Sheryl Crow - Detours

[funky]

I think we've covered every other Sheryl album, so...

anyway, I don't think this quite rates alongside her best moments, and a bit of a letdown after the hype over returning to her TNMC producer.

I mostly think the album lacks the big acoustic moment that all her other albums have (I Shall Believe, Difficult Kind, Wildflower, etc) but it's still a fun and interesting pop record that I enjoyed muchly at the time


7.5 / 10, but I'll say an 8.



1. God Bless This Mess
2. Shine Over Babylon
3. Love Is Free
4. Peace Be Upon Us
5. Gasoline
6. Out Of Our Heads
7. Detours
8. Now That You're Gone
9. Drunk With The Thought Of You
10. Diamond Ring
11. Motivation
12. Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
13. Love Is All There Is
14. Lullaby For Wyatt
15. Rise Up

[Blake]

A bit of a let down considering the beauty that was Wildflower. But still not a bad album at all.

10 God Bless This Mess
10 Shine Over Babylon (Hated it at first, but definatly a GROWER)
10 Love Is Free (Perfect choice for lead single, shame it didn't do well)
06 Peace Be Upon Us
10 Gasoline (Best Song On The Album)
08 Out Of Our Heads
09 Detours
09 Now That You're Gone
04 Drunk With The Thought Of You
10 Diamond Ring
04. Motivation
05 Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
08 Love Is All There Is
07 Lullaby For Wyatt
05 Rise Up

[funky]

I haven't listened to this in a while but it's quite nice as a whole. A lot of the songs don't work as well on their own, though


07 God Bless This Mess
09 Shine Over Babylon (I agree, a total grower, I love the way it builds and builds)
06 Love Is Free
07 Peace Be Upon Us
08 Gasoline (I'm surprised this wasn't a single, I bet she loves this track)
09 Out Of Our Heads
10 Detours
08 Now That You're Gone
06 Drunk With The Thought Of You
04 Diamond Ring
06 Motivation
05 Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
08 Love Is All There Is
08 Lullaby For Wyatt
07 Rise Up

[Blake]

I haven't listened to this in a while but it's quite nice as a whole. A lot of the songs don't work as well on their own, though


08 Gasoline (I'm surprised this wasn't a single, I bet she loves this track)

It was released as a single in the US. Shit video though...

[Johnkm]

09 God Bless This Mess
08 Shine Over Babylon
10 Love Is Free
06 Peace Be Upon Us
10 Gasoline
09 Out Of Our Heads
08 Detours
09 Now That You're Gone
06 Drunk With The Thought Of You
10 Diamond Ring
07 Motivation
05 Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
08 Love Is All There Is
06 Lullaby For Wyatt
05 Rise Up

[jivafox]

I was so disappointed at first but lately I've been combing the Sherly catalogue once again and I had this on on the way to work yesterday and it clicked with me. It's got hidden depths. The final verse of "Make It Go away" is CHILLING.

[straightorbroken]

I've just listened to this in full. It's BRILLIANT. I can't review it on just one listen though. I even recognized one of them. Her voice really shines - she's an underrated singer.

[Tischlampe]

This is one Sherly album I know quite well and I love it. The preachiness gets on my nerves a bit and it's been a long time since I listened to the whole album from start to finish, but overall I like. I don't like the production on 'God Bless This Mess' though. I see what she was trying to do, but it just made me think I'd downloaded a dodgy copy when I very first listened to it.

08 God Bless This Mess
08 Shine Over Babylon
08 Love Is Free
08 Peace Be Upon Us
08 Gasoline
09 Out Of Our Heads
08 Detours
09 Now That You're Gone
06 Drunk With The Thought Of You
05 Diamond Ring
08 Motivation
05 Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
09 Love Is All There Is
06 Lullaby For Wyatt
09 Rise Up

[funky]

she is definitely one of the most underrated singers around yes. Having seen her live about 3 times now, I can hold testament to that.

[funky]

what I love about this album is the variety of songs on offer; when I first got the album I was in love with the immediate anthems like "Out Of Our Heads", "Shine Over Babylon" etc, but as time has gone on I've realised how beautiful some of the understated tracks are. I mean there's nothing of the depth of "Difficult Kind" or "Wildflower", but tracks like "Rise Up" are great and in particular, my album favourite, "Detours", which is I think is one of her best songs.

[Tischlampe]

I bet she would be amazing live. My friend forwarded me on an email but I poopooed it because I'd just been listening to 100 Miles To Memphis and it was SO BORING. I actually sort of wished I'd looked into it now.

[funky]

oh DEFINITELY go and see her live. I saw the Memphis tour and it was great but yes, a little heavy on the Memphis tracks, of which there are some AMAZING tunes IMO but too many that just don't work well enough to stand up next to her catalogue.

Hopefully she'll tour again soon; she always refers back to her greatest hits when in between albums. Or maybe we'll just get another album

[Tischlampe]

This thread has made me want to do a little Sherly marathon. I've never listened to Wildflower properly, and everyone seems to LOVE that so I should probably give that a listen too.

[Iguana]

I used to really like this album but haven't listened to it for a while. I really like Lullaby For Wyatt, Diamond Ring, Shine Over Babylon, Peace Be Upon Us, Gasoline. I gave it a 7 overall.

[funky]

This thread has made me want to do a little Sherly marathon. I've never listened to Wildflower properly, and everyone seems to LOVE that so I should probably give that a listen too.

read my top 50 Sherly songs list for inspiration