The Globe Sessions

The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by Sheryl Crow and was released on 21 September, 1998 through A&M Records. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 3 in Scotland and Canada, number 4 in Germany, number 5 in Switzerland and the United States, number 9 in Sweden, number 10 in Belgium and Norway, number 16 in New Zealand, number 18 in France, number 19 in Austria and number 52 in Australia. It won 2 Grammy Awards in 1999.

The Globe Sessions
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1998 (1998-09-21)
Recorded1996–1998
StudioGlobe Studios (New York), Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length55:06
LabelA&M
ProducerSheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow chronology
Sheryl Crow
(1996)
The Globe Sessions
(1998)
Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park
(1999)
Singles from The Globe Sessions
  1. "My Favorite Mistake"
    Released: August 31, 1998[2]
  2. "There Goes the Neighborhood"
    Released: November 23, 1998[3]
  3. "Anything but Down"
    Released: February 22, 1999[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Boston Phoenix3/4 stars[5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(* honorable mention)[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
The Independent3/5 stars[8]
Los Angeles Times4/4 stars[9]
NME6/10[10]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 stars[12]
Spin5/10[13]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Sheryl Crow, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "My Favorite Mistake" (Crow, Jeff Trott) 4:08
2. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Crow, Trott) 5:02
3. "Riverwide"   4:07
4. "It Don't Hurt" (Crow, Trott) 4:49
5. "Maybe That's Something" (Crow, Trott) 4:17
6. "Am I Getting Through (Part I & II)"   5:31
7. "Anything but Down"   4:17
8. "The Difficult Kind"   6:19
9. "Mississippi" (Bob Dylan cover) 4:41
10. "Members Only"   4:57
11. "Crash and Burn"   6:36
Extra track (1998 release (UK) – cat. no. 31454-0974-2)
No. Title Length
12. "Resuscitation"   3:54
Extra track (1999 release (US) – cat. no. 06949-0407-2)
No. Title Length
12. "Sweet Child o' Mine[a]" (Guns N' Roses cover) 3:49
  1. "Sweet Child o' Mine" is 3:49 long. At the 4:27 mark another track – called "Subway Ride" – which mentions the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, begins and runs for just over 4 minutes.

On earlier versions of the album the track "Crash and Burn" contains the hidden track "Subway Ride", running 11:19, while omitting "Sweet Child o' Mine".[14] Another version eliminates both "Subway Ride" and "Sweet Child o' Mine".[15] The version of "Sweet Child o' Mine" included is the 'Rick Rubin New Mix', originally featured on the Big Daddy soundtrack and later included on Hits & Rarities, and also called the 'Pop Version' on the CD single. It differs from the 'Rock Version' used in the single music video. The European version features "Resuscitation" (Crow, Trott) as the twelfth track; the Japanese version contains the bonus tracks "Carolina" and "Resuscitation" (Crow, Trott). The Australian tour edition of the album (released in 1999) contains "Resuscitation", "Sweet Child o' Mine", and a bonus CD containing six songs recorded live at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto, Canada on November 13, 1998:

Bonus disc: The Australian Tour Edition
No. Title Length
1. "A Change Would Do You Good" (Crow, Trott, Brian MacLeod) 4:04
2. "Riverwide"   4:32
3. "It Don't Hurt" (Crow, Trott) 5:26
4. "Strong Enough" (Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert, MacLeod, David Ricketts) 3:17
5. "The Difficult Kind"   6:42
6. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) 6:22

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Globe Sessions – Sheryl Crow". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  2. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week: 35. August 29, 1998. 
  3. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week: 23. November 21, 1998. 
  4. "New Releases – For Week Starting 22 February, 1999". Music Week: 31. February 20, 1999. 
  5. Ashare, Matt (October 12, 1998). Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions (A&M). http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/10-12-98/boston_music_clips.html. Retrieved June 4, 2017. 
  6. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  7. Tucker, Ken (October 9, 1998). "The Globe Sessions". Entertainment Weekly (453). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  8. Perry, Tim (September 26, 1998). Pop: Album reviews. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pop-album-reviews-1200720.html. Retrieved March 26, 2020. 
  9. Gardner, Elysa (September 27, 1998). Four-Star Performers. ISSN 0458-3035 . http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/27/entertainment/ca-26892. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  10. Fadele, Dele (September 17, 1998). "Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  11. Hunter, James (October 15, 1998). "Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions". Rolling Stone (797). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  12. Randall, Mac (2004). "Sheryl Crow". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 202. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  13. Berrett, Jesse (November 1998). "Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions". Spin. 14 (11): 143. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  14. Alternate Track Listing #1
  15. Alternate Track Listing #2