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RS: 3of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4of 5 Stars

2005

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Now that Sheryl Crow is forty-three and cheerfully domestic with Lance Armstrong, she says she's tired of striving for hit singles -- but there's one buried on Wildflower anyway. "Live It Up" is classic up-tempo Crow: There's a catchy melody, an appealingly husky vocal, a chorus built around a cliche ("like there's no tomorrow") and other lyrics that show she can be more clever than the chorus (rhyming "inherently self-conscious" with "resting on your haunches"). Most of Crow's fifth studio album, however, is about balladry: slow, lovelorn and, on every track but one, accompanied by a string section. Unfortunately, Crow isn't doing herself any favors with this approach. It's not just that the album would be more fun if it rocked harder; all too often on these songs she's straining for high notes or stranded in an arrangement that leaves her voice sounding breathy and reedy. The track "Chances Are" is gorgeous, though: In a delicate swirl of acoustic guitar, tabla percussion and strings, Crow sings hypnotically about Terence McKenna, "hybrid lives" and the overwhelming world all around us. It's reminiscent of early Van Morrison and suggests new possibilities for Crow -- if it makes her happy.

GAVIN EDWARDS

(Posted: Oct 6, 2005)

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springsteenrocks writes:

3of 5 Stars


This album streaches the truth.This album is more pop than it is rock a Crow credits it.There are ups and downs on this album.One of the ups id her deut with Sting on "Always On Your Side".Also "Good As Good"is a great song and video. Mostly good but not great.

Jun 1, 2007 18:09:14

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phoenix9 writes:

5of 5 Stars


Sheryl Crow's Wildflower is one of the best disks that has been released in the last few years. The musicality is outstanding -everytime I listen to it I'm hearing more; nuances of the Beatles and old Elton John-style bridges. This is not music for the simple it is complex, mysterious and completely consuming. Intricate melody lines. complicated harmonies, and unexpected chord changes are demonstrated and, funnily enough, it is never tiring. It is one of those disks that will be listened to in ten years and has the timeless quality that will make it hard to remember when it was published.

Jan 10, 2006 20:49:35

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