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Feels Like Home (2013)

Where the lyrics of Feels Like Home take you, and where it was really made.

Sheryl Crow's ninth studio album was her first country record, and it began with a suggestion from Nashville neighbor Brad Paisley.

Key places

Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville (2013)

Recording site Nashville — The album was recorded in Nashville, and Discogs credits Blackbird Studio as a recording location. The pin sits at city-center level, so it does not show the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Feels Like Home is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow
• Released in the US and Japan on September 10, 2013, in Europe on September 13, and in the UK on January 27, 2014
• It is Crow's debut country music record
• It is her first release through Warner Bros. Records
• Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, and produced by Crow and Justin Niebank
• Billboard ranked it as one of the ten best country albums of 2013

Background

• Crow moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2006 following a breast cancer diagnosis
• In a 2008 Billboard interview, she said she was gradually gravitating to the country format
• She had worked with Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Brooks & Dunn, Dwight Yoakam and Dixie Chicks
• Her last album through A&M Records came out in 2010, and she was later dropped from the label in 2011
• After a Loretta Lynn recording with Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley suggested she come home to the country format

Recording

• Writing began with advice from Brad Paisley
• The first finished song was Waterproof Mascara, written after a session with Paisley and songwriter Chris DuBois
• Crow co-wrote ten of the album's 12 songs, including with long-time collaborator Jeff Trott
• Other Nashville writers included Chris Stapleton, Luke Laird and Natalie Hemby
• Brad Paisley played slide guitar on the album
• Recording credits list Big Green Barn Studio, Blackbird Studio and Ocean Way Nashville

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

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

• Rolling Stone: Will Hermes found the results uneven but never forced or faked, and said the set suggested the Opry crowd might keep her on speed dial
• AllMusic: Stephen Thomas Erlewine said the release feels like standard-issue Crow
• American Songwriter: Jim Beviglia said the album goes astray only when it courts hard-core country fans, and called the title appropriate
• The Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman affirmed in a positive review that the release feels natural
• The Oakland Press: Gary Graff said the change fits Crow like a proverbial glove
• Exclaim!: Jason Schneider said Nashville had conformed to what Crow was doing all along
• Roughstock: Matt Bjorke said Crow was genuinely making the move to country
• Music Is My Oxygen: Rob Burkhardt said the album feels like she has come home

Records

• Metacritic Metascore of 76 based on seven reviews
• Billboard 200 debut at number seven with 37,000 copies sold, her ninth top ten album in the US
• First entry on the Top Country Albums chart, debuting at number 3
• Canada number 16, one week on the chart; Switzerland number 60; Netherlands number 92
• Official UK Albums Chart debut at number 16 with 5,500 sales, her highest chart placement since 2003 and seventh top twenty album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• BBC Radio 2 named the album Album of the Week in the UK for the week commencing January 25, 2014.
• Crow said the move felt like stepping onto the court with Roger Federer, that she was not that good, but that she loved the process.
• After 25 years of songwriting, Crow was an apprentice again during the writing for this album.
• Crow said she felt the best material she had ever written was on this record, while still learning.
• Discogs credits list Big Green Barn Studio and Ocean Way Nashville as recording locations, with Blackbird Studio also credited.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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