Wildflower - Sheryl Crow
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Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the singer's first album in three years.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Wildflower moves Sheryl Crow one step closer to Hall of Fame status.
  2. The album seems to be one of her most consistent records and one of her best.
  3. 60
    Almost every track plays nice sweet-and-sour tricks on the ears. But maximum, piercingly intelligent, heartfelt Crow comes through only in Sending A Letter To God. [Oct 2005, p.98]
  4. It's all too dull to make anyone care but Crow.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. cédric26,fromfrance
    10
    This album is one of the best albums i ' ve ever listened to . And yet i listen to much music (particularly 60's & 70's music) .What stroke me is the very purity of the sounds and the voice . Thanks Sheryl ! Expand
  2. johnw
    8
    A great, great album with gorgeous arrangements and perfect songs. None of the good-time party songs found on previous releases (except "Live it Up"), but they'd be out of place here. She's never been in better voice than on "Always on your Side" Expand
  3. Rev.Rikard
    7
    Recently Crow has been accused of abandoning rock for country. Her duo with Kid Rock was probably the initial spark that started the rumor. However, as an aside, I think the rumor says more about the current state of country than the music of Crow. Country has more blatantly uprooted itself AGAIN, attempting to appeal to a pop-oriented audience. Still, this album does little to help Crow shed the cloak of this rumor. A lover of modern country would adore this album, and that is fine with me. However, there are some of us that believe Crow is at her best when she rocks. I have to agree with the LA Times critique. Wildflower reveals to us a mature, thoughtful artist. Every artist needs to navigate this necessary passage; but accepting maturity, born from an evergrowing array of life-experiences, does not mean the playful child within has to be put to bed. Wildflower lacks the "kid playing with fire." When Crow picks up her guitar, playing and singing as one fully alive, hitting on all cylinders, few rock us better. Someone wake her up, we need her! Expand
  4. Tamara
    4
    What I admired about Sheryl Crow is her diversity of sound and genres she has on all her records. Her politic rhetoric is comical and wellt-timed. This release, however, will leave these fans disappointed. It's a good overall record, but there is very little change throughout the album. "Lifestyles" and "Chances Are" are good tracks, bu the rest of it is just full of the same. Expand

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