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Considering how ubiquitous this was in the 90s, at the point where I was starting to make multiple trips to the CD shop a week, I'm a bit disappointed by how little it really stands out. The songs are fine but sort of passed by without grabbing me. Obviously we had 'All I Wanna Do' but I didn't realise quite how much that single carried the rest of the album. Absolutely fine and perfectly listenable but a bit unremarkable.
I listened to 12 tracks of the deluxe album- hopefully that was enough. It was enough for my ears. Decent enough guitar Melodie’s throughout but I started the album wanting Sheryl to give a little more- anger, heartache and pain all seemed missing and by the end of the album I thought if this was an Alanis Morisette album it would have been so much better because the above things would have come across! ‘Can’t cry anymore’ has guitar sounds that impress more than most of the album and a decent track lyrically to go with it… but what is with the claps.. and the poor vocalist a problem also.. annoying! Worst track- ‘Why should I’ ‘na na song’ and ‘we do what we can’ all terrible and how they have made a list of what we need to hear before we die is beyond my comprehension. For my spreadsheet it will be Na na song that takes the spoon! ‘No one said it would be easy’ was a nice track and my favourite on the album. ‘All I wanna do’ was fun but nothing special and I’m not sure how it had global success apart from its catchiness. Overall a below average 3.5/10 the 3 tracks taking .5 off each from an average middle of the road album otherwise.
Sheryl Crow Music for people who used to buy one cd a year. To sit alongside Dido, the best of James, and Robbie-fucking-Williams. I can see Cheryl and entourage congratulating themselves after each track. "Yeah, that was the funky one ticked off the list. Next we'll do the slightly psychedelic rocky one. And tomorrow the heartfelt soulful one." Music to shop in Presto by. Just dreadful.....again. Come on list, for fucks sake. Best Track - Can't Cry Anymore had a really nice guitar sound. Worst Track - All I Wanna Do. For that faked 'hit it' at the start. 2/10
Thought I would enjoy it more than I did but wasn't bad!
I listened to this one many, many times when it first came out. It's been awhile since I listened to the whole album, so it was just a nice trip down memory lane to listen to it and immediately recognize all the songs - even ones that weren't hits. This, for me, is just one of those albums that doesn't have to be super deep or impactful, but is just nice to listen to. Listening to it now 30+ years later, some of the songs sound like they could have been written today. It definitely gives you the vibe of a room full of songwriters in Nashville just writing songs and hoping something hits. This album put Sheryl Crow on the map and was part of a group of some strong female singer/songwriters that came out of the 90s. Great listen today!
Some great songs on here - terrific writing, great vocals and good music. A surprising 5 star product.
nah heard enough of this in my lifetime to pass judgement already
Music for older southern women having a midlife crisis
She made me toe tap
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Fínasta Bylgjurokk. Allt vandað og söngurinn góður.
Plenty of charm and a handful of big singles, but also a few half-finished sketches.
Have to say, I was a bit put out that this is the Sheryl Crow record they chose to put on here, rather than her self-titled album, which has four stone-cold classics on it. Having said that, this was also really, really good. She's very effortless and just...I dunno...cool I guess. All I Wanna Do is a great anthem and the album also opens super strongly. I'm going to mark it down in protest at Dinery picking the wrong album, but that's obviously harsh on Sheryl, and I will apologise if she wishes.
Sleeve and package design by Jean Krikorian, art direction by Rich Frankel. Super talented photographers Melodie McDaniel, Peggy Sirota, and Scott Henriksen all contributed, underscoring A&M's belief and commitment to Cheryl. However, faced with an uninspired choice of image, the AD and designer embarked on graphic overkill in an attempt to rescue it from sitting alongside other mundane head-and-shoulders portrait sleeves. Six videos were also made to help promote the album, which questions the need for a headshot on the cover. Cheryl has a nice voice and seems a really genuine, good, and lovely person. Just can't like the music, and having listened to it once, I won't choose to listen to it ever again.
Aside from the big hit, not much here for me.
Pop music is ok but nothing insanely good. This is a good listeanable album but nothing that changed my life
Like Smash by The Offspring, this album benefits from time and place nostalgia for me. The album instantly unlocks an extraordinary memories. And it’s full of kick ass songs, even without the nostalgia, led by Leaving Las Vegas.
One of my first albums I ever bought. 5/5, this is a perfect example of mid-nineties pop/rock.
Perfectly fine. Pretty with really good vocals, but boring and a little forgettable.
Sheryl Crow is the reason I support hip hop in the rock and roll hall of fame. Missy Elliott is 100x the rock star that this generic soulless country blues hack is. “All I Wanna Do” is probably the most insipid word salad of a song of the early 90s. Far from being a song you must hear before you die, I would believe you if you said hearing it is what made Kurt Cobain kill himself. The night sky would be vantablack if it contained the star rating that song deserves. So that's the starting point. From the very first “this aint no disco,” it's just such a stilted nothing of a song. Anything else sort of already has to improve it, right? And as that goes, it does. Even in the moment, I didn't understand how “Leaving Las Vegas,” rhythmically challenged and flat as her vocals are on it, Joker-adjacent as the riff is, wasn't a bigger hit. It's the same non-culture, trading her shitty dive bar and thick fingered dullard companion for the equally uninteresting world of the soulless gambling mecca. “Strong Enough,” similarly, was the overplayed and unremarkable sound of tired gender roles. Again, this is something I recognized as a pre-teen. It's a better composed song than most of the songs here, but it doesn't really say anything. Honestly, this is at its best when it sounds most like the bar band you ignore when you're grabbing drinks with your friends. "Can't Cry Anymore” still pushes the limits of Crow's truncated vocal range, but it doesn't try to be more than a bar song. Nor does “Run Baby Run,” again a song that feels like a local band. It's low expectations music and it manages to meet them admirably. “No One Said It Was easy” just… is. That's all I want from this style. It's not gonna be memorable, but that's OK. But more often than not, this finds new and interesting ways to be repellent. The petulent whine of “Solidify” is surprising even compared to her worst work. I never could have imagined that Crow wrote a worse song than “Soak Up The Sun,” but she really went for it by putting “solidify” and “the na-na song” back to back, the latter sounding like a cursed misunderstanding of Subterranean Homesick Blues. There are not many worse two song runs on a multi-platinum album. By the time we get to “All I Wanna Do,” and describing a day so banal and stupid that you couldn't get me to admit to it with thumbscrews, you actually are a little relieved. The Devil You Know, right? Mercifully ending with two boring songs is a true kindness from Crow. There is a two-star EP hiding in here. But there is too much absolutely unlistenable stuff here for it to climb above ⭐️. The Generator gaveth 5 four-star or better albums in a row. And the generator taketh away.
First listen
It’s fine. Not something I want more of
Sheryl Crowe is alright, doesn't really stick
Pretty decent pop album. The singles are all the best songs but I appreciate she tried some different stuff like “the Na Na song” even if it doesn’t really work. “All I wanna do” is one of the best pop songs of the 90s. It sticks out from SC’s other songs because it’s so well written….and that’s because it was poem she found in a bookstore while recording the album. When some singer comes out with a song with lyrics that are substantially better than their usual work it should be an obvious tell that they didn’t write it. I somehow just realized when listening to that old John Lee Hooker live album that George Thorogood didn’t write “one bourbon, one scotch, one beer”. Not sure how I didn’t put together that the Bad to the Bone guy couldn’t have written a song that good but I did not.
3.5 Theres a couple of duds in there but overall pretty good. Cant deny All I want to do is a banger even if you have heard it 8 millions times in your life. I always kind of enjoyed strong enough for some reason.
What a treat. Every song has its own personality (bluesy, jangly, soulful, country-tinged, poppy, melancholy) yet somehow it all hangs together with that unmistakable Sheryl Crow vibe. Even the 90+ minute Deluxe Edition flew by, which from me may be the highest praise an album can receive.
Another album on the list that had the one popular song. That song was catchy but not really good, rest of it was entirely mid.
Decent enough, laid-back 90s pop. All I Wanna Do is the obvious standout and there are a few clangers though.
i wouldn't guess this was early 90s because it has that late 00s quality and feeling to it, that was probably what i enjoyed the most about the record. this being very vocal heavy, i mostly couldn't care more for the musicality side of it for the most part, but i think she gave an ok performance. songs can either be fine ("run, baby, run" is i think my favorite and a bit tone distinct from the rest), annoyingly catchy (if there's one thing i came out thinking about this was that she is leaving las vegas), or just a dragger (i particularly dislike "what i can do for you").
This hit me right in the road trip-py, nostalgic feels. I'm not saying it's a great album (it's not) or that Sheryl Crow is a great artist (she's not), but this album feels good to listen to.
Not bad.
Fine
I don’t mind Sheryl Crow and there are definitely a few great songs but there are also some big misses. The Na na song was terrible. Give me a Sheryl Crow greatest hits album and I am all for it
I know this record, know it quite well and there is no way I would ever suggest that it’s on this list. Unless.. It’s your definition, example of middle of the road, catchy singles led album. I guess middle of the road is as real a place as everywhere else, the songwriting is strong, has many many hooks, but it's like the music equivalent of fast food, there's a pleasant buzz but never going to be the greatest you have 3 Stars
This is a really fun album to listen to. Of course everyone loves the single “all I wanna do”, but the rest of the album holds up as well. There are some funky guitar riffs, and tight drums in the song “solidify”. There’s good storytelling in each song and the band backing her up is great. Oh and of course, Sheryl Crow can belt her lyrics like no one’s business. I can’t get into “leaving Las Vegas” i really wanted to skip it both times listening. That song seems to have a lot of hype, so maybe it’s just me. Good album, fun adventure. Could throw it on and many would also enjoy the listen, I think. 4 stars
Some great stuff on here, I love how raw her voice is at points. Also some interesting stuff going on lyrically. It doesn’t hold a candle to her self titled after this for me but I dig it.
Not really my vibe… some Springsteen-esque storytelling, one Beatles/Dylan “na na song”… and her big hit, “all I wanna do”.
3.5
fun (for hits) but not my fav 90s diva
Like chugging a litre of beige paint. Just off the top of my dome, this was released the same year as Emmylou Harris' Cowgirl's Prayer, and the Breeders Last Splash if you, dear reader, need a palate cleanser, or two 🍻
On a Tuesday?
This was okay. It helped make the time pass.
Monotonous
Correcto
I’ve never been much of a fan but Sheryl’s got some pipes and this album is sorta nostalgia gold. It pleasantly put me in mind of some of the artists I frequently listened to in the 90’s. The style is pop rock (lowercase) because it doesn’t really fall well into any other category. It has elements of influences in it but really just has its own particular mid-90’s sound along the lines of like Counting Crows. I enjoyed it. But not a lot.
Formulaic songs. Hooks that outstay their welcome. She even tried funk.
7/10
I did not know she first made All I wanna Do into a song nor did I realize that run baby run was not a hit when it came out. Grade A radio or shopping music. Feel like pandora has sheryll on shuffle +
Oh hey nostalgia! I remembered way more lyrics than I expected. I think the album still holds up! Solid 4, Sheryl.
This was a great debut album. It has a swing/swagger that became a hallmark of her music and endeared her to Keith Richards as a result. Nice variety of songs, tasty production and a very nice surround mix on Apple Music that I was not aware of. I like that the big hit wasn’t the leadoff track or even the first track on side two of the LP, as so often a debut artist would choose or be forced to do. A solid 4, rounded to 4.5 for Keith and the surround mix, but can’t quite do a 5.
I thought the “na na song” was a real groaner, one of the worst songs I’ve heard … well, we just had that Van Halen album a few days ago. So one of the worst non-Van Halen songs I’ve heard in a long time. But besides that, the singles are great and new-to-me “I shall believe” was a standout.
Interesting stuff. Real pathos in some of the lyrics. Interesting half-controversy in the genesis of the music with the Tuesday Night Music club, but no one seems to really stick to their story? Music is certainly good. Not the era of autotune yet, can definitely hear it on leaving las vegas. Best crow song is if it makes you happy, which would have fit on this. Common theme, songs too long.
Solid 4.0. Favs: Solidify, Leaving Las Vegas, Strong Enough, All I Wanna Do.
A great debut effort and representative of good early 90s pop. She just seemed so cool. Lots of good and catchy tunes on this one.
A very aptly-named album, as many songs seem to fit perfectly into the coffeehouse singer-songwriter box. Very unoffensive, mostly laid-back. Songs about being in bars, about traveling, about love, about bad men, about moving on. The last half of “We Do What We Can” was pretty exciting compared to the rest of the record, so that’s my favorite part of this album. Soft 3/5
Ok... I am listening to this on Tuesday night. I don't think this is for me to be honest. This is very millennial girl who is going to be okay and I don't know if that's maybe me. I need a pumpkin latte and a scarf. Potentially some skinny jeans as well. A moustache finger tattoo. Just dated as hell to be honest. And just kinda meh. No hate Sheryl. I don't think I need to have heard this before I die. Favourite: We Do What We Can Least favourite: No One Said It Would Be Easy
Annoying
I'm back! But not for this album... Found most songs quite boring and skipable but there were a couple I got really into and ofc I already knew the main one - very middle of the road for me!
Wasn't really looking forward to this, but it turned out to be surprisingly good. Some of the songs on here were incredibly Funky, kind of a fun surprise that it was a blend of Country and Funk and Pop here. Had some genuine fun songs I'd put on again, but they are balanced out by the less interesting and slower paced ballads on here. Bit of a mixed bag at the end, and the stand out hit isn't all that great either.
I just cannot get into her. Very popular, but this doesn't do it for me. The thing is, I can sense some real talent. Not everyone uses it in a way I like. Hmmf. Just looked at the reviews, guess I'm not alone I was surprised to see it at 3.06. I'll bring it down just a touch with a 2.
Is this a great work of art? Well no. Is it a collection of well crafted songs, sung superbly and played well? Absolutely. And sometimes that’s all you need
Was going to give this a 2. Lots of so-so songs I remember from childhood when my parents listened to her. Hearing Solidify and "All I Wannna Do" and listening a little more closely though bumps it up a star, love that funky guitar line lmao at that guy in the reviews talking about a Deep Purple record????
Background retail music
Not really my thing. Had to force myself to finish it. Don’t think it will be particularly memorable for me either.
My daughter had this CD when she was in high school but still, I’d never heard the whole thing before. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. I was familiar with the singles, but there are some album tracks that I like better…I really liked the last two tracks. The CD would be improved without a couple of songs, (the Na-Na song immediately comes to mind). And sometimes her voice annoys me a little, especially when she’s straining towards the higher notes like in Leaving Las Vegas. But still, I think this is pretty solid, and give it four stars.
Very 90s rock.
Just say, if I could ever manage it, I had a list. A list that was say my top 100 albums in some kind of sort of kind of order. Of course some new albums would pop up and maybe for political or humanitarian reasons an album might fall on disfavor now and then. But somehow the list would also be a bit unrealistic and not quite ever "right." On the other hand some albums would always "be" on that list, and my top 10 rarely change but for subtle order on occasion. And this album is one of those that sits somewhere safely in my higher count. I can't say what number or whether it is top thirty or top fifty, just that it is somewhere in that list. I love this album, the whole thing. It would even maybe be nostalgia if not for the lyrics and the emotional continuous relevance. So nice!
unfortunately the world has evolved past the whimsy and carefree joy of sheryl crow’s go lucky ass music, no room in the dystopia nuh uh
I thought I only knew All I Wanna Do, but it turned out I knew Run, Baby, Run, Leaving Las Vegas and Strong Enough too. That kind of points to my main issue with this album – it's nice enough when you're listening to it, but then it slips straight out of your head.
I just found her voice too grungy and annoying. But I did find a few songs I liked. So it wasn't a horrible album overall
All I Wanna Do is pretty. damn. good. stream of consciousness lyrics like Suzanne Vega and a lovely Glen Campbell stomp for a backbeat. the rest, unfortunately does not live up to that but is too boring to nitpick so. it was okay. deserves to be one of the 1001? ehhhhhhhhhh
Sheryl’s break out album
Not for me.
Very good
Lala
I had no clue who Sheryl Crow was before listening to “Tuesday Night Music Club”—I initially thought this would be like a wannabe 90s pop star type of thing (and I wasn’t far off). It’s so funny that today is Tuesday and I listened to this at night, but it didn't change how I felt about the album. Holy all-in-one album. I heard some Beatles-type instrumentals in “Run, Baby, Run,” which I enjoyed, and then I heard “Ace of Base” type vocals, which I did not enjoy as much. And then at the end, she tried sticking some jazz and R&B in there? Just stick to one genre. This album stressed me out and went on for way too long; half of these songs could have been two or three minutes long. I’ll start my rant by saying that I really enjoyed “Run, Baby, Run,” and I really don’t understand why she didn’t just use those same vocals she used there in the later songs. As I listened on, I started noticing the pattern of great and beautiful instrumentals but horrid, strained vocals, and after doing some research, I could really tell that she played many instruments but didn’t take singing lessons. I feel like she was trying to brand her strained and uncomfortable vocals as unique (?) and advertise to the 90s teenagers who liked unconventional stuff. But listening to it now, I just cannot see the appeal, even in “All I Wanna Do” (I know it’s one of those chill, fun songs, but somehow, I just cannot listen to it). One thing I did enjoy about this album was how it was so laid back, but maybe TOO laid back because it was, as I mentioned before, a little bit of everything. I really hope I get a somewhat listenable album next, but I’m glad I at least got to experience the weirder side of 90s music. 2/5
Very good album, the standouts are amazing, and her vocals are unmistakable. Personal songs and good feeling throughout. Good paced and easy to listen to.
I've been wanting to check out Sheryl Crow's stuff for a while now but just never got around to it until now. I don't know why, but for some reason I was under the impression that she was more of a folk, singer-songwriter type of artist. Akin to Joni Mitchell or Carole King. This album was a lot more poppy than I expected it to be. It's like a mix between Alanis Morissette and Shania Twain. I didn't think I had heard any of her stuff before listening. Now I realize I've heard All I Wanna Do on the radio absolutely nonstop, I just didn't know it was her. All that being said, this album is pretty middle of the road for me. Disappointing for an artist that I was looking forward to. The songs that were good were pretty damn good, but most of it just seems like filler. This is just her debut though. I can tell she has a lot of talent here even if it isn't top notch. Maybe her later albums are better? I hope so.
Another laid back chill out album, perfect for kicking back in a bar, enjoying the buzz and having some fun before the sun goes down over Santa Monica Boulevard. According to wiki, this grew out of a casual musical collaboration between friends that Sheryl Crow wrangled into a breezy and confident debut album but lead to her relationship with Kevin Gilbert, co writer and boyfriend at the time, being strained. As well as the best known track “All I Wanna Do” which was inspired by a poem by Wyn Cooper, the highlight for me was the jazzy “We Do What We Can”.
this album was 45 minutes too long 3
Just not my bag at all sorry Chezza, like it's totally fine music, there's just nothing particularly distinguishing about any of this. it's the middlest of the middle of the road I think I've ever heard. All I Wanna Do is fun tho.
Just fine. Some nice tunes, some hits and some songs which are easily forgotten after listening.
Generic country rock I don't really care about or find overly offensive, couple of well known catchy tunes that I don't mind ⭐⭐⭐
An okay album if you have a mall to play it in to your customers.
S'Ok. My rating system is all messed up. Kind of enjoyed this, I mean the hits are catchy. The rest receded into the background. I didn't mind listening to it, but wouldn't choose to again. Went back to Black Sabbath afterwards haha 3
Surprisingly wasn’t into this one! All I Wanna Do is a certified banger but the majority of the other songs were just fine.
Liked this.
It’s good, was just overplayed at the time
I feel like this is exactly what you get when a record exec wants a generic female singer-songwriter sound. It's just a boring album overall, and it really struggles to keep your attention. I've heard "All I Wanna Do" a million times growing up in the 90s, but really listening to it now, the pedal steel is pretty damn good on that track. I also don't know if this was by design and I don't care to research it, but "The Na Na Song" heavily reminds me of "Give Peace a Chance" with that rapid-fire, semi-chanting of words.Beyond those couple of moments, the rest of the tracklist just falls completely flat. The production feels way too safe and polished, stripping away any real edge or grit that could have made these songs stand out. Most of the deep cuts just drag on and blend into the background as uninspired pop-rock filler. Sheryl Crow clearly has a solid voice, but the songwriting here relies so heavily on standard mid-90s radio tropes that the album ends up feeling formulaic and dated. It works fine as harmless background music, but it lacks the distinct personality or memorable hooks to make it something worth revisiting.
HUGE hit in 1993. I saw her on that tour opening for Blues Traveler, the tables have turned since then. Solid album with hits and an excellent mix of songs that even a dude more into hard rock, grunge (living in Seattle at the time) and alternative music could get into. You couldn't NOT hear "All I Wanna Do" if you tried, it was everywhere. But "Leaving Las Vegas" was the first single and the one that got me interested, she was hot and singing about Vegas! "Strong Enough" & "Can't Cry Anymore" were solid radio tracks. My favorites at the time, and they stand up well, were "What I Can Do For You" which had a sexiness, and "No One Said It Would Be Easy". The only weak tracks were "Solidify" & maybe "We Do What We Can". "I Shall Believe" is a pretty song. This was a joy to revisit and reminisce. Chicks were waaay into this one and I was fresh out of college, so it was hard to avoid, you had to assimilate if you wanted a shot! 4 stars, it holds up well, had the hits, still gets airplay and is solid from top to bottom.
Not a bad listen - quite enjoyed
Pretty white bread boring production and nothing that really caught me until the last couple songs Highlights: "We Do What We Can", "I Shall Believe"
She has a good voice and a solid opening album from her.
I was surprised by this album. I thought for sure this would be a 3 but after listening to it and reflecting it’s a 4
Fine, she sounds good, lyrics were good enough. I didn't really think this was all that special but if you love it that's cool.
I feel like a lot of her work is hit or miss for me-Run Baby Run great opening track. Then Leaving Las Vegas-hard pass. Too much repetition & vocals too shrill. Whole album was like that
Predates Jagged Little Pill by a couple of years. Jagged Little Pill is the far superior album. This is... Pleasant enough. Very heavy on driving home the chorus, though. Also a bit too country-tinged in quite a lot of places. Somebody wrote it's a bit lile a female Tom Petty. Which was a bit of a shock because I love Tom Petty. But yeah, I can hear the influence here, once I'm atuned to it. In the keyboards, the rhythm guitars, background vocals, and even in the way a lot of the vocal lines are phrased. Thing is... Crow's voice doesn't have the same grit and weariness that Petty's had, and doesn't add enough of its own. And Jesus, how they decided to absolutely repeat the chorus to oblivion in every song.
A lovely woman with a beautiful voice! I love her passion. ★★★★
This was a surprise at how much I really liked this record. After reading about its history, I liked it even more. Sheryl hits on many tones and genres and her songwriting hit me at a point when I unexpectedly needed it. Very well thought out record that makes making music fun again, something I’m practicing in my own life. I’ll certainly revisit this one again in the future before I die.
I am familiar with Sheryl Crow and currently have 7 songs liked by her on Spotify - including 1 song from this album "Strong Enough". Thoughts after listening 3 times ... It's a decent listen. Nothing earth shattering but most of it is pretty ok. I ended up liking 6 "new to me" songs - a few of which I did remember from when this first came out - "Leaving Las Vegas", "Can't Cry Anymore", "The Na-Na Song", "No One Said It Would be Easy", "All I Wanna Do", "What Can We Do". A couple songs surprised me since they were unexpected from Sheryl Crow - "The Na-Na Song" which seemed kinda funky and also "We Do What We Can" which was sorta jazzy. The song "No One Said It Would be Easy" reminded me a bit of Lucinda Williams - which is a good thing. Funny - I had the album called "Boomtown" by David and David - who are David Baerwald and David Rickets - which came out like 6 or 7 years before this. Apparently they were prominent contributors for this album - playing and songwriting. Cool connection. Liked songs on Spotify: 7/11 Rating: 3/5
I don't care about the lack of YouTube reviews for this album, nor do I care about the men writing it off as a sloppy pop record. It really made my day, which wasn't off to a great start. Crow is an understatedly versatile writer. When I found out that she taught music for a few years before embarking on her recording career, it clicked why her music feels multi-pocketed and concise at the same time. This was really up my alley, especially after becoming obsessed with The Go-Go's debut record. I even listened to a Dixie Chicks record today to continue the discovery momentum of female-led music that I've been experiencing lately. Love it!
I liked this a lot when it came out. I don’t so much feel that way anymore. Her voice has become a bit piercing, maybe shrill is a better word, at many points. I don’t hate it, but I’m definitely not looking to listen to it again anytime soon.
cool album.
The debut album from Sheryl Crow does not disappoint. There's a distinct 90s upbeat tone that comes through a lot of the instrumentation and singing, and especially for today's day and age that was welcome. The most successful single, All I Wanna Do, is the best track from the album and not all the tracks live up to that level, but I still very much enjoyed Leaving Las Vegas and Run, Baby, Run.
A couple decent tracks here and I’ll give Crow some credit, she has some songwriting chops. Unfortunately, this is a 50 minute album and most of it is boring, this was a slog. 50 mins of Crow is far too much… one could say it’s a murder… I’m dead. 2 stars
It was a strong start, then faded.
Deserves her flowers. It's basically a Tom Petty record.
Super generic 90s. At least it’s not super bloated. “All I Wanna Do” is still a banger.
Charming, but not spectacular. It's kinda Middle of the road, safe. Too safe given what else was happening in the early 90s. The majority of this is good, with some great moments in there too. Overall, it’s a decent album.
Good sound and vibe but only a handful of good tunes.
When I saw today's album pop up, my first thought was that I haven't thought about her name for a long time, and assumed I also hadn't heard her in a long time. And then I realized I hadn't ever really tracked who sang those eternal hits "Strong enough" and (most especially) "All I wanna do", the latter of which I think I heard earlier this week on the radio. I never really gravitated towards her sound, and never heard this album in full before, but I remain *very* impressed at how well she did with this debut album, and how well it's aged, at least with most of the six (!) singles and about half of the rest. (It also occurs to me that Lucinda Williams probably owes quite a bit to Sheryl Crow's 90s successes, as there's an interesting similarity to their styles even if the music is fairly different.) It's kind of a bummer to read about all the (literally) he-said/she-said arguments within the Tuesday Night Music Club about who should get credit for the music and songs on this album--some of which seems to be tied to her previous album that was apparently unfit for publication, but mired her in debt--but in the immortal words of Kurtis Blow, "these are the breaks". I'm not sure she entirely deserves four stars for this album, but it seems considerably better than the average 3-star album.
Songwriting and, at times, the strain in Crow's voice, are the weaknesses here, but nevertheless I did enjoy it more than I expected.
gotta give Mizzou legend Sheryl Crow her due, its a pretty decent album. got a classic with "All I Wanna Do", and a few other nice songs that I enjoyed.
good enough but feels a bit like a less interesting fiona apple, leaving las vegas was a highlight though
Oh this was so bland and boring. Just the most radio friendly beige nothingness music. I ended up skipping chunks of songs and went back to listen to my last band, Pere Ubu, because they actually sound like something and are trying to do something with their music
2 out of 5. Not my cup of tea.
i like about half of this, some 90’s pop with a tinge of country is ok in small doses for me. Standouts are Run, Baby, Run, Solidify, All I Wanna Do, We Do What We Can and I Shall Believe.
Whenever I think “Throw on some Sheryl Crow!”, it’s sunny, and the mood is high. Those are her hits, what’s she’s best known for I guess. I liked this album well enough, but I was surprised at how morose some of it is. It sounds like a break up album. It wasn’t a great album, but there’s a few picks that really showcase her talent, I think she’s awesome and am always happy when she comes on and this album didn't do anything to negate that. Also, her in the 90s….😮💨
Not really made for a man in his 60s. Just background noise until we come to the na na song what a load of annoying noise. Was looking at a banal 3 that song knocks it down a point.
I loved this album when it came out and it still has a spot in my heart
I kinda liked Run Baby Run tbh
I think I have a bit of nostalgia with this album because my mom loved Sheryl Crow. A lot of these songs remind me of my childhood and I think they still hold up today. All I wanna do is a classic LA 90s song.
She definitely went on to make a name for herself, so I was surprised how lackluster this debut was. Her voice is super shaky and the song arrangements are often dull at best. Perplexing why this was included if you ask me.
I'm just not really sure about this one... For some reason I'm having a hard time deciding what I like and don't like about this album, and because of that, I'm really struggling to decide whether I like this album in general. I think her voice is cool, it's strained and angsty while still maintaining a laissez faire, unbothered quality. The music itself is polished and crisp, but there's just some hidden thing that isn't gelling together here - I just don't think this is a very exciting project. To me, this is more of a 2.5/5, but I like her enough to round up to a 3.
Eh, it's fine I guess? I don't really have much to say about it. It's nothing special but it's not bad. Performed well, catchy enough, easy to listen to. Yeah. It's fine.
This was fun! First three tracks were great and then I kinda became less interested after. But I enjoyed my experience overall
Loved this - especially Run, Baby Run
The Good: We joined a club! The Bad: It’s on a Tuesday… The Ugly: Me singing out of tune… Many moons ago, and I might be repeating myself, I was listening to a random playlist when all of a sudden No One Is To Blame by Howard Jones started playing and I was instantly transported back to a high school party, where I was making out with my then girlfriend… and I felt melancholy. The opening track of this album could have the same effect… but it is the big hit which really introduced Sheryl Crow to the world that sent me right back to a hot Texas weekend, partying at our local bar, then heading to an after party in a convertible while All I Wanna Do was being chanted out loud by all passengers… out of key… and nobody cared, because we were having fun. Anyway, I played the entire album three times in a row… and each time I just enjoyed ride, over and over again. Is this a 5* album? Nope. But it sure made me enjoy listening to music again after the run of sub-par albums I’ve had to listen to these past couple of weeks. So here’s to you Sheryl, 5* for bringing me back to my college days!
old taylor swift?
"All I Wanna Do" goes against everything I believe in.
The behind the scenes drama in the making and promoting of this album is more interesting than the music itself. Strong Enough still really goes hard though.
Lllooonnggg time since I heard this. The stand out tracks are the obvious ones, but on the whole it's ok. Worth a 3
A solid 3 rated nice album. I prefer her vocals when she’s in her lower end of her range, as can get a bit shrieky! 2nd half of the album better than the first, with ‘No One Said It Would Be Easy’ being the stand out, for great guitar work and vocals.
I forget about how good Cheryl Crow was back in the day. Even I admired this from afar, there was no way I would have admitted at the time just how good 'Run Baby Run' is. If I have have bought this when it came out, my life could have changed and taken me down a completely different path. I might even have been one of those sad bastards who do line dancing with a massive hat on. Fortunately this never happened. What I shall say is this is a forgotten (by me) gem of a record and if I see a copy in a charity shop, I shall just have to don a massive hat in disguise and buy it.
# Album Name: Tuesday Night Music Club # Artist: Sheryl Crow # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Not bad all things considering. A few good tracks. # Top Tunes: Run baby Run / All i wanna do / LLV / trong Enough # Would I listen to it again? No
Annoying, and the few songs that are good are really cheesy. Not for me.
At the end of the first song, I really didn't have any complaints. I didn't have any expectations going in, but I like country music, so I didn't think it could be bad. The end of the first song got annoying though. And that's true for every song on the album. They go on much longer than they need to and it gets way too repetitive and annoying. And then, to make matters worse, this is maybe bottom 5 vocal performances I've heard on the list so far. The only redeeming factor is the very basic and inoffensive instrumentals
Nice chill songs! A bit one note, though
Sheryl was all over the 90s. Typical hit songs that the radio loves, mixed with boring filler. But I am sure it was a formula that worked for her. Not sure why this is on this list TBH.
Some decent songs here, keyword SOME. At times she's just talking and the instrumentation ain't that unique
General thoughts: The 90s really were the decade for female contemporary pop singers, isn't? I've got Alanis, Aimee, and now Sheryl Crow. She's a middle ground between them, not as naturally talented as Alanis, or weirdly interesting as Aimee, but she's got a good balance of all parameters. The only miss for me was na-na-na, but other than that it's definitely more solid than Little Jagged Pill or Whatever. Weirdly, this album revolves around different forms of frustration, romantically, emotionally, or existentially. Every song is set from a common life point of view; it's no wonder this album reached so many people from all ages. I don't think her voice is amazing, but she has a flow of words, a cadence in her delivery unnatural to the untrained; I respect that. I also don't love her lyrics, but she's showing some potential definitely. The range of Tuesday Night Music Club is varied enough, from straight pop to ballads, to some kinda jazzy rock lo-fi; there's also the opener, a great Pink Floyd-ish song, and the closer is cool too. This is the track most similar to the Alanis pattern. I enjoyed her groovy songs more; she has some kind of sensibility to make even sad songs funky. Outstanding song(s): All I Wanna Do We Do What We Can Weakest song(s): The Na-Na Song Cover: Loved the concept Real rating: 3.82
#962. Fun enough to listen to pop music. 3/5: acceptable
heck of a debut album, idk much about her but this was fun
I didn't think id like this album, but color me surprised. I count this in the same vein as Garbage and other girl bands form the early- mid 90's. Not pioneering, but definitely a wave of music that has its place and its fans. Some good Proctor and gable advertisement music in this album for sure.
This was huge when it came out! Some great songs on here. Massive on radio.
Serviceable pop. Why is this on the list though?
was happy to hear this in its entirety
This is way better than I expected it to be. Every track is catchy to some degree, and after the first listen I realized I hadn't once thought about skipping ahead to the next song. Sure, it's safe early-'90s pop-rock, but it's executed incredibly well. The songwriting is strong, the hooks are memorable, and the album maintains a consistent quality from start to finish. I don't see myself reaching for this album very often, but it's absolutely something I can throw on and enjoy. More importantly, it's one of those albums where my wife would be completely on board, which is sometimes its own kind of endorsement.
I never sat down and actually listened to her before, but this is not bad at all. Don't get me wrong - this is not my cup of tea at all, but quite descent after all, might even get 3 stars.
Sheryl Crow's music has never connected with me. It's always just "been" and did not compel me to feel happy, sad, excited, etc. I also can't forgive her for the list of bad cover songs that she has recorded. I knew a lot of the songs on this album, because I existed as a human being in the 90's. One thing I appreciated as I listened to this album is there was not a ton of work done to make sure her voice sounded as beautiful as possible. Especially on Leaving Las Vegas, it sounds raw and I imagine there would be a lot more cleaning up the vocals today since women are urged to sound like Stevie Nicks/Janis Joplin or to have a beautiful voice. The album ends with two very slow and long songs. I feel like it slows a lot of the momentum of this album down. It does not end on a strong note for that reason. Tuesday Night Music Club also starts off with a slower song in Run Baby Run, though a good song, it doesn't start the album off with momentum. I think this is sequenced oddly. My favorite songs: Run Baby Run Leaving Las Vegas Strong Enough Can't Cry Anymore No One Said It Would Be Easy All I Wanna Do
Not my fav.Not a memorable sound, its good and nice but normal. Mix of country pop rock.
Ehhhh. 'All I Wanna Do' was/is so catchy - such a great song, but so overplayed in 93-94 that I still don't think I'm over it. Most of the rest of the album was fine. There are times when she's straining to hit the notes and it doesn't seem gritty, it just seems not that great.
90s kitchen music
It's interesting to listen back to this one. The songs are strong and catchy but Sheryl hadn't quite found her voice yet. TNMC almost a Rickie Lee Jones tribute album.
There's some fun here, and she does have a great voice. For sure stands out a bit from the rest of the pop-rock girlies of her era. She has some great hits but this album was just kind of a sleeper for me. 3.5 stars!
This takes me back to my earliest days of watching videos on MTV. I remember 'All I Wanna Do' was in heavy rotation at that time. The singles on this album are good, but the rest doesn't grab me. 3.5 stars.
I like this album. I knew the hits but never listened to the whole thing. I still think "All I Wanna Do" is the best song, but the next song (We Do What We Can) is great - surprisingly jazzy. I always thought of crow as an artist that made it OK to like country-tinged music, but she actually has a mix of styles in the album.
The singles are obviously catchy and the other songs laegelynhold their own. This might have been a 4 star album if some part of my brain didn't think of this as "an album my mom liked" ...even though I'm now older than she was when it came out.
Holy shit, 'All I Wanna Do' was overplayed so much when this came out, to the point that it was stuck in my head BEFORE I started listening to this album. So I went in a little biased. After listening, my overall impression is...not bad? The singles remain pathologically catchy, there's good variety over the course of the album, and while the creaky strain of her voice wears thin after a while, that variety keeps things fresh enough. That said, there's a definite poppy nature to most of this at the end of the day. It washes over you but for the ear worm singles, nothing landing a really compelling impression. A pleasant way to pass 49 minutes, but probably won't stay with me beyond lunch time.
7/10 - Classic 90s. Didn't realize that all i wanna do is the 90s hey ya! Fav Tracks: All i wanna do, Run baby run, leaving las vegas Heard before? ---–- ✅ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? -- ❌ Album Cover -------Room for squares
I've never heard this record before the last couple of days, but the singles were fairly inescapable. Listening to it, its pretty clear that this is a product of some pretty talented musicians who have a good grasp of roots music and a production team that knows how to package and update that sound. Crow is a talented singer and fairly strong songwriter. I tended to prefer the slower songs. It's also just too slick for my tastes and I'm almost certain to listen to it again.
Ooof. I used to own this on CD as a kid, but I don't think I've listened to it since 1999 or so. Time to revisit some old memories! Oh, that was kinda surreal. Memories from around the time I hit puberty, surfacing as I'm entering perimenopause, it's a very personal experience I don't expect any other listeners to have. Still, decent music, and I don't regret this particular trip down memory lane.
Decent vibes, good diversity. Never quite hit, plus All I Wanna Do is such a weird song to have gotten popular
ok
Inoffensive 90s adult pop-rock with a slight "americana" sound.
3 good songs and the rest are generic and sound the same, except the one where she talk-raps stream of consciousness culture nonsense. That song sucks.
I really enjoyed the singles that I remember from the 90's but the rest of the album didn't really leave an impression on me.
4.25 - There is so much nostalgia associated with this album. I was a big fan when it came out. There were more lulls than I expected/remembered though, so it's not quite a 5 star banger for me.
Not a great album, like the singles
Not my cup of tea, but it's a great album to chill to
Tempted to give it 5 as Arsenal just won the league after 22 years but it was pretty rubbish so a 2 it is.
If you looked to ‘middle of the road’ in the dictionary you might find a picture of Sheryl Crow. Bland, boring, and derivative. Nothing was hideous enough to make me want to turn this off straight away but the whole thing just grated. Bongos (‘solidify’) and guiro (‘all I wanna do’) are interesting choices to feature predominantly, along with pedal steel guitar but I did not enjoy it.
I’m pretty sure I used to have this CD, but a lot of this sounds unfamiliar, so maybe not. Some good times in here though.
I love this album. Sheryl Crow epitomises the American 90’s rock singer songwriter. I’ve spun it a few times across the years and am well familiar with the radio singles, so I paid more attention this time to the album tracks. I particularly enjoyed The Na-Na Song and Can’t Cry Anymore, both exemplify her diversity. Coupled with the likes of Run Baby Run, All I Wanna Do and Strong Enough, and you have an exceptionally solid track list. It’s always a joy to wind back with Tuesday Night. A very well deserving 5 stars.
We all know and remember The Tuesday Night Music Club! That’s an impressive debut, Sheryl. ‘Nuf said. (4.0*) Great debut album, I like her voice. It’s believable. (3.85*s) Liked it back in ‘93, still do.
This album got much play from Mom at the Avenida Verde house and brought me right back to the back patio. Never realized how somber and sad this album actually is since "All I Wanna Do" was the smash hit and stands out. Personally my favorite is "Leaving Las Vegas" and gets play every time I drive out of the Sin City after a long weekend of debauchery. This truly is a great debut that shows Sheryl has depth. Multiple musical genres hit. Haven't listened to this record in over 20 years but can still sing most of the songs and forgot about some of the sleepers like "Solidify" and "The Na-Na Song." Great SoCal shoutout album with some deep meaning and fun jams. Solid one from Crow coming in at 4.1 stars.
What a fantastic debut by Sheryl Crow and the group of musicians that associated with the Tuesday Night Music Club. This album deservedly got regular play in the family household all through the 90's and beyond. While I imagine this is classified as pop or rock, there's something about the free-form style, lack of rhyming lyrics and odd swagger that comes from Sheryl and the band that differentiates itself from other acts of its time. The singles are still solid crowd-pleasers that capture an air of 90's positivity and scratch an itch nowadays. While I have a lot of fondness for this album I had evidently blanked/ignored/overlooked some of the slower songs that do bring the album down a touch. Stopping off for 5+ minutes for No One Said It Would Be Easy or We Do What We Can kills a lot of the momentum that the rest of the album builds up. While they aren't bad songs in their own right, they eliminate all of the best parts of what this group has to offer. The sum of the parts hit its peak when the band gets to jam around Sheryl's smooth vocals telling an offbeat story with some minor touchpoints. The bottom line is that the vast majority of this album is great fun. All I wanted to do was have some fun, and Sheryl Crow and company nailed that aspect. While the hits deserve the airplay they received, I was surprised how much I enjoyed deep cut Solidify on this go around. An album very deserving of its list entry and will continue to come back to over the years. 3.80 stars
so much more substance than originally expected. people seem to forget about sheryl crow, and it's a shame because her music is so much more than meets the eye.
Great songs I forgot I loved
Overall, a solid album with some big hits. Nothing groundbreaking, but a nice time capsule of this sound from the mid 90s.
This was a fun album to go back and listen to the deep cuts on. Really liked the jazziness of We Do What We Can. Also love I Shall Believe.
This album is not bad, actually. I've liked some tracks, but most of the songs are pretty bland. Sure, this is not Crow at her best, just a mid album that is cute, but just that. Very forgettable, also. I don't understand the appeal of this album, I get it's an enjoyable record, but I haven't found it exciting or interesting in any sense. So, well, I must say I already knew I wasn't going to love it, but some songs are nice. So I'll focus on that.
Pleasantly surprised
not above average but some songs were good!
Nice vibe, but it kind of plateaus in the middle for me. Also the hit on this album didn't really do much for me. Loved the opener tho! Favorite song: run, baby, run
Crow is a great songwriter and musician. That being said, I thought i world enjoy this more. It felt really bland to me
medio lope
I thought I liked Cheryl Crow. I think I just like one song....
Testing My Patience Music Club
i actually hate it. i’m sorry
Surprised, with a very mellow down opening. All I wanna do is definitely the standout though
While I quite like Sheryl Crow generally, this doesn't feel like an example of her best work. Some of the styles here don't really work and sound dated, and while the album has a decent start there's a particularly weak finish. I'd listen again, though.
I enjoyed this album quite a bit more than I thought I would. I was aware of the one single, but listening I realized I had actually heard quite a few tracks on this one. She's got a great voice, the musical arrangements are solid.
Some of these songs have a lot of depth. The stand out is obviously All I Want To Do but there are some hidden gems in here.
I don’t have a to say about this one. It’s good, it’s has some classics. Is it essential? Ehhh, maybe not. But I’m glad to have listened.
Pretty good, actually
it's fine
Nice music to listen to
bon album pop ! 1er son à sampler et vrmt trop lourd
I thought Sheryl Crow was country for some reason. But this is definitely not what I expected. Pretty good though.
I bopped to this back in the day. I mean… I enjoy it. It’s not transcendent to me. But a solid 3.7
Enjoyable but not particularly stand-out. 7/10 Quite Likeable
I'm not sure why I always though Sheryl Crow was a country artist growing up. I enjoyed this album more than I thought, but only added about half of the album to my likes.
Not bad at all and really quite good if all you want to do is have some fun.
Sheryl Crow has to be one of my favorite guilty pleasure artists as I think she has an absolutely fabulous 4 album run and Tuesday Night Music Club is the beginning of that very strong start she got herself off to. Not even a huge Country guy like that, but there is something about her sometimes cheesy, but loads of fun Country Rock style that really wins me over. I think because this is Sheryl's debut album that it is definitely a bit weirder and wacky at times like with the very Talking Heads-esc Solidify. Even still with that novelty put aside, this project still is a blast even if it is far from the best thing I've ever heard. All I Wanna Do, Run Baby Run, and We Do What We Can are all my highlights of this project, but everything else here does feel a bit flat in presentation and honestly a bit lifeless. Now I can still totally turn on this album and jam out but as a whole it does come off a bit rough and is held up by some killer highlights. It is a nice start for Sheryl that really helped secure her Pop appeal in Country Rock, but I think some of her next projects showcase her skills much better even if they are sprinkled all over this album.
This isn't really for me, I was hoping for a pleasant surprise, however... It's all a bit meh, vocal way to high in the mix, sounds like song writing by committee for a rom com TV series that is written by committee and isn't funny. Some splashes of talent and her voice packs punch and range.
Enjoyed this but the chord progressions or something are getting boring with all these basically rock albums. This was likely a knock-off alanis morissette to me. Top track: I Shall Believe (I like an emotional end track to an album and I was in the middle of a very hot leafletting round in the sun when I heard it)
Glad to have listened to it… but won’t listen again.
Ofantligt trist, men inte så hemskt att det förtjänar en etta
Bra sångerska men inte särskilt intressant musik.
Bra röst men rätt trött i övrigt
Skönt stil. Och vilken röst hon har!
This gal is known to me for 2 (At least 2! Vaguely remember a 3rd or even 4th?) of the most kick-off-your-shoes, let-your-hair-down, feel-good, happy-go-lucky, “guilty pleasure” fun, carefree, dancin-est songs in all of pop music. There’s only one of them on this album tho. Dig the slow jazzy cut too. Otherwise unremarkable. Two stars.
Run baby run Leaving Las Vegas Strong enough All I want to do
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icl i was skeptical when i saw this but whys it good nevermind got sick of ts 6.5/10
unfathomably mid and genuinely a hard listen at some points. just like weird country slop but it wasn't even country.
Album #137 Sheryl Crow: Tuesday Night Music Club I feel like Sheryl Crow is one of those names that I would just hear referenced from either millennials I knew or millennial media, and I just accepted that she was famous and never paid it any mind; meanwhile, I don’t think I could have ever named a song by her. Obviously, now I realize I was aware of her through the hit song from this album, “All I Wanna Do”, but I can’t say that anything else here was familiar. This was actually a fair bit better than I expected it to be, an interesting blend of genres, from country to pop and even jazz. There are some definite standout tracks here, but what really holds the album back is the middle stretch. I think the first and last three tracks are all pretty good to great, but the middle five do nothing for me. Overall, as far as the whole '90s pop-country thing goes, I’ve never really been a fan; however, this album was actually quite good for what it is. Best Songs: Leaving Las Vegas, All I Wanna Do, I Shall Believe Worst Songs: The Na-Na Song Score out of 10: 5.5
Run Baby Run is a great song, but it’s really not a great way to start an album. Feels like something that would be halfway through. I liked this one! Drags a bit in the middle but starts and finishes strong. Favorites were Run Baby Run, Leaving Las Vegas, and All I Wanna Do.
not for me
This music is fine, but not exactly my cup of tea.
Pretty good album with a few hits. Favourites: All I Wanma Do, Strong Enough, Run Baby Run.
Her next album is even better but this a great intro
Hmmm I enjoyed this good music but I don’t know didn’t really ever expand beyond that it’s palatable, I liked “we do what we can” just cause it was something different yeah those last 2 songs where the best
Favourite Songs: Solidify The Na-Na Song
File under “easy listening”. Absolutely fine. Standout is obviously “All I Wanna Do” but I still think that’s only because of the hook she nicked off Stealers Wheel
Simple, reasonably effective country-ish-pop. Run Baby Run is just excellent. Intense, dramatic, yet fairly understated. That slowish use of a 6/8 time signature reminds me of Five Years, one of the all-time legendary album openers. Another user wrote that "It's too bad Run, Baby, Run isn't more well-known. It's a great tune." True, though looking at the steep competition it had to compete against (from other artists), I can't say I'm surprised. Strong Enough also stands out, this time for its simplicity. You listen to it in a bit of a trance until the backing vocals join in – which are great, and arguably pull you further into Crow's dreamy world. Definitely some weak songs to go around. The Na-Na Song features an extremely questionable vocal effect and Crow being bizarrely attached to a note that clashes completely with the chord being played. The next track, No One Said It Would Be Easy, suffers from a slow, dreary mood at a point on the album where we really needed a pick-me-up. Album sequencing is important here. Albums that regularly switch between high- and low-energy atmospheres are usually optimal. What I Can Do For You isn't perfect – in fact, it's pretty repetitive – but it gets the job done and allows the listener to start grooving again after two consecutive weaker songs. Then there's All I Wanna Do, with its Graceland-era Simon-esque delivery and tried-and-true VIb-VIIb-I chord progression. I'm telling you, those harmonies never miss. I appreciate the combination of rhythmic, semi-aggressive acoustic guitar and hand-clapping (coupled with a few other pieces of light percussion). And We Do What We Can tempers the mood a little with some soft jazz. 3/5 Key tracks: Run Baby Run, Strong Enough, All I Wanna Do
One hit album, nemam ništa drugo za reći. 2/5, 3/10
Bon! Un bon 3
Plodding, excruciatingly dull. This is not an album I needed to listen to.
amazing album
I think Sheryl Crow was never in the right lane. Obviously, she is successful, but she’s never quite country enough for country, folk enough for folk, or pop enough for pop. This record, feels like she’s sampling all of it (and even kind of trying to rap at one point. I’m not sure if it’s ambitious or misguided. This record definitely has songs that I liked, but I’m not all in on it.
I would’ve been feeling this more had I been a middle aged white woman in the mid 90s.
4/10
7/10
It's bland, but like perfectly bland
Country pop?
I should listen to this album more regularly. Great stuff.
Fine. I was unpacking while listening to this so I was not giving it my full attention
Ladybangers
Really just made me want to listen to Shania Twain
I mean I guess it's alright. The lyrics are very upbeat / optimistic to the point where they become a bit of detrimental because there's not much that's actually interesting buried in the lyrics.
Felt the last few songs were the best, up to that the songs were fine but nothing special, it's an easy listen but not amazing
It's good, I dig her.
This record sucks. I remember half of the songs on this record when they were popular 30 years ago, and time has not been their friend. It’s sort of like Sheryl Crow started to write some boring songs and then brought them to the studio where some producer finished the job. But the result is a bunch of completely gutless radio fodder. To be fair, this collection of uninspired and lightly feminist drivel WAS wildly popular in 1993. But I see this as a case where a million people can be wrong. Sheryl Crow doesn’t have a great voice and she doesn’t write compelling music, but she is easy on the eyes. The cynic in me believes this has more to do with why she got so popular than the content of her actual work, which is just so, so boring. 4.5/10
Country, but a few tracks that mixed it up just enough to be interesting.
All I wanna do is have some fun. But the album isn't that good to begin with. The big single is worth the ticket to the list, but nothing else reaches that high.
no one listens to modern jazz
Sheryl Crow is a treasure. She’s like if Tom Petty and Dolly Parton had a baby and the godmother was Carol King and Joni Mitchell is the fun aunt. All I Wanna Do gets it 4 stars by itself but the rest of the album is solid too.
The hits are solid and memorable. Good clean easy listening.
not my style but it won me over. i think hearing All I Wanna Do makes me angry. favorite song is Run, Baby, Run
Rating: 4/10 Not the best for me. Lots of singer-songwriter material I would rather reach for than ever listen to Sheryl Crow. A grating country rock style that's kinda cornball. A few decent songs at the beginning. The songs are a little too drawn out and hurt the pacing more. Even All I Wanna Do is annoying. The album ends with a moody lounge-y piano tune that I don't like and an ok closer that doesn't save the last 50 minutes of mild suffering
Ok so I do kind of dislike Sheryl Crow but listening to a whole album gave me enough context to look past the hits I've heard a thousand times. I still don't like her voice and her (purposely?) janky crappy singing style, but the album as a whole was pretty stylish and at least stuck to a theme, which I can respect. We Do What We Can was also cool af. Better than I expected 6.2/10
Catchy, divertido, me gustó
Boring music club.
Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) On Day 105, I found myself leaning into the second half of this album much more than the first. While the whole project has a solid, rootsy 90s rock vibe, the deeper tracks really captured the moody energy I appreciate. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" was a great discovery, but "I Shall Believe" was honestly my favorite. It’s an immaculate closer with a vocal triumph that feels very sincere and conscious.The musicianship is consistent throughout, but it’s these more vulnerable, slow-burn moments that made the experience worthwhile for me. A solid 4/5.
I honestly had low expectations but this was quite fun, especially tracks like the beautifully written “Run Baby Run", the subterranean homesick blues-esque “The Na-Na song" and even the hit “All I Wanna Do”. Those tracks stand out but the rest goes from alright to boring.
“Listened to Sheryl crow today.” Why? “Because I have to before I die.” - a crazy person.
Perfect for anyone who thinks the music in the local garden centre is too edgy.
Better that I expected.
Wasn't really expecting to see Sheryl Crow on this list
6/10
I was already to call this a one hit wonder and then make a comment about her backing for MJ. Then I listened to it and remembered some other songs.
A bit whiny sometimes, but the bangers are fun!
Love this album so much. Had this on constant repeat when it came out as a teen. Was singing along from start to finish. 4.75 / 5
Some albums are just plain good. I can listen to this album anytime and enjoy it. The problem is that it isn’t an album where I say, “Man! I need to listen to this one again.” It is full of great songs like All I Wanna Do, Leaving Las Vegas, Strong Enough… 4/5
6/10
Inoffensive, easy listening but not my usual cup of tea. I remember a couple of these songs from release but haven’t heard them in quite a while
You know what, I expected this to be bad and it wasn't. It's not my ticket, it's a bit middle of the road and whatever, but it's definitely not bad.
I wanted to give us a five, but it wasn’t quite there for me. However, I did really enjoy it. I wasn’t sure about “Run, Baby, Run” as an openers I listened to it again and it grew on me. When I heard “The Na-Na Song” it unlocked a deep memory of me listening to this on cassette or CD, I cannot remember. But I like that song a lot and I did as a younger person. I had completely forgotten about it. I appreciate what she tried to do with that jazz influenced number “We Do What We Can” at the end. Solid 4, maybe almost 4.5 for me.
Un peu degente, un peu country, assez population, des musiques très marquantes comme solidify, une voix niaise parfois ou tres enfant. Pas une voix extraordinaire mais j’ai bien aime dans l’ensemble
Reading the story behind this record really helps understand it more and appreciate it, loved the first and last one on there.
6,8/10
Interesting if I was into folk rock.
Easy listen with some notable songs.
Good, esp All I Wanna Do 3.3
Better than I remember.
I find Sheryl Crow's music to be a bit boring. I like the one really popular song but nothing on this album really grabbed me.
This is one of those where I think objectively it feels pretty middling, but the amount of hours I spent listening to Sheryl Crow in the car as a kid just pulls it up for me.
There were a couple of songs that weren't bad/I didn't expect but in general I really don't like Sheryl Crow's music
I love OG Sheryl Crow and knew every word to every song. It was nice to listen to this whole album again.
Nothing here got me too excited, but it was enjoyable. The style feels a bit like an earlier Taylor Swift, with the mix of pop/country/slow rock. It doesn't reach those same highs, catchiness, and lyrics imo, but still enjoyable.
Shoutout to Sheryl Crow for making Lightning McQueen's hype song, but boy was this some basic pop. All the flavour of plain chicken and rice. Solidify was the only standout. Overall, a fine album, but for the 1000 most influential you'd think they were years ahead of this.
I really liked how she incorporated jazz, disco all into folk rock and country but I only liked a few songs on here and it felt very lack luster.
Safe and inoffensive. Not much about this album stood out to me. The blues-y and funky songs were cool, but otherwise it's kind of... whatever. Not bad by any means, but I suppose it's kind of hard to make a bad album when you do half of your record by the books, and only the other half attempts to do something interesting. I'm also absolutely for fun, feel-good and dreamy pop, but I prefer when those songs draw you in with their aesthetic. This record just kind of sounds like background music. 2/5.
Not my thing. "Strong Enough" and "All I Wanna Do" are tolerable.
6/10
Wow, just wow. Not a good wow, a bad wow. Sheryl Crow obviously had fun making this album, she has good energy, I'll give her that. But the whole thing sounds like a poorly made cover album. If Sheryl Crow worked more on each song, and made them seem less like poor covers or rough drafts, the album could have had some value. Overall, not a good album.
So many songs on this album remind me of being in the dentist's chair as a kid listening to Key 103.1. 😂 Not a bad nostalgia trip!
She’s a great songwriter and All I Wanna Do is just a brilliant song even all these years later but the album didn’t do much for me overall. Very little stood out.
1 o 2 canciones medianamente pegajosas cuando mucho. 2.3
This is a fun one to revisit. It's not for everyone but Sheryl's brand of very-timely (and subsequently dated) singer/songwriter/rock hybrid is exactly what I need today at the beginning of spring, on a sunny day in the mid-50s: it's brisk, bright and uplifting in a weird way. The first four songs and "All I Wanna Do" are enough of a qualifier for this record's greatness.
Not bad. Played out though. And never my thing to begin with.
One of the best albums of the 90s. There’s maybe one thro away song. The songwriting is exceptional.
A mix of really uninteresting sounds and a few bangers. Gonna score it right in the middle.
I don’t know if it’s because I was lying in bed chillaxing, or because Sheryl has such a lovely and distinctive voice. But this album was a very enjoyable time. Some slow sad songs like No One Said It Would Be Easy and some certified bangers like All I Wanna Do. Fair play Sheyl. I was unfamiliar with your game
At my first job my coworker said he used to whack off to this album cover. I think the album art is better than the music, however fuck you, Neil. I can't listen to this the same way anymore.
I love her, the vibes are very free and summer and girly.
Leaving Las Vegas was painful to listen to… and not a good way. I’ve always thought I disliked Sheryl Crow and now can confirm it through direct experience.
decent country/pop record, with that song everyone has heard