The Globe Sessions
Released September 21, 1998 (UK)
September 29, 1998 (US)
Recorded Globe Studios, New York, NY and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA, 1996–1998
Genre Rock, blues rock, country rock, folk rock
Length 55:06
Label A&M
Producer Sheryl Crow
Rick Rubin (“Sweet Child o’ Mine”)
The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on 21 September 1998 in the United Kingdom and 29 September 1998 in the United States, then re-released in 1999. It was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Non-Classical Album at the 1999 Grammys, winning the latter two awards. The Globe Sessions reached No. 2 on the UK Album Chart, while peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, achieving US sales of two million as of January 2008. The album was recorded at and named for the sessions recorded at Globe Recording Studio in New York owned by Robert FitzSimons and Tracey Loggia.
Track listing
1. “My Favorite Mistake” Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott 4:08
2. “There Goes the Neighborhood” Crow, Trott 5:02
3. “Riverwide” Crow 4:07
4. “It Don’t Hurt” Crow, Trott 4:49
5. “Maybe That’s Something” Crow, Trott 4:17
6. “Am I Getting Through (Part I & II)” Crow 5:31
7. “Anything but Down” Crow 4:17
8. “The Difficult Kind” Crow 6:19
9. “Mississippi” Bob Dylan 4:41
10. “Members Only” Crow 4:57
11. “Crash and Burn” Crow 6:36
Extra track (1998 release (UK) – cat. no. 31454-0974-2)
12. “Resuscitation” Crow 3:54
Extra track (1999 release (US) – cat. no. 06949-0407-2)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
12. “Sweet Child o’ Mine[Note 1]” Guns N’ Roses 3:54
On earlier versions of the album the track “Crash and Burn” contains the hidden track “Subway Ride”, running 11:19, while omitting the track “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. Another version eliminates both “Subway Ride” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. The version of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” included is the ‘Rick Rubin New Mix’, originally featured on the Big Daddy soundtrack and later included on Hits & Rarities, and also called the ‘Pop Version’ on the CD single. It differs from the ‘Rock Version’ used in the single music video. The European version features “Resuscitation” (Crow, Trott) as twelfth track; the Japanese version contains the bonus tracks “Carolina” and “Resuscitation” (Crow, Trott). The “Australian Tour Edition” of the album (released in 1999) contains “Resuscitation”, “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, and a bonus CD containing six songs recorded live at the Church of the Holy Trinity at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 1998:
Bonus disc: The Australian Tour Edition
1. “A Change Would Do You Good” Crow, Trott, Brian MacLeod 4:04
2. “Riverwide” Crow 4:32
3. “It Don’t Hurt” Crow, Trott 5:26
4. “Strong Enough” Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert, MacLeod, David Ricketts 3:17
5. “The Difficult Kind” Crow 6:42
6. “Everyday Is a Winding Road” Crow, MacLeod, Trott 6:22
Personnel
Sheryl Crow – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic and electric 12 string guitar, National steel guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, harmonica, percussion
Jeff Trott – acoustic and electric guitar (2, 3, 5–7, 10), tremolo guitar (1), 12 string guitar (4, 9), bass (5), slide guitar (8), Moog synthesizer (10)
Gregg Williams – drums (1, 2, 4–6, 10, 11), percussion (2, 5, 6, 10), tambourine (3), programming
Benmont Tench – organ (3, 8), piano (7–9), chamberlin (9)
Mitchell Froom – clavinet and Orchestron (6)
Lisa Germano – violin (solo on 3, 4), autoharp (4)
Val McCallum – electric guitar (2, 10, 11)
Wendy Melvoin – guitar (1), bass (4)
Todd Wolfe – electric guitar solo (4)
Tim Smith – bass (2)
Dan Rothchild – double bass (3), bass (7–9)
Dan McCarroll – drums (2, 7–9)
Jim Bogios – drums (4)
Trina Shoemaker – drum loop (3)
Bobby Keys – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone (2)
Kent Smith – trumpet (2)
Michael Davis – trombone (2)
Avril Brown, Mark Feldman, Maura Giannini (−6), Matthew Pierce, Lorenza Ponce, Mary Rowell, Laura Seaton – violin (3, 6)
Michelle Kinney, Mary Wooten, Garo Yellin – cello (6)
Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement and conductor (6)
Kathy Crow – vocals (8)
Production
Producers: Sheryl Crow, (“Sweet Child o´Mine” produced by Rick Rubin)
Executive Producer: Rory Kaplan
Engineers: Trina Shoemaker
Additional recordings: S. Husky Höskulds
Assistant engineers: Brant Scott, Howard Willing, Ryan Baesch
Mixing: Tchad Blake, Andy Wallace (tracks 2, 7–9)
Assistant mixing engineers: S. Husky Höskulds, Steve Sisco, Howard Willing
Mastering: Bob Ludwig
Digital engineer: Jeff Levison
Surround mix and digital mastering: David Tickle
Production coordination: Brant Scott
Art direction and design: Jeri Heiden
Cover photography: Peter Lindbergh
Photographies inside: Tchad Blake
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