Sheryl Crow (album)

Sheryl Crow
Studio album by Sheryl Crow
Released September 1, 1996 (UK)
September 24, 1996 (US)
Recorded Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA, Sunset Sound Factory, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA and The Magic Shop, New York, NY,
Genre Rock, country rock, folk rock
Length 56:28
Label A&M
Producer Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow chronology

Tuesday Night Music Club
(1993)		 Sheryl Crow
(1996)		 The Globe Sessions
(1998)
Singles from Sheryl Crow
  1. "If It Makes You Happy"
    Released: September 20, 1996
  2. "Everyday Is a Winding Road"
    Released: November 8, 1996
  3. "Hard to Make a Stand"
    Released: 1997
  4. "A Change Would Do You Good"
    Released: July 1997
  5. "Home"
    Released: 1997-1998

Sheryl Crow is the second album by American singer Sheryl Crow, released on September 1, 1996 in the United Kingdom and September 24, 1996 in the United States. Reaching #6 on the Billboard 200,[1] Sheryl Crow sold 2.4 million units in the United States as of January 2008[2][3] and is certified 3× platinum.[4] On the UK Album Chart, Sheryl Crow reached #5.[5] As of February 2008, it had sold 880,344 copies in the UK and is certified 3× platinum.[6]

The song "Love Is a Good Thing" criticizes Wal-Mart's gun sales policy, with 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". Wal-Mart banned sales of the album at their stores.[7][8][9]

"Redemption Day" was covered by Johnny Cash; the track appeared on his second posthumous record, American VI: Ain't No Grave.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [11]
Entertainment Weekly A−[12]
Slant [13]
Robert Christgau [14]
Rolling Stone (unfavorable)[15]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [16]

Sheryl Crow is featured in the Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums list by Slant 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.[17] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly magazine placed the album at number 39 in their list of Top 100 Best Albums of the past 25 years.[18]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Maybe Angels"  Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell 4:56
2. "A Change Would Do You Good"  Crow, Jeff Trott, Brian MacLeod 3:50
3. "Home"  Crow 4:51
4. "Sweet Rosalyn"  Crow, Trott 3:58
5. "If It Makes You Happy"  Crow, Trott 5:23
6. "Redemption Day"  Crow 4:27
7. "Hard to Make a Stand"  Crow, Bottrell, Todd Wolfe, R.S. Bryan 3:07
8. "Everyday Is a Winding Road"  Crow, MacLeod, Trott 4:16
9. "Love Is a Good Thing"  Crow, Tad Wadhams 4:43
10. "Oh Marie"  Crow, Trott, Bottrell 3:30
11. "Superstar"  Crow, Trott 4:58
12. "The Book"  Crow, Trott 4:34
13. "Ordinary Morning"  Crow 3:55

Early pressings of the album list "A Change Would Do You Good" simply as "A Change".

Signature Tour Edition / Special 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.
This 2CD set was also released in 1997 as Special Edition.[19]

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "If It Makes You Happy"  Crow, Trott 5:33
2. "Leaving Las Vegas"  Crow, Bottrell, David Baerwald 6:45
3. "Hard to Make a Stand"  Bottrell, R.S. Bryan, Crow, Todd Wolfe 4:23
4. "Can't Cry Anymore"  Crow, Bottrell 5:33
5. "Everyday Is a Winding Road"  Crow, MacLeod, Trott 4:59
6. "On the Outside"  Crow, Trott 7:58

B-sides

Title Release
"Keep On Growing" 1995
"Free Man" 1996
"Sad Sad World" 1996
"Tomorrow Never Dies" 1997
"Blue Christmas" 1997

Personnel

Production

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Recipient Award Result
1997
[20] 		Sheryl Crow Best Rock Album style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won
"If It Makes You Happy" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[21] 14
Austrian Albums Chart[22] 8
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [23] 10
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[24] 15
Canadian Albums Chart[25] 12
Dutch Albums Chart[26] 23
Finnish Albums Chart[27] 27
French SNEP Albums Chart[28] 38
German Media Control Albums Chart[29] 17
Japanese Albums Chart[30] 24
New Zealand Albums Chart[31] 6
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[32] 20
Swedish Albums Chart[33] 8
Swiss Albums Chart[34] 3
UK Albums Chart[5] 5
U.S. Billboard 200 [35] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canadian Albums Chart[36] 39
Swiss Albums Chart[37] 52
UK Albums Chart[38] 30
U.S. Billboard 200[39] 152
Chart (1997) Position
UK Albums Chart[40] 19
U.S. Billboard 200[41] 34

Certifications

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Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[42] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[43] Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[44] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[46] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[47] Platinum 1,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notes

  1. ↑ "Sheryl Crow > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (25 January 2008). "'Good' Is Not So Good". Ask Billboard. Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Shania, Backstreet, Britney, Emimen [sic] and Janet Top All Time Sellers". Music Industry News Network. mi2n.com. 18 February 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "American certifications – Sheryl Crow". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Chart Stats – Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow". UK Albums Chart. Archived from the original (PHP) on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – Sheryl Crow". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Sheryl Crow in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Search
  7. ↑ Bates, James; Philips, Chuck (10 September 1996). "Wal-Mart Bans Album Over Gun Sale Lyrics". L.A. Times. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Errico, Marcus (10 September 1996). "Wal-Mart Bans Sheryl Crow's Next Album". E! News. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Harper, Liz (20 August 2004). "Wal-Mart: Pop Culture Gatekeeper?". Online NewsHour. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "'Redemption Day' by Sheryl Crow". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  11. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Browne, David (27 September 1996). "Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#346). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  13. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (29 September 2003). "Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  14. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Sheryl Crow". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  15. ↑ Fricke, David (2 December 1996). "Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow : Music Reviews". Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  16. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  17. ↑ "Women in Rock – The 50 Essential Albums". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (908). 31 October 2002. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  18. ↑ "The New Classics: Music". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#1000). 20 June 2008. ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  19. ↑ Discogs
  20. ↑ Kot, Greg (January 8, 1997). "Pumpkins A Smash With 7 Grammy Nominations". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved April 26, 2011.
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  27. ↑ "finnishcharts.com Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow" (ASP). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  28. ↑ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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  32. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  33. ↑ "swedishcharts.com Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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  35. ↑ "allmusic ((( Sheryl Crow > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  36. ↑ "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1996". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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  43. ↑ "RIAJ > The Record > June 1997 > Page 7 > Certified Awards (April 1997)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-29.
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