The Globe Sessions

The Globe Sessions
Studio album by Sheryl Crow
Released September 21, 1998 (1998-09-21) (UK)
September 29, 1998 (1998-09-29) (US)
Recorded Globe Studios, New York, NY and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA, 1996-98
Genre Rock, blues rock, country rock
Length 55:06
Label A&M
Producer Sheryl Crow
Rick Rubin ("Sweet Child o' Mine")
Sheryl Crow chronology
Sheryl Crow
(1996)		 The Globe Sessions
(1998)		 Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park
(1999)
Singles from The Globe Sessions
  1. "My Favorite Mistake"
    Released: September 15, 1998
  2. "There Goes the Neighborhood"
    Released: 1999
  3. "Anything but Down"
    Released: February 23, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Daily Vault(B)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Robert Christgau[6]

The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on 21 September 1998 in the United Kingdom and 29 September 1998 in the United States, then re-released in 1999. It was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Non-Classical Album at the 1999 Grammys, winning the latter two awards. The Globe Sessions reached #2 on the UK Album Chart,[7] while peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart,[8] achieving US sales of two million as of January 2008.[9] The album was recorded at and named for the sessions recorded at Globe Recording Studio in New York owned by Robert FitzSimons and Tracey Loggia.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "My Favorite Mistake"  Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott 4:08
2. "There Goes the Neighborhood"  Crow, Trott 5:02
3. "Riverwide"  Crow 4:07
4. "It Don't Hurt"  Crow, Trott 4:49
5. "Maybe That's Something"  Crow, Trott 4:17
6. "Am I Getting Through (Part I & II)"  Crow 5:31
7. "Anything but Down"  Crow 4:17
8. "The Difficult Kind"  Crow 6:19
9. "Mississippi"  Bob Dylan 4:41
10. "Members Only"  Crow 4:57
11. "Crash and Burn"  Crow 6:36
Extra track (1998 release (UK) - cat. no. 31454-0974-2)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
12. "Resuscitation"  Crow 3:54
Extra track (1999 release (US) - cat. no. 06949-0407-2)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
12. "Sweet Child o' Mine[Note 1]"  Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Duff McKagan 3:54

On earlier versions of the album the track "Crash and Burn" contains the hidden track "Subway Ride", running 11:19, while omitting the track "Sweet Child O' Mine."[10] Another version eliminates both "Subway Ride" and "Sweet Child O' Mine."[11] The version of "Sweet Child O' Mine" included is the 'Rick Rubin New Mix', originally featured on the Big Daddy Soundtrack and later included on Hits & Rarities, and also called the 'Pop Version' on the CD single. It differs from the 'Rock Version' used in the single music video. The European version features "Resuscitation" (Crow, Trott) as twelfth track; the Japanese version contains the bonus tracks "Carolina" & "Resuscitation" (Crow, Trott). The "Australian Tour Edition" of the album (released in 1999) also contains "Resuscitation", "Sweet Child o' Mine," as well as a bonus CD containing six songs recorded live at the Church of the Holy Trinity at Toronto, Canada on November 13, 1998:

Bonus disc: The Australian Tour Edition
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "A Change Would Do You Good"  Crow, Trott, Brian MacLeod 4:04
2. "Riverwide"  Crow 4:32
3. "It Don't Hurt"  Crow, Trott 5:26
4. "Strong Enough"  Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert, MacLeod, David Ricketts 3:17
5. "The Difficult Kind"  Crow 6:42
6. "Everyday Is a Winding Road"  Crow, MacLeod, Trott 6:22

Personnel

Production

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
1999 The Globe Sessions Album of the Year[12] Nominated
Best Rock Album[13] Won
"My Favorite Mistake" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance[12] Nominated
Sheryl Crow Producer of the Year, Non-Classical[12] Nominated
Andy Wallace, Tchad Blake & Trina Shoemaker (engineers) Best Engineered Album, Non Classical[12] Won

Charts

Peak positions

Chart Position
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 19
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [15] 10
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[16] 27
Canadian Albums Chart[17] 3
Dutch Albums Chart[18] 28
Finnish Albums Chart[19] 27
French SNEP Albums Chart[20] 18
German Media Control Albums Chart[21] 4
Japanese Albums Chart[22] 18
New Zealand Albums Chart[23] 16
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[24] 10
Swedish Albums Chart[25] 9
Swiss Albums Chart[26] 5
UK Albums Chart[7] 2
U.S. Billboard 200 [8] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[27] 97
U.S. Billboard 200[28] 143

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[29] Platinum 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[30] Gold 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[33] Platinum 1,000,000^

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

Release history

Region Date
United Kingdom September 21, 1998
United States September 29, 1998

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ↑ McCarthy, Sean (26 October 1998). "The Globe Sessions: Sheryl Crow". DailyVault.com. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Tucker, Ken (9 October 1998). "The Globe Sessions (1998): Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#453). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Gardner, Elysa (27 September 1998). "Sheryl Crow 'The Globe Sessions'". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Hunter, James. "Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 797). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Sheryl Crow". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Sheryl Crow > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  8. 1 2 "The Globe Sessions > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Alternate Track Listing #1
  11. ↑ Alternate Track Listing #2
  12. 1 2 3 4 Kot, Greg (1999-01-06). "10 Nominations Put Lauryn Hill Atop Grammy Heap". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  13. ↑ "Sheryl+Crow" "Past Winners Search". grammy.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  14. ↑ "austriancharts.at Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  15. ↑ "ultratop.be Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  16. ↑ "ultratop.be Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow" (ASP). Hung Medien (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  17. ↑ "Sheryl Crow Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  18. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP). Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  19. ↑ "finnishcharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  20. ↑ "lescharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  21. ↑ "Album Search: Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  22. ↑ "グローブ・セッションズ／シェリル・クロウ–リリース–ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  23. ↑ "charts.org.nz Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  24. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  25. ↑ "swedishcharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  26. ↑ "Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions – hitparade.ch" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  27. ↑ "RPM's Top 100 CDs of '98". RPM. 1998-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  28. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ - Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1998". billboard.biz. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  29. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Sheryl Crow – Globe Sessions". Music Canada. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  30. ↑ "RIAJ > The Record > December 1998 > Page 7 > Certified Awards (October 1998)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  31. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Sheryl Crow; 'Globe Sessions')". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  32. ↑ "British album certifications – Sheryl Crow – Globe Sessions". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2014-03-04. Enter Globe Sessions in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  33. ↑ "American album certifications – Sheryl Crow – Globe Sessions". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2014-03-04. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  1. ↑ "Sweet Child O' Mine" is 3:49 long. At the 4:27 mark another track - called "Subway Ride" - which mentions the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, begins and runs for just over 4 minutes.
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