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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].
[edit] Track listing
- "All I Wanna Do" (David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Crow, Kevin Gilbert) – 4:34
- "Soak Up the Sun" (Crow, Jeff Trott) – 4:52
- "My Favorite Mistake" (Crow, Trott) – 4:07
- "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) – 3:47
- "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (Crow, Brian MacLeod, Trott) – 4:17
- "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, David Ricketts) – 5:10
- "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
- "Light in Your Eyes" (Crow, John Shanks) – 4:02
- "If It Makes You Happy" (Crow, Trott) – 5:25
- "The Difficult Kind" (Crow) – 6:20
- "Picture" with Kid Rock (Crow, Robert James Ritchie) – 4:58
- "Steve McQueen" (Crow, Shanks) – 3:26
- "A Change Would Do You Good" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) – 3:51
- "Home" (Crow) – 4:51
- "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Crow, Trott) – 5:04
- "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 5:38
- "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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