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2003 greatest hits album by Sheryl Crow
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
Released October 13, 2003 (UK) November 24, 2003 (DVD) Recorded 1993–2003
Genre Length 77 :41 (UK) 77:18 (US) 57 minutes (DVD)
Label
A&M
Producer
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[1]
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
No. 2 on both the
UK Albums Chart and the
Billboard 200 , selling four million units in the US as of January 2008.
[2] 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
Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park 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.
[3] 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 summarised below, sortable using the position within an edition.
Song
UK
US
DVD
Writer(s)
Album
Length
All I Wanna Do
1
1
1
Wyn Cooper ,
Sheryl Crow ,
David Baerwald ,
Bill Bottrell ,
Kevin Gilbert
Tuesday Night Music Club
4:33
Soak Up the Sun
2
2
2
Crow,
Jeff Trott
C'mon, C'mon
4:51
My Favorite Mistake
3
3
3
Crow, Trott
The Globe Sessions
4:06
The First Cut Is the Deepest
4
4
4
Cat Stevens
Previously unreleased
3:46
Everyday Is a Winding Road
5
5
5
Crow,
Brian MacLeod , Trott
Sheryl Crow
4:16
Leaving Las Vegas
6
6
6
Crow, Bottrell, Baerwald, Gilbert,
David Ricketts
Tuesday Night Music Club
5:10
Strong Enough
7
7
7
Crow, Bottrell, Baerwald, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts
Tuesday Night Music Club
3:10
Light in Your Eyes
8
8
Crow,
John Shanks
Previously unreleased
4:00
If It Makes You Happy
9
9
8
Crow, Trott
Sheryl Crow
5:23
Run Baby Run
10
9
Crow
Tuesday Night Music Club
4:53
Picture (
Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow)
11
11
Kid Rock
Cocky
4:58
C'mon C'mon (featuring
The Corrs )
12
Crow
C'mon C'mon
4:23
A Change Would Do You Good
13
13
11
Crow, MacLeod, Trott
Sheryl Crow
3:49
Home
14
14
12
Crow
Sheryl Crow
4:50
There Goes the Neighborhood
15
15
13
Crow, Trott
The Globe Sessions
5:02
I Shall Believe
16
16
Crow, Bottrell
Tuesday Night Music Club
5:33
Let's Get Free
17
Crow
Previously unreleased
4:41
The Difficult Kind
10
Crow
The Globe Sessions
6:20
Steve McQueen
12
10
Crow, Shanks
C'mon C'mon
3:26
The First Cut Is the Deepest (Country version)
17
Stevens
Previously unreleased
3:44
Anything but Down
14
Crow
The Globe Sessions
4:18
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
Swiss Albums Chart
[19]
65
UK Albums Chart
[20]
32
US Billboard 200
[21]
179
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)
[22]
22
Chart (2004)
Position
US Billboard 200
[23]
9
Certifications
‹See Tfd›
‹See Tfd›
Accolades
Grammys
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