2008. On the UK Album Chart, Tuesday Night Music Club reached #8 and is certified 2× platinum.
It is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
.
History
The title of the album comes from the name for the ad hocAd hoc
Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "for this". It generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. Compare A priori....
group of musicians including Crow, the "Tuesday Music Club", who came together on Tuesdays to work on the album. Many of them share songwriting credits with Crow.
The group existed as a casual songwriting collective prior to its association with Crow, but rapidly developed into a vehicle for her debut album after her arrival (she was at the time dating Kevin Gilbert
Kevin Gilbert
Kevin Matthew Gilbert was an American songwriter, musician, composer, producer and collaborator born in Sacramento, California, later living in San Mateo, California where he attended Junipero Serra High School...
, who actually co-wrote most of the songs for the TNMC album along with Crow, Baerwald, Ricketts, Bottrell, Schwartz and MacLeod). Her relationship with Gilbert became acrimonious soon after the album release and there were disputes about songwriting credits. Crow claimed to have written them in interviews later. Both Gilbert and Baerwald castigated Crow publicly in the fallout, although Baerwald later softened his position. A similar tension arose with TNMC member Bill Bottrell after her second album, on which he collaborated during the early stages.
In February 2008, Bottrell said, "The truth is hard to describe, but it lies between what all the people were shouting. It was all very vague and very complicated. She wrote the majority of the album. The guys and I contributed writing and lyrics, including some personal things. However, the sound was the sound that I developed". However, this was said while promoting their most current work together and contradicts most previous statements by him including those in Richard Buskin's highly detailed book about the situation. Bottrell in earlier times had said she was given the 2nd largest portion of the publishing splits on the album in order to motivate her to work hard, as she still had to pay the very large debt from her unreleasable real first record, publishing being the only way she was likely to earn any money from her new record.
Tuesday Night Music Club went on to sell some 7.6 million copies in the US and UK during the 1990s. The album also won Crow three Grammy Awards in 1995: Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance.
Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct...
's 2002 album Strong Enough features a song titled "Strong Enough to be Your Man" and was written as a reply to Crow's original song.
"Tuesday Night Music Club" has been expanded for a 2009 re-release. The new deluxe edition features the original 1993 album, a second CD containing b-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
, rarities and outtakes and a bonus DVD featuring the album's six original videos plus a rare alternate version of "All I Wanna Do" directed by Roman Coppola. The DVD also includes a newly-produced documentary composed of on-the-road, backstage, soundcheck and live footage from Crow's early '90s tour in support of the set.
Four of the previously unreleased recordings on the bonus CD‒"Coffee Shop," "Killer Life," "Essential Trip of Hereness" and "You Want More"--were recorded in 1995 and intended for Crow's follow-up album. The cuts were mixed for this album by original "Tuesday Night Music Club" producer Bill Bottrell.
The bonus CD also includes a trio of UK single B-sides--"Reach Around Jerk," an alternate version of "The Na-Na Song" titled "Volvo Cowgirl 99" and a cover of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"‒as well as a cover of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er" and the song "On The Outside," which was released as part of an "X-Files" soundtrack album.
Track listing
- "Run, Baby, RunRun Baby Run (Sheryl Crow song)"Run Baby Run" is a 1995 single by singer Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released by A&M Records. It was originally released as a first European single from the album both in 1993 and 1994. It failed to chart in 1993 but it reached a no...
" (David BaerwaldDavid BaerwaldDavid Baerwald is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.He has one son, Beker Baerwald, who is a nationally ranked basketball player. He is the son of Hans Baerwald, a political scientist, and Diane Moore, a psychologist...
, Bill BottrellBill BottrellBill Bottrell is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson, E.L.O. and Sheryl Crow.- Biography :...
, Crow) – 4:53 - "Leaving Las VegasLeaving Las Vegas (song)"Leaving Las Vegas" is a rock song by Sheryl Crow that appears on her debut album Tuesday Night Music Club, and was Crow's first single in the U.S.Sheryl Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park....
" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Kevin GilbertKevin GilbertKevin Matthew Gilbert was an American songwriter, musician, composer, producer and collaborator born in Sacramento, California, later living in San Mateo, California where he attended Junipero Serra High School...
, David RickettsDavid RickettsDavid Ricketts is an American musician and record producer.Ricketts scored hits in the mid 1980s with David Baerwald in their group David & David, notably the track "Welcome to the Boomtown" from their only album Boomtown.His failed relationship with singer Toni Childs formed the basis for her...
) – 5:10 - "Strong EnoughStrong Enough (Sheryl Crow song)"Strong Enough" is a song by Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club. The song reached #5 on the March 25, 1995 Billboard Hot 100 chart. Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park alongside the Dixie Chicks.-The song:"Strong Enough" is a...
" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Brian MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:10 - "Can't Cry AnymoreCan't Cry Anymore"Can't Cry Anymore" is a 1995 single by Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released on A&M Records. The song reached #36 on Billboard's Hot 100, becoming Crow's third straight Top-40 hit.-US CD single "Can't Cry Anymore" is a 1995 single by Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night...
" (Bottrell, Crow) – 3:41 - "Solidify" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Kevin Hunter, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 4:08
- "The Na-Na Song" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
- "No One Said It Would Be Easy" (Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Dan Schwartz) – 5:29
- "What I Can Do For YouWhat I Can Do for You"What I Can Do For You" is a 1995 single by Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released on A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993 and the single includes a rare speedier version of LP track "The Na-Na Song"...
" (Baerwald, Crow) – 4:15 - "All I Wanna DoAll I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)English singer/songwriter Amy Studt released a cover version of the song as her fourth single. Amy was asked personally by Sheryl Crow to record a cover of the song....
" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Crow, Gilbert) – 4:32 - "We Do What We Can" (Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Schwartz) – 5:38
- "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 5:34
Limited edition bonus disc
A limited edition of the album released in the UK in 1995 contained a second CD, Sheryl Crow Live, containing tracks recorded live on June 6, 1994 at the Shepherds Bush Empire by GLR/BBC.- "Reach Around Jerk" (Crow, Bottrell, Schwartz) – 4:48
- "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 4:54
- "What Can I Do for You" (Baerwald, Crow) – 7:01
- "No-One Said It Would Be Easy" (Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Dan Schwartz) – 6:55
- "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Ricketts) – 6:38
- "Volvo Cowgirl" (Crow, Baerwald, Gilbert, Bottrell, Macleod, Schwartz) – 2:30
Australasian and Japanese Tour limited edition bonus disc
A limited edition of the album released in Australia and Japan in 1995 contained a second CD, "Live From Nashville containing tracks recorded live on April 15, 1994 at the 328 Club.- "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 4:24
- "Reach Around Jerk" (Crow, Bottrell, Schwartz) – 4:10
- "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:11
- "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Ricketts) – 5:48
- "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 6:21
Other limited edition bonus disc
Another limited edition of the album contained a different second CD, Live in Singapore: [V] at the Hard Rock, containing tracks recorded live on May 1, 1995.- "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 4:24
- "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Ricketts) – 5:34
- "Run, Baby, Run" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow) – 5:58
- "The Na-Na Song" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:42
- "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
- "All I Wanna Do" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Cooper, Crow, Gilbert) – 5:19
Deluxe Edition Re-release
- "Coffee Shop"
- "Killer Life"
- "Essential Trip of Hereness"
- "Reach Around Jerk" (U.K. B side)
- "Volvo Cowgirl 99" (U.K. B side)
- "You Want More"
- "All By MyselfAll by Myself"All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.The verse is based on the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18...
" (U.K. & Europe B side) - "On the Outside" (The X-Files Soundtrack)
- "D'Yer Mak'er" (U.K. B side & Encomium soundtrack)
- "I Shall Believe" (new remix)
(DVD)
- "Valuable Stuff" (documentary)
- "Leaving Las Vegas"
- "All I Wanna Do"
- "Strong Enough"
- "Can't Cry Anymore"
- "Run, Baby, Run"
- "What I Can Do for You"
- "All I Wanna Do" (alternate version)
Musicians
- Sheryl Crow – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, 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...
, 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... - David BaerwaldDavid BaerwaldDavid Baerwald is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.He has one son, Beker Baerwald, who is a nationally ranked basketball player. He is the son of Hans Baerwald, a political scientist, and Diane Moore, a psychologist...
– guitar - Bill BottrellBill BottrellBill Bottrell is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson, E.L.O. and Sheryl Crow.- Biography :...
– guitar, pedal steel - Kevin GilbertKevin GilbertKevin Matthew Gilbert was an American songwriter, musician, composer, producer and collaborator born in Sacramento, California, later living in San Mateo, California where he attended Junipero Serra High School...
– keys, guitar, 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 ....
("Run Baby Run", "All By Myself"), bass ("All I Want To Do") - David RickettsDavid RickettsDavid Ricketts is an American musician and record producer.Ricketts scored hits in the mid 1980s with David Baerwald in their group David & David, notably the track "Welcome to the Boomtown" from their only album Boomtown.His failed relationship with singer Toni Childs formed the basis for her...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
("Leaving Las Vegas") - Dan Schwartz – bass, guitar
- Brian MacLeod– drums
Production
- Bill Bottrell – producer
- Dan Schwartz – assistant producer
- Blair Lamb – engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Richard Frankel – art direction
- Jean Krikorian – design
- Melodie McDaniel, Peggy Sirota – photography
- Sheryl Crow – liner notes
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Heatseekers | 2 |
| 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... |
3 | |
| 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... |
8 | |
| 1995 | Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Albums Chart |
1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "All I Wanna Do" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| Mainstream Rock Tracks | 35 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 4 | ||
| Rhythmic Top 40 | 31 | ||
| Top 40 Mainstream | 1 | ||
| 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... |
2 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 4 | ||
| "Leaving Las Vegas" | Modern Rock Tracks | 8 | |
| Top 40 Mainstream | 31 | ||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 60 | ||
| "Strong Enough" | Billboard Hot 100 | 5 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 33 | ||
| 1995 | Adult Contemporary | 11 | |
| Adult Top 40 | 34 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 10 | ||
| Top 40 Mainstream | 3 | ||
| "All I Wanna Do" | Adult Top 40 | 32 | |
| Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 4 | ||
| "Can't Cry Anymore" | Adult Contemporary | 22 | |
| Adult Top 40 | 29 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 38 | ||
| Top 40 Mainstream | 10 | ||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 36 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 33 | ||
| "Run Baby Run" | UK Singles Chart | 24 | |
| "What I Can Do For You" | UK Singles Chart | 43 |
End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 98 |
Awards
Grammy Awards| Year | Song/Album | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "All I Wanna Do" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist... |
| Record Of The Year Grammy Award for Record of the Year The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer.... |
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| N/A | Best New Artist Grammy Award for Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967... |