Be Myself
2017 studio album by Sheryl Crow
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Be Myself is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. The album was released on April 21, 2017, by Wylie Songs and Warner Bros. Records.[2][3] Produced by Crow and Jeff Trott, who also worked with Crow on her self-titled 1996 album and 1998's The Globe Sessions, it features a return to a more rock-driven sound following Crow's 2013 country album, Feels Like Home.[4]
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| Released | April 21, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | September 9 – October 16, 2016 | |||
| Studio | Old Green Barn (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 45:20 | |||
| Label | Wylie Songs, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott | |||
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Release
Singles
The album's lead single, "Halfway There", was released on March 3, 2017.[1]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[5] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| American Songwriter |  [6] |
| Blurt | [7] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10[8] |
| The Guardian | [9] |
| Mojo | [10] |
| PopMatters | [11] |
| Rolling Stone | [12] |
| Slant Magazine | [13] |
Be Myself received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 69 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 10 reviews.[5]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars and calls it "set of strong, sophisticated pop."[4] Writing for Rolling Stone and rating the album three out of five stars, Rob Sheffield calls it "excellent" and "a full-blown return to her fierce rock-queen glory."[12]
Dave Simpson from The Guardian gave 3 out of 5 stars and stated "After a short-lived dabble in country music, Be Myself reunites Sheryl Crow with 1990s collaborators Jeff Trott and Tchad Blake and returns to the sassy, carefree, stripped down folk-pop-rock that brought her massive success in that era"[14]
Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Be Myself might lack the quirks that made Sheryl Crow so distinctive (it opened with a song about aliens, after all), but the album proves that some alliances can outlast even the latest planet-shrinking technology".[15]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott; except "Woo Woo," written by Sheryl Crow, Toby Gad, and Jeff Trott.[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Alone in the Dark" | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Halfway There" | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Long Way Back" | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Be Myself" | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Roller Skate" | 3:19 |
| 6. | "Love Will Save the Day" | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Strangers Again" | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Rest of Me" | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Heartbeat Away" | 5:35 |
| 10. | "Grow Up" | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Woo Woo" | 3:14 |
| Total length: | 45:20 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[18]
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Charts
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 97 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] | 104 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] | 51 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] | 59 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] | 97 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[24] | 67 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[25] | 8 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] | 35 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] | 68 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] | 43 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[29] | 47 |
| US Billboard 200[30] | 22 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] | 3 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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| Worldwide | April 21, 2017 |
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Warner Bros. | [32] |