C'mon, C'mon

Studio album by Sheryl Crow

Released

April 8, 2002

Recorded

2001

Genre

Rock, pop rock, folk rock

Length

56:41

Label

A&M Records

Producer

Sheryl Crow, John Shanks, Jeff Trott

Sheryl Crow chronology

Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park
(1999)

C'mon, C'mon
(2002)

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
(2003)

C'mon, C'mon is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 2002. Lead single "Soak Up the Sun" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of her biggest hits since "All I Wanna Do". "It's Only Love" featured Gwyneth Paltrow on backing vocals.^[1] C'mon, C'mon reached #2 on the UK Album Chart and on the Billboard 200, where it has sold 2.1 million units as of January 2008.^[2]

Debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 with 185,000 copies sold.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
Blender	^[5]
The Daily Vault	(A)^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	(B+)^[7]
entertainment.ie	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Slant Magazine	^[10]
Robert Christgau	(C+)^[11]

1 Track listing
2 Music videos
3 Personnel
4 Production
5 Charts
6 Awards
7 References

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Steve McQueen"	Crow, John Shanks	3:25
2.	"Soak Up the Sun"	Crow, Jeff Trott	4:52
3.	"You're an Original"	Crow, Trott	4:18
4.	"Safe and Sound"	Crow	4:32
5.	"C'mon, C'mon"	Crow	4:45
6.	"It's So Easy"	S. Crow, Kathryn Crow	3:24
7.	"Over You"	Crow	4:38
8.	"Lucky Kid"	Crow, Trott	4:02
9.	"Diamond Road"	Crow, Marti Frederiksen	4:09
10.	"It's Only Love"	Crow	5:05
11.	"Abilene"	Crow, Trott	4:05
12.	"Hole in My Pocket"	Crow, Peter Stroud	4:37
13.	"Weather Channel"	Crow	4:40

Japan bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Missing"	Crow	4:27
15.	"I Want You"	Crow	4:55
16.	"You're Not the One"	Crow, Stevie Nicks	4:06

UK bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Missing"	Crow	4:25
15.	"I Want You"	Crow	4:53

Brazil, Australia and Germany bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Missing"	Crow	4:23

Music videos

"Steve McQueen"
"Soak up the Sun"
"Safe and Sound (live)"

Personnel

Sheryl Crow - organ, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, accordion, electric guitar, keyboards, Hammond organ, vocals, chorus, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Moog bass, tambo drums, Moroccan drum

Jeff Anthony - drums
Charlie Bisharat - violin
Doyle Bramhall II - guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
Matthew Brubeck - cello
Lenny Castro - percussion, conga, shaker
Keith Ciancia - organ, keyboards, string samples
Joe Deninzon - violin
Joel Derouin - violin, concert master
Mike Elizondo - bass
Davey Faragher - upright bass
Matt Funes - viola
Berj Garabedian - violin
David Gold - viola
Douglas Grean - electric guitar, keyboards
Joyce Hammann - violin
Emmylou Harris - vocals
Willie Nelson - vocals
Jill Jaffe - violin
Brad Jones - bass
Steve Jordan - drums, tambo drums, Moroccan drum
Suzie Katayama - cello, concert master
Julia Kent - cello
Michelle Kinney - cello
Lenny Kravitz - vocals on "You're an Original"
Ron Lawrence - viola
Brian MacLeod - drum fills
Natalie Maines - vocals
Wendy Melvoin - electric guitar
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Gwyneth Paltrow - vocals

Paul Peabody - violin
Shawn Pelton - drums, bells
Liz Phair - vocals
Matthew Pierce - violin
Lorenza Ponce - violin
Michele Richards - violin
Craig Ross - guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar
Jane Scarpantoni - cello
John Shanks - bass, electric guitar
Debra Shufelt - viola
Antoine Silverman - violin, concert master
Daniel Smith - cello
Tim Smith - acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, background vocals
Jeremy Stacey - percussion, drums, toy piano, synthesizer strings, Moog lead
Rudy Stein - cello
Peter Stroud - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, background vocals, slide guitar, Wurlitzer, acoustic 12 string guitar
Marti Sweet - violin
Hiroko Taguchi - violin
Benmont Tench - organ, piano, Hammond organ
Jeff Trott - acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, lap steel guitar
Soozie Tyrell - violin
Joan Wasser - violin
Evan Wilson - viola
Garo Yellin - cello
Don Henley - co-lead vocals on "It's So Easy"

Production

Producers: Sheryl Crow except tracks 2 and 3 produced by Sheryl Crow & Jeff Trott and track 1 by Sheryl Crow & John Shanks
Executive Producer: Scooter Weintraub
Engineers: Dean Baskerville, Monique Mizrahi, Thom Panunzio, Ross Peterson, Chris Reynolds, John Saylor, Brian Scheuble, Christopher Shaw, Trina Shoemaker, Keith Shortreed, Peter Stroud, Eric Tew, Mark Valentine
Mixing: Jack Joseph Puig, Steve Sisco, Andy Wallace, Joe Zook
Mastering: Howie Weinberg
Sampling: John Shanks
Digital editing: Roger Lian
Production coordination: Chris Hudson, Pam Wertheimer
Contractor: Jane Scarpantoni, Shari Sutcliffe
Drum programming: Jeff Anthony, Keith Schreiner, Jeff Trott
Percussion programming: John Shanks
Drum loop: John Shanks, Jeremy Stacey, Peter Stroud
Loops: Shawn Pelton
String arrangements: Matthew Brubeck, Mitchell Froom, Lorenza Ponce, Jeremy Stacey
Art direction: Jeri Heiden
Design: Jeri Heiden, Glen Nakasako
Photography: Sheryl Nields

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	U.S. Billboard 200	2
	UK Albums Top 40	2
	Top Canadian Albums	2
	Top Internet Albums	7
	Australian Albums Chart^[12]	40

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Soak Up the Sun"	Adult Contemporary	5
		Adult Top 40	1
		Canadian Singles Chart	24
		Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
		Top 40 Adult Recurrents	2
		Top 40 Mainstream	15
		Top 40 Tracks	12
		The Billboard Hot 100	17
		UK Singles Chart	16
	"Steve McQueen"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	11
		The Billboard Hot 100	74
		UK Singles Chart	44
2003	"C'mon, C'mon"	Adult Top 40	36

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2002	"Steve McQueen"	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

References

^ "'It's Only Love' by Sheryl Crow". Songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17527. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Caulfield, Keith (25 January 2008). "'Good' Is Not So Good". Ask Billboard. Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003702049.
^ "Ashanti Fends Off the Competition at No. 1". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1474171. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sheryl Crow: C'mon, C'mon > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ "Blender review". http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=920.
^ Warburg, Jason (7 May 2002). "C'mon, C'mon: Sheryl Crow". DailyVault.com. http://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=1903. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Browne, David (19 April 2002). "C'mon, C'mon (2002): Sheryl Crow". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#649). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,250780,00.html. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ "Sheryl Crow - C'mon C'mon". entertainment.ie. 9 April 2002. http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Sheryl-Crow---C'mon-C'mon/2014.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Berger, Arion (25 April 2002). "Sheryl Crow: C'mon, C'mon". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 894). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050326223905/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/129714/sherylcrow?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1.
^ Cinquemani, Sal (13 April 2002). "Sheryl Crow: C'mon, C'mon". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/sheryl-crow-cmon-cmon/43. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Christgau, Robert. "Sheryl Crow". RobertChristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1242. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ "Sheryl Crow - C'mon, C'mon". australian-charts.com. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sheryl+Crow&titel=C%27mon%2C+C%27mon&cat=a. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

C'mon, C'mon at Discogs (list of releases)
C'mon, C'mon [Japan Bonus Tracks] at Allmusic

Sheryl Crow

Studio albums	Tuesday Night Music Club · Sheryl Crow · The Globe Sessions · C'mon, C'mon · Wildflower · Detours · 100 Miles from Memphis

Compilations	The Very Best of Sheryl Crow · Hits & Rarities

Other albums	Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park · iTunes Originals · Home for Christmas

Singles	"Leaving Las Vegas" · "All I Wanna Do" · "Strong Enough" · "Can't Cry Anymore" · "Run Baby Run" · "What I Can Do for You" · "If It Makes You Happy" · "Everyday Is a Winding Road" · "Hard to Make a Stand" · "A Change Would Do You Good" · "Home" · "Tomorrow Never Dies" · "My Favorite Mistake" · "There Goes the Neighborhood" · "Anything but Down" · "Sweet Child o' Mine" · "Soak Up the Sun" · "Steve McQueen" · "C'mon, C'mon" · "The First Cut Is the Deepest" · "Light in Your Eyes" · "It's So Easy" · "Good Is Good" · "Always on Your Side" · "Real Gone" · "Not Fade Away" · "Shine over Babylon" · "Love Is Free" · "Now That You're Gone" · "Out of Our Heads" · "Motivation" · "Detours" · "Summer Day" · "Sign Your Name"

Guest singles	"Picture" · "Building Bridges" · "Just Stand Up!"

Related articles	Discography · Awards and nominations