The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow | ||||
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Released | October 13, 2003 (UK) November 24, 2003 (DVD) | |||
Recorded | 1993–2003 | |||
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Length | 77:41 (UK) 77:18 (US) 57 minutes (DVD) | |||
Label | A&M | |||
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Sheryl Crow chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Very Best of Sheryl Crow | ||||
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The Very Best of Sheryl Crow is a greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on October 13, 2003, in the United Kingdom and November 4, 2003, in the United States. The album was a commercial success, reaching No. 2 on both the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, selling four million units in the US as of January 2008.[2] The album also received a platinum accreditation by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales of over one million copies in Europe.
Track listing[edit]
International release[edit]
Internationally some tracks were changed:
- A three-disc box set was released in the UK with live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park CD and a bonus DVD of music videos for the songs on this album.
- Some Japanese pressings also came with a DVD of Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park.
- For the French release, "The First Cut Is the Deepest" is featuring French singer Gérald de Palmas.
- Last track of the German release is "It's So Easy" featuring Wolfgang Niedecken, which was released as a single.
DVD release[edit]
The DVD features 14 video tracks, missing out "Light in Your Eyes", "Picture", "C'mon C'mon" and "I Shall Believe". Sound is PCM stereo.
Digital release[edit]
Digital US versions of the album at Amazon.com and the iTunes Store omit track 11, "Picture". All the subsequent tracks shift their numbering back accordingly.[3] Internationally, the song is still available digitally, but only when the album is purchased as a whole.
The songs included on each international version and format are summarised below, sortable using the position within an edition.
Song | UK | US | DVD | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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All I Wanna Do | 1 | 1 | 1 | Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert | Tuesday Night Music Club | 4:33 |
Soak Up the Sun | 2 | 2 | 2 | Crow, Jeff Trott | C'mon, C'mon | 4:51 |
My Favorite Mistake | 3 | 3 | 3 | Crow, Trott | The Globe Sessions | 4:06 |
The First Cut Is the Deepest | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cat Stevens | Previously unreleased | 3:46 |
Everyday Is a Winding Road | 5 | 5 | 5 | Crow, Brian MacLeod, Trott | Sheryl Crow | 4:16 |
Leaving Las Vegas | 6 | 6 | 6 | Crow, Bottrell, Baerwald, Gilbert, David Ricketts | Tuesday Night Music Club | 5:10 |
Strong Enough | 7 | 7 | 7 | Crow, Bottrell, Baerwald, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts | Tuesday Night Music Club | 3:10 |
Light in Your Eyes | 8 | 8 | Crow, John Shanks | Previously unreleased | 4:00 | |
If It Makes You Happy | 9 | 9 | 8 | Crow, Trott | Sheryl Crow | 5:23 |
Run Baby Run | 10 | 9 | Crow | Tuesday Night Music Club | 4:53 | |
Picture (Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow) | 11 | 11 | Kid Rock | Cocky | 4:58 | |
C'mon C'mon (featuring The Corrs) | 12 | Crow | C'mon C'mon | 4:23 | ||
A Change Would Do You Good | 13 | 13 | 11 | Crow, MacLeod, Trott | Sheryl Crow | 3:49 |
Home | 14 | 14 | 12 | Crow | Sheryl Crow | 4:50 |
There Goes the Neighborhood | 15 | 15 | 13 | Crow, Trott | The Globe Sessions | 5:02 |
I Shall Believe | 16 | 16 | Crow, Bottrell | Tuesday Night Music Club | 5:33 | |
Let's Get Free | 17 | Crow | Previously unreleased | 4:41 | ||
The Difficult Kind | 10 | Crow | The Globe Sessions | 6:20 | ||
Steve McQueen | 12 | 10 | Crow, Shanks | C'mon C'mon | 3:26 | |
The First Cut Is the Deepest (Country version) | 17 | Stevens | Previously unreleased | 3:44 | ||
Anything but Down | 14 | Crow | The Globe Sessions | 4:18 |
Personnel[edit]
- Sheryl Crow – acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar
- Jimmie Bones – keyboards
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Joel Derouin – concert master
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Shirley Hayden – background vocals
- Kid Rock – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Abraham Laboriel Jr. – drums
- Misty Love – background vocals
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
- Kenny Olson – guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass
- Matt Rollings – piano
- John Shanks – bass, electric guitar, background vocals
- Producers: Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Garth Fundis, Kid Rock, John Shanks, Jeff Trott
- Engineers: Matt Andrews, Marc DeSisto, Jeff Rothschild, Al Sutton
- Mixing: Chuck Ainlay, Kid Rock, Jeff Rothschild, Al Sutton, Dave Way
- Production coordination: Shari Sutcliffe
- String arrangements: Patrick Warren
- Assistant: Josh Muncy
- Contractor: Shari Sutcliffe
- Photography: Naomi Kaltman, Peter Lindbergh, Mark Seliger
- Liner notes: David Wild
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications[edit]
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[24] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[25] | 5× Platinum | 500,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[26] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Japan (RIAJ)[27] | Gold | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[29] | Gold | 20,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] | Platinum | 500,000[20] |
United States (RIAA)[31] | 3× Platinum | 4,000,000[2] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[32] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Accolades[edit]
Grammys
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2005 [33] |
"The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
References[edit]
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- ^ "THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS: The complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
External links[edit]
- The Very Best of Sheryl Crow at Discogs (list of releases)