RSSSheryl Crow and Friends [extended]
- Tuesday Night Music Club [A&M, 1993]
- Sheryl Crow [A&M, 1996] *
- The Globe Sessions [Interscope, 1998] *
- Live From Central Park [A&M, 1999] A-
- C'Mon, C'Mon [A&M, 2002] C+
- Wildflower [A&M, 2005]
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Consumer Guide Reviews:
Sheryl Crow: Tuesday Night Music Club [A&M, 1993]
Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow [A&M, 1996]
thank not just Alanis but Tchad ("The Book," "Home") *
Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions [Interscope, 1998]
the most sensible tunes in pop today ("It Don't Hurt," "My Favorite Mistake") *
Live From Central Park [A&M, 1999]
Boy did this look like some rock-star bullshit when it happened--Clapton, McLachlan, Richards, Hynde, Nicks, Chicks, oy. All that was missing was Carlos Santana. Only it turned into rock-star bullshit in the best sense--the songcraft and tasty licks to which the '60s-turned-'70s have long been reduced suffused with their full complement of reassuring meaningfulness and congenial noblesse oblige. Crow's unairbrushed enthusiasm bridges the generations, and when she gets too bland anyway a fellow professional steps in to reaffirm our shared fallibility. As always, the man called Richards is especially disarming in this role. They mean us well, why not? It ain't love, but it ain't bad. A-
Sheryl Crow: C'Mon, C'Mon [A&M, 2002]
No dolt, she figures it's in her best interest to sound like one--as well as an insider outsider like Gush and Bore, whose horrible lessons in playing it safe she takes to heart. "We got rockstars in the Whitehouse/All our popstars look like porn," she whines on the first track, which the "hit" tops by claiming, "I don't have diddly squat," while dissing her "friend the communist" (who I bet isn't, and I also bet doesn't deserve the putdown). And those are the good songs. Soon here come Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, turns of phrase like "Lay it like it plays [a little dumb, but OK]/Play it like it lays [wha?]" and "With broken wings we'll learn to fly" and (am I missing some irony here?) "Life is what happens when you're making plans." Over this I'd take not the White House (where she'd go in a second if invited politely) but certainly porn (which I note without prejudice she is). C+
Sheryl Crow: Wildflower [A&M, 2005]