The Very Best of Sheryl Crow

Infobox Album | Name = The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5cvyxdjb4olf~T0 link]
Last album ="C'mon C'mon"
(2002)
This album = "The Very Best of Sheryl Crow"
(2003) | Next album = "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 [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003702049] . The album also received a Gold accreditation in Australia during 2005 [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2005.htm] .

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".

Personnel

*Sheryl Crow - acoustic guitar, piano, bass, 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

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)