The Very Best of Sheryl Crow

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The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow cover
Greatest hits by Sheryl Crow
Released November 4, 2003
Recorded 1993 - 2003
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 75:25
Label A&M Records
Producer Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Garth Fundis, Kid Rock, John Shanks, Jeff Trott
Professional reviews
Sheryl Crow chronology
C'mon C'mon
(2002)
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
(2003)
Wildflower
(2005)

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow is a greatest hits album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album was a commercial success, reached #2 on both the UK Album Chart and the Billboard 200, selling 4 million units in the US as of January 2008 [1]. The album also received a Gold accreditation in Australia during 2005 [2].

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "All I Wanna Do" (David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Crow, Kevin Gilbert) – 4:34
  2. "Soak Up the Sun" (Crow, Jeff Trott) – 4:52
  3. "My Favorite Mistake" (Crow, Trott) – 4:07
  4. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) – 3:47
  5. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (Crow, Brian MacLeod, Trott) – 4:17
  6. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, David Ricketts) – 5:10
  7. "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
  8. "Light in Your Eyes" (Crow, John Shanks) – 4:02
  9. "If It Makes You Happy" (Crow, Trott) – 5:25
  10. "The Difficult Kind" (Crow) – 6:20
  11. "Picture" with Kid Rock (Crow, Robert James Ritchie) – 4:58
  12. "Steve McQueen" (Crow, Shanks) – 3:26
  13. "A Change Would Do You Good" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) – 3:51
  14. "Home" (Crow) – 4:51
  15. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Crow, Trott) – 5:04
  16. "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 5:38
  17. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Country Version)" (Stevens) – 3:44
  • Internationally some tracks were changed:

"The Difficult Kind" was replaced by "Run Baby Run"; "Steve McQueen" by "C'mon C'mon (with The Corrs)"; "The First Cut Is The Deepest (Country Version)" by "Let's Get Free" (This last only for UK Edition).

The international version's last track was "I Shall Believe".

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • 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

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2004 The Billboard 200 2
2004 Top Canadian Albums 2
2004 Top Internet Albums 2
2004 U.K Albums Chart 2

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2004 ""Light in Your Eyes"" Adult Contemporary 37
2004 ""Light in Your Eyes"" Adult Top 40 10
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Adult Contemporary 1
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Adult Top 40 1
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 35
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" The Billboard Hot 100 14
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Top 40 Adult Recurrents 1
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Top 40 Mainstream 10
2004 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Top 40 Tracks 10
2003 ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" Australian Singles Chart 50 [3].


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