Sheryl Crow (album)

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Sheryl Crow

Studio album by Sheryl Crow
Released	September 24, 1996
Recorded	The Sound Factory
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	56:28
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Sheryl Crow
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link Slant Magazine (4.5/5) link Robert Christgau (*) link
Sheryl Crow chronology
Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)	Sheryl Crow (1996)	The Globe Sessions (1998)

Sheryl Crow is the second album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). The album sold over four million copies, though Sheryl lost an estimated 400,000 sales ^{[citation needed]} as a result of an editorial comment in the song "Love Is a Good Thing". She says, "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 and minors). As a result, Wal-Mart banned the album from their stores.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Signature Tour edition
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 Awards
6 External links

[edit] 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) – 3:55
"Free Man () - 3:20 (Bonus Track on some printings)

[edit] Signature Tour edition

The Signature Tour Edition of the album (released in 1997) contained the bonus tracks "Sad Sad World" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) and "Hard To Make A Stand (Alternate Version)" as well as a bonus CD containing six songs recorded live at Shepherd's Bush Empire:

"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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	6
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"	The Billboard Hot 100	10
1996	"If It Makes You Happy"	Top 40 Mainstream	4
1996	"If It Makes You Happy"	Top 40 Mainstream	5
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"	The Billboard Hot 100	11
1997	"Everyday Is a Winding Road"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	2
1997	"Everyday Is a Winding Road"	Top 40 Mainstream	5
1997	"If It Makes You Happy"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	2
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