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Sheryl Crow is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter best known for the hits "All I Wanna Do", "If It Makes You Happy", and "Everyday is a Winding Road". She also performed the theme to the 18th James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

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  • Audio CD (February 5, 2008)
  • Original Release Date: February 5, 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: A&M
  • ASIN: B0010IOAKW
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)
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Thematically, Detours may not seem like much of a detour to Sheryl Crow fans. Her politics pour out of these songs the way you might expect them to if you caught wind of her epic cross-country bus trip, with the activist Laurie David, to promote environmental awareness months prior to this release. From the quiet, faraway-sounding opener "God Bless This Mess"--a novel in a song--to the catchy but thought-provoking "Gasoline," it's clear that Crow has more on her mind these days than soaking up the sun or having a little fun, à la the Tuesday Night Music Club era. Yet there's not a groan-worthy song on this standout rock/pop/folk/blues album. If the themes are heavy (in addition to the political songs, there's an almost painfully tender lullaby for her son Wyatt and one, "Make It Go Away [Radiation Song]," that touches on her breast-cancer experience), the mood is cathartic, determined, hopeful at times and sad at others. "Now That You're Gone" grabs at clarity through the clouds of a devastating love affair and gets it, and "Peace Be Upon Us" picks apart pettiness and arrives at a wide-minded beauty. George Harrison seems present in some of these songs, especially the more personal ones ("Drunk with the Thought of You," "Love Is All There Is"). And that may be the highest compliment that Sheryl Crow, who seems to admire his gentle soul and shares his big heart, could ask for. --Tammy La Gorce

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Sheryl Crow is set to release her sixth studio album, DETOURS. The album marks the return of producer Bill Bottrell, who previously worked with Crow on her breakthrough debut album Tuesday Night Music Club, which earned the singer three Grammy Awards, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide. "This is the most honest record I've ever made. It's about being forced to wake up," says Crow.

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55 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Crow Takes Sidetrips On the Road of Life, February 5, 2008
If 2002's sun-drenched "Come On, Come On" found a nail-biting Sheryl Crow unsure of her position as pop tunesmith or serious singer/songwriter, 2005's "Wildflower" - her "art" record as she dubbed it - certified she could straddle the line without compromise.

She continues that progression with the aptly-titled "Detours," sifting through a myriad of topics like her breast cancer battle, broken engagement to Lance Armstrong and adoption of a baby boy. She may have been sidetracked, but she embraces the rhythm of life, an artist true to form.

Crow reunites with Bill Bottrell, producer of her 1993 debut "Tuesday Night Music Club," and the results are compelling and thoroughly listenable. Lo-fi opener "God Bless This Mess" is wall-to-wall Crow, reiterating the song's title line despite hazy post 9/11 life, while the jaunty radio-ready rock of the futuristic blue-collar anthem "Gasoline" and bouncy single "Love Is Free" keep the pace.

She bares her soul on "Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)" and delivers a high-octane rocker in the politically conscious "Shine Over Babylon," but the revelatory title track and cheery, swashbuckling "Out of Our Heads" keep the colors from running too dark.

In spite of life's hardships she finds comfort in "Peace Be Upon Us" and the gorgeous "Love Is All There Is" without a trace of sap left on her fingers, while perfect closer "Lullaby For Wyatt" finds Crow fully aware of the trials of motherhood as she tenderly croons "you're mine...for a time."

Crow is a rare flower of a talent in an entertainment industry full of weeds and flash-in-the-pans, but she is not fragile. Transforming the personal into the universal, she has the rare power to make listeners consider not just themselves but the ambiguous world they live in and keep things entertaining and fresh all the while.
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35 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Always Tuesday Night Somewhere, February 9, 2008
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In late 1993 I went to see the BoDeans at New York's Irving Plaza. The opening act was a singer-songwriter I'd never heard of before, a tall skinny pretty brunette who wore a denim shirt and played rhythm guitar in front of a loose, easy band. I enjoyed Sheryl Crow's opening set so much that night that I went out the next day and bought her record that had just come out, Tuesday Night Music Club (to place this in context, "All I Wanna Do" was all over the radio the following summer.)

She was great, an artist fully formed, and Tuesday Night Music Club is one of those records that manages to capture magic like lightning in a bottle. As much as I like her, it remains her best record.

The Music Club scattered, Sheryl has gone on to have an impressive run of hits (especially in this day and age, when old fashioned Stones/Clapton/Neil Young, 70s-inspired rock'n'roll has fallen so far from fashion. But here, she reunites with Music Clubber Bill Bottrell, who produced, mixed, and engineered, and shares writing credits on 5 of the songs. But let's not get crazy parsing out who does what; Detours has the loose, easy vibe that TNMC had, the feel of music made without any sweat, just flowing naturally. I don't know if there are any hits here and I don't really care. Start to finish, it is her best, most cohesive, easiest-to-listen-to record since the first one.

One thing worth noting is that it sounds great. I liked her last one, Wild Flowers, but the production was a little off for my ears, a little muddled. This sounds clear and bright.

I'm going to guess that some people will criticize the lyrics on some songs; "Gasoline," for example, gets a little political. But not to worry; just do what I do, and don't pay too much attention to the lyrics. Just feel the music, hear the songs, let it seep in and win you over. This one is just spot on.
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26 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing~~~, February 7, 2008
I have to say that I was a bit hesitant to buy Sheryl Crow's new record at first because I just wasn't feeling her last 2 records to be honest. Too sunshiney for me. But before those, I've always enjoyed her music on and off.
I saw Detours for the sale price of $8 and thought the titles of the songs looked interesting. So I bought it. Plus I heard she's been having some major issues in her life lately and I basically had the impression that she'd talk about all that in her new record. She did and I'm glad for that. I'm glad she dove deep! This is a personal political record and those can be tricky. They can either succeed or fail miserably. I believe Sheryl has succeeded with Detours.
It's a mixture of her old self a la Tuesday Night Music Club with a newer self in a way with a more intimate touch.
Highlights of the record for me are: God bless this mess, shine over babylon, Gasoline, make it go away (radiation song), and Diamond ring.

Worth checking out! She's the female Bob Dylan of our times.
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4.0 out of 5 stars OUT OF OUR HEADS
Got to spend most of a day recently with Sheryl Crow when she preformed two shows with James Taylor at TANGLEWOOD in western Mass. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Russ Melrath

5.0 out of 5 stars Detours by Sheryl Crow
What a great album! Sheryl Crow seems to just get better and better with each new album she comes out with. Can't wait for her to release another one.
Published 5 months ago by Scott Alfaro

1.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy Cheryl Crow is slipping!
This album really has no musically appeal or even songs that are in the least bit interesting. The words and themes are like little baby songs or juvenile and very boring. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Roberta King

4.0 out of 5 stars Sheryl Crow is still on top of her game
I didn't think Sheryl would be able to top or even match the excellent Wildflower album, but she did with 2008's Detours. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Doc Shred

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly Sheryl Crow's best CD
I was slow to pick this CD up because it did not get great reviews when it came out. Since I purchased it two months ago, it has not left my CD player. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mogulmeister

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheryl's Best Yet
In "Detours," Sheryl's lyrics are interesting and thought-provoking, as usual, but her musical compositions and her singing are the best yet. Read more
Published 11 months ago by The Thinker

1.0 out of 5 stars Lame effort from a greedy hasbeen
crow and company got in front of congress to make radio stations pay to play their songs. What greed! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tankery

2.0 out of 5 stars Ick....extra cheesy!
Ok- so you broke up with Lance and war is bad and peace is good. Ick...this cd has so many cliches in it. The songs are extra cheesy on this one. Read more
Published 11 months ago by MJH

4.0 out of 5 stars Personal Detour
No stranger to political protest songs, Sheryl Crow found herself with a batch of readymades after 2005's Wildflower and the declining mess of George Bush's years. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tim Brough

5.0 out of 5 stars just as good as her self titled "sheryl crow" release
this CD reminds me of her self titled "sheryl crow" CD. each song is so
different yet they all flow together. this CD has that raw sound to it. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Nat Tombrello

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