2017 studio album by Sheryl Crow
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 .
[2]
[3] 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 .
[4]
Release
Singles
The album's
lead single , "Halfway There", was released on March 3, 2017.
[1]
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.
[5]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars and calls it "set of strong, sophisticated pop."
[4] 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."
[12]
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"
[14]
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".
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Track listing
All songs written by
Sheryl Crow and
Jeff Trott , except where noted.
[4]
Title 1. "Alone in the Dark" 3:40 2. "Halfway There" 3:59 3. "Long Way Back" 5:07 4. "Be Myself" 4:22 5. "Roller Skate" 3:19 6. "Love Will Save the Day" 4:58 7. "Strangers Again" 3:51 8. "Rest of Me" 3:52 9. "Heartbeat Away" 5:35 10. "Grow Up" 3:27 11. "Woo Woo" (Crow,
Toby Gad , Trott) 3:14 Total length: 45:20
Target and Japanese bonus tracks
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[17] Title 12. "Disappearing World" 4:17 13. "The World You Make" 4:25 14. "Long Way Back" (Acoustic version) 4:47 Total length: 58:49
Personnel
Credits adapted from
AllMusic .
[18]
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
Release history
References
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ASIN
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Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2017 .
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ISSN
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