Sheryl Crow - Detours
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Free Music Review: Finally, I feel like this really is a Sheryl Crow album!
Hit: 5 Stars
After the last couple of albums I had a lot of hesitation buying Detours. I have to say that I am ever so glad I did. I have been a fan since Tuesday Night Music Club, and this album really puts me back in time to those days. The album has such great sing-a-long songs on it, and is also very well written. There are some that are rather simple, such as Gasoline and Diamond Ring, but even these are lyrically smart and weave their tales in an excellent manner. The best tracks for me are the ones that I can't help but sing along with like Love Is Free, Out of Our Heads, and Motivation. These have a great flow and make you want to tap your fingers on the steering wheel. For me this album is a hit, and I highly recommend it for any fan of mid/late nineties to early/mid 2000s Sheryl.Free Music Review: A Long & Winding Picnic Through the Backroads
Hit: 4 Stars
"Detours" is clearly Sheryl Crows' best album since "The Globe Sessions". Its hard to imagine that "The Globe Sessions" is actually about ten years old now. Since then, I haven't particularly been blown away by Sheryl's music - her albums have gotten progressively more generic, and her Greatest Hits album, while well deserved, did nothing for long-time fans such as myself. The pressure on her to deliver on "Detours" from within her critical fan community was immense, and its a great surprise that this album far surpassed our wildest imaginations. Crow has still go it.
The most excellent thing here is a folk-soaked guitar song called "Peace Be Upon Us". I've actually been playing this as I doze off to sleep the last few nights because its just so... affecting. This has also got to be the most eclectic Sheryl Crow song ever - because it features passages in Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi. Amazing. The subtle sing-along chorus will have you hooked with one listen. Song of the album indeed.
The album opener, "God Bless this Mess" is a slow, muted look at the political landscape today. What I liked is that Sheryl didn't limit her political consciouness just to the United States, but addresses world issues ("Gasoline") on this record with a stark frankness that has not been witnessed in her earlier work. Especially poignant is her childlike hope that "Love is Free" on the single - such optimism and hope coming from a woman in her late 40s who has literally seen and done it all, is extremely refreshing.
I liked the entire Joni Mitchell meets Carly Simon vibe that this album has going for it. From the casual cover art to the stellar music - from the human rights messages to the poignant songs about lost love; the album has it all. For years, I counted only Sheryl's self-titled second album and her "Globe Sessions" disc to be the best things in her catalog. After years of producing radio-friendly singles ("Soak up the Sun", etc), its truly an honor to see Crow return to the musical landscape that she is best at. As the final track plays - "Lullaby for Wyatt", you are left speechless at Crows' mastery over her art-form, and the way she conjures up an idyllic view of Americana in general - this is something that more people should experience and appreciate.
"Detours" is certainly the best release of 2008 so far, and the second-best Sheryl Crow album of all time. Get this as a blind buy if you must - but do get it. Track for Track, Song for Song - this is an artist at her creative peak, and its a must-have in any music collection.
Four Stars.
Free Music Review: Sheryl Crow - Detours
Hit: 1 Stars
I used to be a Sheryl Crow fan, but I really didn't like this CD. I gave it away to someone who did like it. She has gone a little too country/religious/folk style for my taste.Free Music Review: Crow Rocks!
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm going to keep this simple. If you're a Crow fan, you'll love this album. It's like a greatest hits package, but with all new songs. 2 standouts: Out of Our Heads is one of the best tracks I've heard, in any genre of music, in years. It's outstanding. And not to sound too cutesy, but I cannot get it out of my head. The second standout is Diamond Ring. But, not because it's so good. Rather it's horrible. I think the worst Sheryl Crow song ever. I have never heard her shriek and whine so much. This is one track that will not make it onto my iPod.
But, again, all in all, this is a stellar album. Enjoy!
Free Music Review: Where has our Sheryl gone.....
Hit: 1 Stars
I've been a big Sheryl Crow fan since Tuesday Night... Have seen her in concert 3 times. Have purchased every CD until now. With this one she lost me as a fan... The only saving grace is that I borrowed this CD from a friend before I bought it. The music itself is average at best, but what really bothers me is the political posturing and preaching. If I what to listen to a political hack, I can put on , CNN, Fox, etc. With music, I want to be entertained, not preached to...
I'm sick and tired of "celebrities" thinking their political viewpoint is more important or "correct" than Joe Citizen. Just because you have a stage to stand on doesn't mean we want to hear your politics. How dare they come out and bash the very country and people who have given the opportunity to be "Rich and Famous" to begin with. For me, it's like the biting the hand that feeds you.