Be Myself Explained
| Be Myself |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sheryl Crow |
| Cover: | Sheryl Crow - Be Myself.png |
| Released: | April 21, 2017 |
| Recorded: | 2016–2017 |
| Studio: | Old Green Barn (Nashville, TN) |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 45:20 |
| Label: | Wylie Songs, Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott |
| Prev Title: | Feels Like Home |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Threads |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Be Myself is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. The album was released on April 21, 2017, by Wylie Songs and Warner Bros. Records.[1] [2] Produced by Crow and Jeff Trott, who also worked with Crow on her self-titled 1996 album and 1998's The Globe Sessions, it features a return to a more rock-driven sound following Crow's 2013 country album, Feels Like Home.
Release
Singles
The album's lead single, "Halfway There", was released on March 3, 2017.
Critical reception
Be Myself received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 69 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 10 reviews.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars and calls it "set of strong, sophisticated pop." Writing for Rolling Stone and rating the album three out of five stars, Rob Sheffield calls it "excellent" and "a full-blown return to her fierce rock-queen glory."
Dave Simpson from The Guardian gave 3 out of 5 stars and stated "After a short-lived dabble in country music, Be Myself reunites Sheryl Crow with 1990s collaborators Jeff Trott and Tchad Blake and returns to the sassy, carefree, stripped down folk-pop-rock that brought her massive success in that era"[3]
Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Be Myself might lack the quirks that made Sheryl Crow so distinctive (it opened with a song about aliens, after all), but the album proves that some alliances can outlast even the latest planet-shrinking technology".[4]
Track listing
All songs written by Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott, except where noted.
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[5] Musicians
- Doyle Bramhall II – soloist, vocal harmony
- Gary Clark Jr. – electric guitar, soloist
- Sheryl Crow – bass, celeste, Fender Rhodes, acoustic guitar, piano, tambourine, toy piano, vocals, Wurlitzer
- Mark Douthit – saxophone
- Fred Eltringham – drums, handclapping, percussion, tambourine
- Audley Freed – acoustic guitar, soloist
- Toby Gad – bass guitar, Moog synthesizer
- Josh Grange – flute, baritone guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, Mellotron, pedal steel guitar, piano
- Barry Green – trombone
- Robert Kearns – bass guitar
- The McCrary Sisters – background vocals
- Adam Minkoff – keyboards
- Doug Moffet – baritone saxophone
- Steve Patrick – trumpet
- Andrew Petroff – bells, drum brushes, drum loop, acoustic guitar, handclapping, keyboards, percussion, shaker, strings, synthesizer, tambourine, Wurlitzer
- Rick Purcell – handclapping
- David Rossi – strings
- Tim Smith – background vocals
- Jeff Trott – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, acoustic-electric guitar, Moog synthesizer, pump organ, sitar, slide guitar, soloist, SynthAxe, tom-tom, vocal harmony, background vocals, wah wah guitar, Wurlitzer
Technical personnel
Charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Be Myself by Sheryl Crow on Apple Music . Itunes.apple.com . 2017-04-21 . 2017-04-22 . 2017-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170422212752/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-myself/id1209634872 . live .
- Web site: Chris Willman . Sheryl Crow Reemphasizes the Rock in Club Preview of New Album . Billboard . 2017-03-04 . 2017-04-22 . 2017-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170422222520/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7710189/sheryl-crow-troubadour-concert-be-myself . live .
- News: Simpson. Dave. 2017-04-20. Sheryl Crow: Be Myself review – a punchy return to form. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-11-03. 0261-3077. 2020-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730051326/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/20/sheryl-crow-be-myself-review-a-punchy-return-to-form. live.
- Web site: Cinquemani. Sal. Review: Sheryl Crow, Be Myself. 2020-11-03. en-US. 2019-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326013955/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/sheryl-crow-be-myself/. live.
- Web site: Be Myself – Sheryl Crow – Credits – AllMusic. AllMusic. All Media Network. April 22, 2017. April 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170423155036/http://www.allmusic.com/album/be-myself-mw0003025475/credits. live.
- Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #418. auspOp. April 29, 2017. April 29, 2017. February 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203113547/https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/04/aria-chart-watch-418/. live.
- Web site: シェリル・クロウのランキング. ja. Oricon. October 4, 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810042312/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/75791/rank/album/p/2/. August 10, 2017.
- Web site: NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart. Recorded Music NZ. June 12, 2017. June 9, 2017. September 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917170457/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4371. live.
- Web site: Top 100 Albumes — Semana 17: del 21.04.2017 al 27.04.2017. Productores de Música de España. es. May 5, 2017. December 1, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040858/http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3403-%C3%81lbumes-semana-17-2017. live.
- Web site: Sheryl Crow: Be Myself: Music. B06XDFJNKN. April 22, 2017. April 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170424005948/https://www.amazon.com/Be-Myself-Sheryl-Crow/dp/B06XDFJNKN. live.
