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| If It Makes You Happy, Everyday Is A Winding Road, A Change Would Do You Good, Hard To Make A Stand, Love Is A Good Thing, Home, Maybe Angels, more. |
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| 1 Maybe Angels |
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| 2 A Change Would Do You Good |
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| 3 Home |
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| 4 Sweet Rosalyn |
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| 5 If It Makes You Happy |
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| 6 Redemption Day |
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| 7 Hard to Make a Stand |
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| 8 Everyday Is a Winding Road |
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| 9 Love Is a Good Thing |
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| 10 Oh Marie |
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| 11 Superstar |
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| 12 The Book |
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| 13 Ordinary Morning |
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Album Review
Hiring noted roots experimentalists Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom as engineer and consultant, respectively, Sheryl Crow took a cue from their Latin Playboys project for her second album -- she kept her roots rock foundation and added all sorts of noises, weird instruments, percussion loops, and off-balance production to give "Sheryl Crow" a distinctly modern flavor. And, even with the Stones-y grind of "Sweet Rosalyn" or hippie spirits of "Love Is A Good Thing," it is an album that couldn't have been made any other time than the '90s. As strange as it may sound, "Sheryl Crow" is a post-modern masterpiece of sorts -- albeit a mainstream, post-alternative, post-modern masterpiece. It may not be as hip or innovative as, say, the Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique", but it is as self-referential, pop-culture obsessed, and musically eclectic. Throughout the record, Crow spins out wild, nearly incomprehensible stream-of-consciousness lyrics, dropping celebrity names and products every chance she gets ("drinking Falstaff beer/Mercedes Ruehl and a rented Leer"). Often, these litanies don't necessarily add up to anything specific, but they're a perfect match for the mess of rock, blues, alt-rock, country, folk, and lite hip-hop loops that dominate the record. At her core, she remains a traditionalist -- the songcraft behind the infectious "Change Would Do You Good," the bubbly "Everyday Is A Winding Road," and the weary "If It Makes You Happy" helped get the singles on the radio -- but the production and lyrics are often at odds with those instincts, creating for a fascinating and compelling (and occasionally humorous) listen and one of the most individual albums of its era. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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