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Post by MusicMan88 on Dec 15, 2007 11:49:32 GMT -5
If you go to XPN's website, you can hear Sheryl's performance on the World Cafe. She does live versions of Shine Over Babylon, Love Is Free, Detours (title track of record), and Everyday Is a Winding Road.
The performance is excellent! And Detours may be my favorite song I've heard from this era. It sounds very nostalgic and melancholy. I love it.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Dec 18, 2007 22:56:39 GMT -5
I really like the album cover! I always loved that font too!!
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 18, 2007 23:49:54 GMT -5
Nice! Can't wait to hear "Love Is Free".
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Post by ƒreakshow on Dec 19, 2007 17:45:40 GMT -5
I really like the album cover! I always loved that font too!! Nice! and is there a full studio version of Love Is Free out there? I have only found a clip so far.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Dec 20, 2007 22:18:08 GMT -5
I heard it on the radio. It's not on her myspace yet tho...
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Post by MusicMan88 on Dec 21, 2007 4:06:49 GMT -5
The video for Love Is Free is up on Yahoo! Music!! music.yahoo.com/ar-312136-videos--Sheryl-CrowI absolutely LOVE it. I honestly think it's her best video since The Globe Sessions vids. She looks amazing, and it really has a 90's feel to it.
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Post by vinyl on Dec 21, 2007 18:43:03 GMT -5
I LOVE THE SONG. I love the cover, although the font is the same as the one used for American Doll Posse, no?
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 22, 2007 0:13:11 GMT -5
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Post by vinyl on Jan 26, 2008 12:28:10 GMT -5
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Post by vinyl on Jan 26, 2008 15:53:08 GMT -5
I don't get how they're planning a return to her "multi-platinum days" with little to no promotion.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 26, 2008 16:02:44 GMT -5
I loved Wildflower and her Greatest Hits, which is all the Sheryl Crow that I own. I haven't even heard anything from this but I plan on buying it. She is a very solid artist and I like how she presents herself in interviews.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 27, 2008 23:25:08 GMT -5
I'm surprised at how consistent her sales have been thru the years and that The Very Best Of is only half a mil behind TNMC (which I thought was like 7 or 8 mil?!). Of course, I'd say 'The Very Best Of' is one of the few essential Best Ofs released so far this decade.
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Post by MusicMan88 on Jan 28, 2008 17:48:21 GMT -5
Ugh hurry up next Tuesday!! I can't wait to finally have this album in my hands.
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Post by busyboy on Jan 29, 2008 11:24:06 GMT -5
Leaked.
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Post by vinyl on Jan 29, 2008 19:25:47 GMT -5
Oooh. I will obviously try to resist hahah. There is a small poster in the window of my local HMV.
Slant gave it 4/5.
Sheryl Crow Detours by Sal Cinquemani Posted: January 27, 2008
hough her track record as an album artist isn't as unblemished as some, including the Recording Academy, would have us believe (though not bad, The Globe Sessions was a disappointment following its self-titled predecessor, and C'mon C'mon was MOR pap at its most painful), Sheryl Crow remains a consistently impressive singles artist. From her charmingly belligerent debut, "Leaving Las Vegas," to 2005's lush, quietly contemplative "Good Is Good," Crow hasn't released a lead single I haven't loved. That streak, it seems, would be broken by the singer-songwriter's hippy anthem "Love Is Free," which chugs along like a well-oiled parade float but is a little too cute-n'-bouncy for its source material (the failed federal response to Hurricane Katrina), if not for a technicality: The single was preceded by the airplay-only "Shine Over Babylon," a more sobering take on current events that is sonically closer to "If It Makes You Happy" than "Soak Up the Sun."
What both songs have in common, however, is a roots-rock foundation and musical palette that harks back to Crow's Tuesday Night Music Club, an obviously decided move given that Detours reunites Crow with producer Bill Bottrell for the first time since her debut. The reunion was well worth the 15-year wait, as many of the songs on Detours rank among Crow's best. Bottrell's playful guitar melody dances beneath and between Crow's lead vocal on the sweet "Drunk with the Thought of You," while the tight, multi-part harmonies of the title track hint at the country record Crow has threatened to make. There's a grittiness to the music and a scratchy, lived-in quality to Crow's vocals that's been missing from her last couple of albums, and the rough edges are becoming.
References to the current political climate inform the first half of Detours, with barbed jabs at the Bush administration both obvious ("The president spoke words of comfort with teardrops in his eyes/Then he led us as a nation into a war based on lies," Crow snaps on the opening song, "God Bless This Mess") and slightly more veiled ("Freedoms etched on sacred pillars…Can lead to madman oil drillers," she sings on "Babylon"). Crow imagines a not-so-distant future where dissent is commonplace and gasoline is free ("Gasoline") and she makes it known how she feels about our nation's privileged slackers ("Motivation"). But "Out of Our Heads" is the record's keynote address, a thumping rally cry with a fervent vocal, a singsong choir chorus, and a message of hope that's genuine and affecting; the anthemic song would be a good fit for the Obama campaign.
On their own, the political songs would render Detours Important, but Crow has managed the nearly impossible: recording an album that's as intensely personal as it is fiercely political. If love resulted in Wildflower, her most extraordinarily beautiful—and extraordinarily slept-on—album, then credit the dissolution of that love for what could be Crow's most heartbreakingly personal work to date. Her break-up with Lance Armstrong shades much of the album's second, even stronger half, most overtly on "Diamond Ring," which gives listeners a startlingly frank glimpse into the couple's unraveling: "I blew up our love nest/By making one little request." Then, at song's end, she admits plainly: "Diamond ring f**ks up everything." "Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)" paints a portrait of a woman taking stock of her life while laying on a table and awaiting radiation treatment, with the specter of Madam Butterfly—a character who unknowingly, tragically entered into an impermanent union—overseeing the procedure. "Was love the illness, and disease the cure?" Crow asks. That her connection to Armstrong deepened and expanded upon learning she had breast cancer shortly after they split only deepened and expanded the scope, honesty, and profundity of her work.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2008 20:07:27 GMT -5
I'm listening now. I'm about halfway through and already like this album so much better than Wildflower. The songs are catchier and the lyrics more interesting, IMO.
Welcome back, Sheryl! (For the record, I didn't hate Wildflower, but I wasn't very excited by it either.)
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Post by SHOOTER on Jan 30, 2008 2:11:59 GMT -5
Yes! I was just hoping today that both this and Lenny's new album would leak!
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Post by MusicMan88 on Jan 30, 2008 2:51:10 GMT -5
Omg. I just finished my first full listen. I am so so so SO overjoyed - this album is everything I hoped and MUCH more!
THANK GOD SHE'S BACK.
I totally agree with the above post. This could definitely be her third best album. I put Sheryl Crow and The Globe Sessions in unmovable positions, with The Globe Sessions being her best and the self-titled her second. But Detours is her most cohesive and strongest album since TGS. Although I'd definitely call Out Of Our Hands my least favorite, I still like it.
Oh, and THANK GOD for Bill. Had John Shanks been allowed to produce this record, it would have been pretty terrible. He brought out the passion and musicianship that had been hiding behind the glossy production of the last two albums
I also agree that Diamond Ring is the stand-out, by far. I sincerely thought I'd never hear her sing like that ever again after hearing Wildflower and even C'mon C'mon. Her voice sounds impeccable! The second chorus where she really wails and her voice cracks gave me major chills. The lyrics are perfect too. AMAZING.
I'm surprised at how much I love the studio version of Peace Be Upon Us. I was kind of underwhelmed with the live performance but I think it sounds great. The layered vocal and the Middle Eastern vocalist really enhance the song.
The same with Drunk With The Thought Of You. I love how sparse it is. God Bless This Mess also benefits from the sparseness. It's the perfect opener.
Now That You're Gone is the most Fleetwood Mac sounding song she's done, I think. The backing vocals especially. I think this could be a contender for a future single. Same with Love Is All There Is, fantastic melody!
Make It Go Away was the track that really made me stop my thoughts. It's heartbreaking, really. You can picture Sheryl receiving her cancer treatment and questioning everything. The chorus also has a very urgent sound that conflicts with the subtle verses. Definitely a very honest, heart-wrenching song.
Motivation and Gasoline sound so much like early Sheryl. Motivation could have been right at home on any of her first three records. Gasoline is definitely the most Tuesday Night Music Club sounding track from the album.
Overall, I am just so pleased. This will be in constant rotation and my love for it will only grow. Way to go Sheryl! Brilliant, brilliant album.
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Post by vinyl on Jan 30, 2008 19:14:12 GMT -5
Ahhhh I can't wait. Thanks for your thoughts, I love the positive reviews... From what I'm reading, it's what I've been hoping for (also a fan of Sheryl Crow and The Globe Sessions).
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Post by vinyl on Jan 31, 2008 20:42:46 GMT -5
God Bless This Mess Video is apparently here music.msn.com/music/videos/default.aspx?stab=1_____________________________________________________ It seems she is doing the talk-show thing after all!! 2/1/2008 Today Show 2/4/2008 Late Night with David Letterman 2/5/2008 The View 2/5/2008 Conan O Brien 3/10/2008 The Tonight Show 3/12/2008 Ellen DeGeneres Show 3/13/2008 Jimmy Kimmel Live 3/14/2008 Last Call with Carson Daly (so she is performing 2 songs on Today Show tomorrow!) _____________________________________________________ There is a pretty interview here, mostly about her being socially conscious: www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/01/30/conversations_crow/'While people bemoan the shortage of contemporary singer-songwriters building on the protest tradition, Sheryl Crow stands out as that rare commercially successful artist who puts political issues at the heart of her music.' Also it addresses the Karl Rove thing... 'He was exceptionally rude to the two of us, and at one point he told us both to take our seats. I can tell you how it ended: with me saying, "You can't speak to me like that, you work for me." He said, "I don't work for you, I work for the American people." And I said, "I am the American people." It was a very short and curt conversation.' Love her.
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Post by vinyl on Jan 31, 2008 21:00:03 GMT -5
Entertainment Weekly gives Detours an A (full review coming later this week)
SHERYL CROW Detours (out on Feb. 5): A
''Detours is a terrific return to form, largely because Crow has made détente with her ex. No, not Lance Armstrong. We mean Bill Bottrell, the producer/co-writer who helped shape her star-making Tuesday Night Music Club in '93. The reconciliation is not so much detour as homecoming, and the duo sound like they're having a ball.'' —Chris Willman
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 23:10:55 GMT -5
I couldn't agree more! Look forward to seeing Willman's full "A" review. I sometimes quite disagree with that guy's reviews, but I think I'm going to be with him on this one.
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Post by vinyl on Feb 1, 2008 18:14:46 GMT -5
Ask & you shall receive! Hahah Detours (2008) Sheryl Crow A By Chris Willman Conservative columnist Andrew Sullivan — irked by the glittery antiwar messages emblazoned on Sheryl Crow's T-shirts during TV appearances — once called her a ''brain-dead peacenik in sequins.'' And that's before the message-mongering even became a big part of her CDs. In the first half of her sixth studio album, Detours, Crow lays on the cynic-baiting pacifism: She duets with singer Ahmed Al Hirmi, who croons in Arabic on ''Peace Be Upon Us''; on ''Out of Our Heads,'' she tells the ''children of Abraham'' to ''lay down your fears''; and she laments ''a war all based on lies'' in ''God Bless This Mess.'' You know the saying ''Peace begins at home''? Detours is a terrific return to form, largely because Crow has made détente with her ex. No, not Lance Armstrong (more on him later). We mean Bill Bottrell, the producer/co-writer who helped shape her star-making Tuesday Night Music Club in '93, right before their chemistry gave way to a snipe-filled, nearly 15-year fallout. The reconciliation is not so much detour as homecoming, and the duo sound like they're having a ball — most of all on those consciousness-raising tracks. Is it wrong if all she wants to do is have some armistice-loving fun? Many of those songs' touchstones are Vietnam-era. The New Orleans-themed ''Love Is Free'' is the kind of delightful bubblegum-reggae romp every superstar turned out at least once in the '70s. ''Gasoline,'' a futuristic satire about petrol-loving revolutionaries, is so midperiod Stones that you're sure Mick Taylor will turn up in the credits. Bottrell transforms the conceivably preachy ''Out of Our Heads'' into something magical via a sing-along group chorus and timbale-fueled backbeat, much as Phil Spector made potentially pedantic John Lennon protest tunes like ''Instant Karma'' into unassailably great pop singles. In Detours' subdued second half, though, Crow lays off the social commentary to address her own recent rough patches, with lyrics that grow more absorbing and intimate as Bottrell's eclecticism simmers down. Even a dedication to her new son, ''Lullaby for Wyatt,'' has an unexpected melancholia, as she flashes forward to their ultimate parting (''And this I'll know/Is you were mine/For a time''). The weary ''Make It Go Away'' laments her 2006 bout with breast cancer...and the tabloid breakup with Armstrong that preceded it (''Was love the illness/And disease the cure''). Most rivetingly, she sings herself hoarse while delivering a good lancing to said former fiancé in ''Diamond Ring'' — contending that the titular bauble ''f---s up everything.'' And so it turns out, for a few gripping, bitter minutes at least, that this sequined peacenik is willing to give war a chance, too. A DOWNLOAD THIS: Hear a preview of ''Gasoline'' at barnesandnoble.com _____________________________________________________ If someone has an urge to ask her something... "Now’s your chance, Sheryl Crow fans: We’ll be talking to her next week, and we want questions from you. Send us a YouTube video of yourself asking her a question by 9 a.m. EST on Monday, February 4th. The best questions will run in a special video Q&A with Sheryl next week – it’ll be like you’re interviewing her face to face, minus the awkward pauses!" More www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/01/31/interview-sheryl-crow-on-rollingstonecom/_____________________________________________________ I'm sure it'll be on YouTube or something eventually but as of now, her (very short) interview & performances from the Today Show are up on this website, in the 'today's videos' section. today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041478/She performed 'Love Is Free' & 'Everyday Is A Winding Road'. She sounded lovely. :)
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 1, 2008 22:55:51 GMT -5
Billboard:
ARTIST: SHERYL CROW
ALBUM: DETOURS
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Since 2005's reflective "Wildflower," Sheryl Crow ended her engagement with Lance Armstrong, battled breast cancer, adopted a son and stepped up her activism efforts. She's also reteamed with Bill Bottrell, who produced her multiplatinum 1993 debut, "Tuesday Night Music Club." Thus the roots-rock of "Detours" is old-school-sounding Crow with a heightened consciousness of the world around her. Every day is still a winding road, but it costs too much to drive down ("Gasoline"); a change would do, well, everyone some good, particularly those struggling to rebuild their lives post-Hurricane Katrina ("Love Is Free"). If the message is a bit heavy-handed at times, Crow still delights with the melodic chorus of "Shine Over Babylon" and the breathe-easy "Now That You're Gone" and "Lullaby for Wyatt," a tender reminder of just how far Crow has come and what her future holds in store.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2008 23:39:27 GMT -5
There are only a few songs on this album I can really get into. I don't think it's a bad album at all, but I expect hookier and poppier material from Sheryl. This isn't really my thing as far as Sheryl goes. It's just not the reason I listen to Sheryl Crow's music.
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 2, 2008 10:56:25 GMT -5
Bought my copy today.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Feb 2, 2008 20:16:46 GMT -5
How? It's not available yet?
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 3, 2008 1:47:14 GMT -5
I'm listening to it now. So far, so good (though I still don't care for SOB).
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 3, 2008 4:43:18 GMT -5
How? It's not available yet? I live in Switzerland, so records are released on Fridays here.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Feb 3, 2008 11:56:03 GMT -5
Ooooh. Ok. I was gonna say, I figured you lived outside of North America but I didn't know albums came out that early anywhere else. I figured Monday was the earliest.
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