The Very Best of Sheryl Crow explained
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow |
Type: | greatest |
Artist: | Sheryl Crow |
Cover: | Sheryl Crow - The Very Best of Sheryl Crow.png |
Released: | October 13, 2003 (UK) November 24, 2003 (DVD) |
Recorded: | 1993–2003 |
Length: | 77:41 (UK) 77:18 (US) 57 minutes (DVD) |
Label: | A&M |
Prev Title: | C'mon, C'mon |
Prev Year: | 2002 |
Next Title: | Wildflower |
Next Year: | 2005 |
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 2 on both the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, selling four million units in the US as of January 2008.[1] 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
International release
Internationally some tracks were changed:
- A three-disc box set was released in the UK with live album 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
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
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.[2] 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 summarized below, sortable using the position within an edition.
Personnel
- 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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2003) | Position |
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Swiss Albums Chart[18] | 65 |
UK Albums Chart[19] | 32 |
US Billboard 200[20] | 179 |
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[21] | 22 |
Chart (2004) | Position |
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US Billboard 200[22] | 9 | |
Accolades
Grammys|-| style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|2005
[23] || "The First Cut Is the Deepest" || Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|| |-
Notes and References
- Web site: 'Good' Is Not So Good . Keith . Caulfield . 25 January 2008 . Ask Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20080129181247/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp . January 29, 2008 . live . 6 November 2011 .
- Web site: The Very Best Of (Digital): Sheryl Crow . . 30 August 2009.
- Web site: austriancharts.at Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Hung Medien. German. ASP. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: ultratop.be Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Dutch. Ultratop. Hung Medien. ASP. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: Sheryl Crow Chart History: Canadian Albums. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
- Web site: danishcharts.dk Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. danishcharts.dk. ASP. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: dutchcharts.nl Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. MegaCharts. Hung Medien. ASP. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste – Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste . French . infodisc.fr . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150711144234/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php . 2015-07-11 .
- Web site: Album Search: Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150135/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Sheryl+Crow&title=The+Very+Best+Of+Sheryl+Crow&cat=a&country=de. dead. April 2, 2015. German. Media Control. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: ザ・ヴェリー・ベスト・オブ・シェリル・クロウ. ja. Oricon. October 4, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231004081113/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/75791/products/521373/1/. October 4, 2023.
- Web site: charts.nz Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ASP. 2012-02-04.
- Web site: norwegiancharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Hung Medien. VG-lista. ASP. 2012-02-04.
- Web site: The Official Charts Company – Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Official Charts Company. PHP. 2012-03-03.
- Web site: spanishcharts.com – Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. ASP. Hung Medien . 2012-03-04.
- Web site: swedishcharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. ASP. Swedish. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow – hitparade.ch. German. Hung Medien. ASP. Swiss Music Charts. 2012-03-04.
- Web site: Sheryl Crow Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
- Web site: Hitparade.ch – Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003 . Hung Medien . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040204154136/http://www.hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2003 . February 4, 2004 .
- Web site: Complete UK Year-End Album Charts . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310085043/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21-15.html . 2012-03-10 .
- Web site: Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
- Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2003 . . February 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003117/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2003.pdf . November 17, 2008.
- Web site: Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
- News: THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS: The complete list of nominees. Los Angeles Times. 2012-03-04. 2004-12-08.