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Track Listing
1. Steve McQueen
2. Soak up the Sun
3. You're an Original
4. Safe and Sound
5. C'Mon, C'Mon
6. It's So Easy
7. Over You
8. Lucky Kid
9. Diamond Road
10. It's Only Love
11. Abilene
12. Hole in My Pocket
13. Weather Channel
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Sheryl Crow (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, accordion, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer, bass, maracas, tambourine, sound effects); Benmont Tench (vocals, piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Lenny Kravitz, Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, Emmylou Harris, Gwyneth Paltrow, Liz Phair (vocals); Jeff Trout (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, programming, loops); John Shanks (electric guitar. bass, sampling, loops); Wendy Melvoin (electric guitar);
Joel Derouin (violin); Matt Funes (viola); Suzie Katayama (cello); Brad Jones (bass); Steve Jordan (drums, maracas, tambourine); Lenny Castro (congas, shaker, percussion).
Producers include: Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trout, John Shanks.
Engineers include: Trina Shomaker, Eric Tew, Dean Basskerville.
"Steve McQueen" won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
C'MON C'MON was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical)."Soak Up The Sun" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "It's So Easy" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
So you think you know Sheryl Crow, eh? Well, the closest thing to what one might consider a "trademark" Crow tune on C'MON, C'MON is probably "Soak up the Sunshine," whose ironic good-timey feel and slide guitar recall TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB. "You're An Original" is a ' 70s-style bluesy hard-rocker whose stylistic bent is further underlined by the guest vocal appearance of Lenny Kravitz. The low-key "Safe and Sound" combines Beatlesque chord progressions with contemporary R&B loops for an interesting meld of sounds. The plangent guitars of the title track are the most obvious example of Crow's debt to early-'70s rock, with passages that seem to have EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY stamped all over them. The cheesecake inner-booklet photos and incongruous presence of Gwyneth Paltrow on "It's Only Love" may suggest that Crow has been spending too much time with her press agent, but her obvious commitment to solid songcraft is the reigning element on C'MON, C'MON.
Industry Reviews
...Crow locates her inner Skynyrd...
Mojo (05/01/2002)
...[Crow] is a supreme craftsperson....C'MON C'MON is rooted in old-school Cali pop but somehow manages never to sound fusty or musty... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (04/19/2002)
3 out of 5 stars - ...Crow still rocks....A real pro...[with] no sign of a midlife crisis...
Q (04/01/2002)
7 out of 10 - ...Crow's the great equalizer-- finding the middle of a wide variety of roads is the essence of her art....[imagine] a world where the Dixie Chicks and Stevie Nicks and Emmylou Harris and Dr. Dre's bass player can all ride the same tour bus...
Spin (05/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Heavy on billowy ballads and rife with lazy lyrics...she invites a studioful of illustrious classic rockers and alternative types to add social richness to [the] album...
Rolling Stone (04/25/2002)
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