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Detours (2008)

Where the lyrics of Detours take you, and where it was really made.

Japan received this album about a week before its home country, and the Japanese edition adds two bonus tracks.

Key places

Recorded at The Hit Farm (2008)

Recording site Nashville — Discogs credits list The Hit Farm as a place where the album was recorded. The point marks the city of Nashville, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Sage and Sound (2008)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — Discogs credits list Sage and Sound as a recording location for the album. The point marks the Hollywood area, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Glenwood Place Studios (2008)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — Discogs credits list Glenwood Place Studios as a recording location for the album. The point marks the city of Burbank, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Pass (2008)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Discogs credits list The Pass as a recording location for the album. The point marks the city of Los Angeles, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Detours is the sixth studio album by Sheryl Crow
• Released February 5, 2008
• A return to Crow's roots rock style
• Peaked at number two in the United States, her third straight album to do so
• Sold over 700,000 copies worldwide up to 2010
• Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album on December 4, 2008

Background

• Reunion with producer Bill Bottrell, who produced her 1993 debut Tuesday Night Music Club
• Bottrell had also worked briefly on her 1996 album Sheryl Crow
• First single Shine over Babylon is a folk-rock anthem
• Crow told Billboard in summer 2007 the song is environmentally conscious, in the tradition of Bob Dylan
• Second single Love Is Free was inspired by the effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
• The album was released on the day of the 2008 New Orleans Mardi Gras

Recording

• Recorded at Crow's Nashville farm
• 14 of the 24 songs recorded appear on the album
• Discogs credits list The Hit Farm, Sage & Sound, Glenwood Place Studios and The Pass as recording studios
• Bill Bottrell credited as producer, mixer and engineer
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born February 11, 1962 in Kennett, Missouri.
• Studied music education at the University of Missouri, earning a BS Ed in 1984.
• Worked as a music teacher and sang commercial jingles before moving into music.

Career

• Toured as a backing vocalist for Michael Jackson during the Bad World Tour (1987–1989).
• Debut album Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) produced hits including "All I Wanna Do" and "Strong Enough"; won three Grammys at the 37th ceremony.
• Released 12 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums; sold over 50 million albums worldwide.
• Won nine Grammy Awards from 32 nominations; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.
• Known for a rock-oriented sound blending blues, country, folk and pop, with idealistic lyrics.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic score of 75, indicating generally favorable reviews
• Rolling Stone's Anthony Decurtis called it a relatively stripped-down affair, with Crow's emotional commitment holding the fourteen songs together
• AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it her liveliest, weirdest album since 1996's Sheryl Crow
• Erlewine wrote that the emotional directness on Detours makes it a progression, not a retreat
• Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani wrote that many of the songs rank among Crow's best
• Cinquemani noted a grittiness in the music and a scratchy, lived-in quality to Crow's vocals missing from her last couple of albums

Records

• Debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200
• About 92,000 copies sold in the first week and 52,000 in the second week
• 405,000 copies sold in the US as of May 26, 2010
• Over 700,000 copies sold worldwide up to 2010
• Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Released in Japan about a week before its home country, and the Japanese edition adds Rise Up and Beautiful Dream as bonus tracks
• Discogs notes that the album is for Wyatt Steven
• The first single Shine over Babylon reached number 42 on the Italy Singles Chart and number 4 on the Billboard Adult album alternative chart
• The title track Detours charted at number 13 in the US after Crow performed it on the Ellen DeGeneres Show
• The album was released on the day of the 2008 New Orleans Mardi Gras, a coincidence noted by Crow's appearances on American television

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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