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That's what she tells everybody she wants to do. Maybe she could play power chords in a punk rock band.(That's with an electric guitar and distortion Cheryl) That makes more sense to me and she has the looks for a female sex object in an all male, skinhead type band.
The words and themes are like little baby songs or juvenile and very boring. Her sing song, whiny voice is awful and I can't stand to hear it again.
This album really has no musically appeal or even songs that are in the least bit interesting. She really needs guitar lessons or something.
She can't sing and her guitar playing is always the same, three chords. Her lame song about Lance dumping her is cry baby crap.
The she can rock on. Go get em Cheryl "the Rocker" Crow.
I love that song. This CD seems to bring together Crow's classic rock, country, and pop styles together in the perfect blend. I didn't think Sheryl would be able to top or even match the excellent Wildflower album, but she did with 2008's Detours. Love Is Free is also an instant classic. Detours as a whole is a little more upbeat than Wildflowers - almost in the way that her self-titled album is to her debut. My favorite track here is the rocking Gasoline. If you like Sheryl Crow this is a great CD. Other highlights include the lofi opener God Bless This Mess, Shine Over Babylon, Out Of Our Heads, and the spiritual Peace Be Upon Us.
I was slow to pick this CD up because it did not get great reviews when it came out. Every time I listen to that song, it sends chills up and down my body--and to call it deeply moving is the understatement of the year. Other high points on this CD include the title track, "Detours," and "Drunk With The Thought Of You". It's hard to say for sure if this is her very best CD (the other candidate is "The Globe Sessions"), because this is a more uneven effort. It saddens me that more than a few have felt the need to shoot down this CD because they may disagree with its politics (which ignores the music itself, which is beyond reproach). The highs, however, are higher than anything she has done before. Since I purchased it two months ago, it has not left my CD player. "Gasoline" is also one of her best songs ever.
Has Sheryl Crow ever had a finer moment than "Peace Be Upon Us". I don't think so. There are only a few clunkers ("Diamond Ring" quickly comes to mind), but in the context of many amazing tracks, they are not an issue. Those that do are missing out on some of the best music Sheryl Crow has ever made, let alone some of the best music of these times.
And the recording and mixing are as good as it gets. However, the album is so wonderful musically that the lyrics seem just magical.
Her voice is phenomenal, from soft and sweet or soft and pensive to strong and soulful to an anguished howl. In all cases, it is wonderfully appropriate for the song, and it always sounds spontaneous and real -- never contrived.
In "Detours," Sheryl's lyrics are interesting and thought-provoking, as usual, but her musical compositions and her singing are the best yet. Other reviewers have emphasized the personal and political nature of some of the lyrics, and I wondered whether I would be put off by this.
When the song calls for it, she sings with awesome power and control -- the equal of the best "soul" singers -- and her melodic embellishments are so smooth and natural that it's only when you listen analytically that you realize how much control she has. But it's easy to slip from listening analytically back to just being captivated by it.
The more I listen to this album, the more captivated and amazed I am by the beautiful creativity and diversity of the arrangements. This album is an awesome work of art.
crow and company got in front of congress to make radio stations pay to play their songs. What greed. There are fifty artists who do what Crow does and does it better and would welcome the publicity of radio stations. More elitism from tired old artists.The music on this one is boring, over produced, lazy song writing and her and Jewel are so yesterday.Crow started her career plagiarizing someone else and now she wants radio stations to limit their options by paying to play her and working out complex paying structures for independent artists.She is simply a greedy joke for the dying record companies to flaunt in front of politicians.
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