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Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)

Where the lyrics of Tuesday Night Music Club take you, and where it was really made.

The first two singles were not particularly successful; the album only took off after the fourth single, "All I Wanna Do", reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

Key places

Toad Hall Studios, where the album's group met (1993)

Recording site Becker Mastering — The group that gave the album its title gathered at Bill Bottrell's Toad Hall Studios to write songs and play music. The place is listed in Pasadena, and the pin marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow
• Released August 3, 1993
• The title comes from the name of an ad hoc group of musicians
• Front cover shows Crow wearing a denim shirt
• Back cover has a neon cafe sign of the Jenny Rose Cafe

Background

• The group existed as a casual songwriting collective before its association with Crow
• It gathered at Bill Bottrell's Toad Hall Studios to write songs and play music
• Members included Bill Bottrell, David Baerwald, David Daniels, Brian MacLeod and Kevin Gilbert
• Gilbert brought his girlfriend Sheryl Crow to a few of the sessions
• When Crow got signed, she leveraged the output from these sessions
• Many of the players and composers appear on the album and share songwriting credits with Crow

Recording

• Bill Bottrell was the producer, Dan Schwartz the assistant producer, and Blair Lamb the engineer
• Bernie Grundman handled mastering
• The group's meeting place, Toad Hall Studios, is listed in Pasadena, California

Cover

• Photography by Melodie McDaniel, Peggy Sirota and Scott Henriksen
• Art direction by Richard Frankel, design by Jean Krikorian

Sources: en.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

• Chicago Tribune critic David Rothschild wrote that the album's loosely structured intimacy suited Crow's personal rock storytelling
• Vox's Patrick Humphries called it a confident and assured debut full of music from all sources
• Q's Ian Cranna found the music stylish but not slick, and noted the mix of irony, imagination and observation in Crow's lyrics
• Los Angeles Times critic Dennis Hunt compared Crow's singing to Rickie Lee Jones
• Jon Pareles in The New York Times echoed the comparison and said Crow's best songs were terse and well observed

Reappraisal

• AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted the album's loose, ramshackle charm
• Erlewine concluded Crow built an identity as a classic rocker with enough smarts to stay contemporary
• Terry Staunton called it a stone cold 90s classic in Record Collector, crediting Crow's distinctive vocals for the Grammy recognition
• The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
• NPR ranked it 94th on its 2017 list of the 150 greatest albums made by women

Records

• Peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200 after "All I Wanna Do" reached number two on the Hot 100
• Reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and is certified 2x platinum there
• Sold 7.6 million copies in the US and UK during the 1990s
• Sold more than 4.5 million copies in the US as of January 2008
• Won three Grammy Awards in 1995: Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first two singles were not particularly successful, and the album gained attention only after the fourth single.
• The fourth single, "All I Wanna Do", was based on the Wyn Cooper poem "Fun".
• Crow was dating Kevin Gilbert, who co-wrote most of the songs on the album.
• Crow's relationship with Gilbert soured soon after release, and disputes over songwriting credits followed.
• Travis Tritt's 2002 album Strong Enough includes a song written as a reply to Crow's original song.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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