Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
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Free Music Notes for Tuesday Night Music Club
Free Music Review: The female Bob Dylan
Hit: 5 Stars
...only I like her a lot more. Sheryl Crow is the culmination of decades of classic rock, folk, and country music, and probably will never get the credit she deserves. Try and think of a female singer who does what she does better. Shelby Lynne? I don't think so. Stevie Nicks? No, although I'm sure Crow probably had a lot of fun writing Nicks' last album. There's a reason why people like Don Henley, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton collaborate with Crow; she takes the music of their generation and somehow makes it accessible in the nineties. Of course they like her.Anyhow, I don't really care why most people don't take Sheryl Crow seriously, 'cause I'm in on the music and they are not. Tuesday Night Music Club is one of those CD's that I first heard people twice my age playing, and despite my reluctance became addicted after hearing it enough times. I don't usually like this kind of country/rock/folk combo stuff at all, but this album changed my mind about music that I had previously dismissed as garbage.
Like the self-titled follow-up album, this one is just packed full of hits. And when you hear the songs, you KNOW they're hits even if you've never heard them on the radio. Yet there's none of that studio gloss that you'll find on country music records (i.e. Faith Hill). In fact, they often sound like whoever was behind the studio board was slacking off a bit at times. These songs became big on the basis of songwriting alone, nothing else. Its the perfect kind of music to listen to in a bar somewhere in a New Orleans suburb or while driving around in the Nevada desert.
I think Crow was drunk on a lot of this album, especially the song "Leaving Los Vegas". When she sings the line "not that I care at all" you can just imagine her stumbling to the floor and puking. For all their agression, angst and depression, that's not something you could say about a NIN or Pearl Jam album. Sheryl Crow somehow makes it seem like living in a small southern country town where there isn't much to do might not be that bad after all.
So other than the 5 or so big hits from the album, what's left? Solidify sounds just short of perfection, and What I Can Do For You IS perfection, my favorite song on the album with its awesome bassline and slightly creepy organ in the background. The Na-Na song has almost a rap-influence with its free-flowing, funny lyrics. No One Said It Would Be Easy is what a Shania Twain ballad would sound like if she laid back a little and actually made some sincere music for once. We Do What We Can is Crow in a jazz lounge, simply amazing, and I Shall Believe is a traditional, wind-down closing ballad.
Free Music Review: (3.5 stars) 90's nostalgia
Hit: 3 Stars
It's hard to imagine, but the difference between the 00's and the 90's is starting to become like the difference between the 90's and the 80's. Tuesday Night Music Club is a perfect reminder of this. The production just plain sounds 90's; not even a hint of electronica, completely filled with post-grunge, Everclear-ish guitars. Then there's the songs which could never have occured during any other time frame. Leaving Las Vegas came out right around the time of the movie and I still can't separate the two. Strong Enough reminds me (for better or worse) of Kennedy and Bill Bellamy and all the other mid-90's MTV VJ's who played the black and white video for this song nonstop. All I Wanna Do, the hit single is one of those songs that happened right after the death of grunge and right before the invasion of more contemporary acts like No Doubt, Fiona Apple, and Hanson in 96, giving it a carefree eloquence, as hinted at in the title. These are all indeed great great songs. But you might be surprised by such pop gems as Run Baby Run, Solidify, and Can't Cry Anymore. Tuesday Night Music Club is also a great reminder of what Sheryl Crow's career used to be. She's talented no doubt, but she has lost her touch for fun in her neverending pursuit for artistic success. She sounds loose, maybe even a bit drunk on this record, and I'm sad to say that on the rest of her albums (especially the wooden Globe Sessions), she doesn't seem to be feeling the music as much as this one.Free Music Review: Her very best
Hit: 5 Stars
I find this gem from back in '94 to be her very best work to date. Every song is a keeper and I have such fond memories of listening to this album during all night sessions of Die Hard Trilogy on Psx.Here's to the incredible Sheryl for actually putting thought into her music and trying her very best.
Free Music Review: for the discontented happy people
Hit: 4 Stars
Despite being a bloke I enjoy this album. It is one of the few albums that I search out every couple of months when I want something that is posiitve, yet contemplative. It has a cheery upbeat melody and beat, but lyrics that suggest contentedness with a mundane day to day reality. This is a really uplifting album.Free Music Review: Great beginning for a talented woman
Hit: 4 Stars
Tuesday Night Music Club is a great CD. This is the debut of an upstart; most of her fans know she played second fiddle in the industry for years before this. So her talent as a singer/songwriter is only augmented by her knowledge of business. A strong body of work, and some real gems to boot: "Strong Enough" is a song I think women were glad was written. She outdoes herself with Leaving Las Vegas. A tale with all the angst of rock, told with the heart of country. "I Shall Believe" is a crooner. Taps into that need to be cradled, even as adults, by the one we love. I would recommend this to anyone.