New Sheryl Crow

[sara1998]

This is a great album! And personally, I like Sheryl's version of It's Only Love better then Stevies! I always skip this song on TISL.

Anyone else have this yet? (Besides you lucky Brits )

Maria

[joe68]

I bought this morning (on sale at Border's by the way for $12.99) and have listend to it in my office on and off all day. I have to say I like it. I dont think its as good as "The Globe Sessions" but there's defintely some cool songs on it. The last song "Weather Channel" is especially haunting.

Honestly, I like this version of "Its only Love" a little better as well. One complaint: I only wish like most "duets" these days, that we could hear Stevie a little better on the songs she sings on. But overall, I would give the record a
"B".

[FiercestCalmSea]

I got it this morning on the way to work...I LOVE it...I had Steve McQueen on repeat for a while..it is my fav so far....and it is a perfect day to blast a new rock n' roll album....90 degrees and sunny I am not sureit is my fav album of hers..but it IS great...I am totally digging it at the moment...

[highpriestess53]

is a great record....I have had it a little over a week now...and my faves are Steve McQueen, Lucky Kid,C'mon, C'mon Safe and Sound and Weather Channel......BUT do NOT like Sheryl's version of It's Only Love...too much producton for such a simple song

[laurarox]

on my way home from work. I haven't had a minute to listen to it yet. I'm saving it for my commute to work tomorrow. I feel confident that it will worth listening to - all her other cds were.

And you have to love that she thanked all of her "special guests" collectively, but Stevie was acknowledged alone.

Sheryl's a chiffonhead!

[BLY]

I got my copy today also. This is one great rock album. I love C'mon C'mon and Soak Up the Sun. This cd will get alot of play. I also put a great Nicks and Crow cd together for my listening pleasure.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I love this cd. I made a tape for the car including You're Not The One!

Pip

[BellaDonnaGypsy]

My honest opinion... it's not my favorite Sheryl CD. It's a damn good album, but not as good as Tuesday Night Music Club or Sheryl Crow. The production is just a little too slick, and I'm sure there are parts that have been been mixed into oblivion. The songs themselves are good songs, with my favorites being C'mon C'mon, Steve McQueen, Diamond Road, Safe And Sound, and Soak Up The Sun... I think I've missed a couple out there. I totally agree with Louise that Stevie's version of It's Only Love is better though... that delicate, vulnerable sound fits the lyrics so much better. And if we're scoring, I give it a B-

BTW, does anyone know if there's a bootleg copy of the Scala show floating around, because the new songs really ROCKED when Sheryl performed them live.

Laura.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

BTW, does anyone know if there's a bootleg copy of the Scala show floating around, because the new songs really ROCKED when Sheryl performed them live

I am working on this but the person who has it seems to have gone quiet. Will keep you posted

Pip

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

BTW Sheryl's version of It's Only Love has definately grown on me but I still prefer the simplicity of Stevie's version. It just goes to show what can be done with one song though..eh?

Pip

[BellaDonnaGypsy]

Originally posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon
I am working on this but the person who has it seems to have gone quiet. Will keep you posted

Pip

Great! Thanks, Pip!

Laura.

[Karen Howells]

I really like the new Sheryl Crow cd. I think it is tied with Globe Sessions for me as her best cd. I dont know what it was with Tuesday Night Music Club but I dont think it is as great as everybody says it is. I mean, I love strong enough, run baby run and leaving las vegas but the rest of the songs are just ok in my book. I really like Sheryl's version of It's Only Love. I really like the music and to me it sounds like 2 different songs. I think that Safe and Sound is a masterpiece and definitley one of the best Sheryl songs that I hae ever heard.

[DrummerDeanna]

I love the new cd...and it helps that it was a 1st month "kisseversary" gift lol...anyway...I actually never got into Globe Sessions all that much...so this one I am way digging...I love it!!! I think it's really good...I haven't picked out a favorite off of it yet...but I do love her version of It's Only Love....I can't wait to see her this summer...

Deanna

[rhiannon1119]

My brother picked it up for me yesterday and I haven't been able to stop listening to it! I love it and I think it is one of her best! I can't seem to get these songs out of my head. My favorites so far are It's So Easy, Diamond Road, C'mon C'mon, Weather Channel, Safe and Sound and You're An Original. I really like It's Only Love too!

Michelle

[Christopher]

I've been listening to the CD including the bonus tracks for about 2 weeks...got them off AG while I wait for my import copy to get to my doorstep.
I have mixed feelings about the CD. At first I loved it. all the songs are very catchy, but herin lies the problem. After a few listens ..Like the 1st single SUTS, I tired of some of it quickly. esp. "Your an original", "Its so easy", "Over You" and "SUTS".
I think Sheryl tried too hard, and as a whole the CD feels unoriginal and sometimes mediocre, like disposable pop. Awash in layers and layers of guitars and subtle overproduction, It feels like you can tell Sheryl had something to prove this time around. Throw in her admission to the media about her trepidation fitting in the current music scene, ADD her recent glamor makeover and semi-clad photo lay-outs and you feel the contridictions!
Music wise she turns up the guitars so much in "Safe and sound" that it loses its charm in an otherwise great song. her earlier rendition was so much better. I also think she also beats the feeling out of "Its only love" in which Sheryl steals an arrangement strangely reminicent of Joan Osbornes "One of us".
Dont get me wrong, over all its not a horrible CD especially considering the state of music these days, I'd take Sheryl's weaker offering over much of the crap being dolled out.

"The Globe Sessions" & "Sheryl Crow" to me have overall more original songwriting and production, proving the age old less is more!

This Cd makes me appreciate Stevie for her originality and beautiful golden voice. Only Stevie could write songs incorporating, among her muses "the planets of the universe" and get away with it.