The Globe Sessions

The Globe Sessions
Studio album by Sheryl Crow
Released	September 21, 1998 (1998-09-21)
Recorded	1996–1998
Studio	Globe Studios (New York), Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock folk rock country rock [1]
Length	55:06
Label	A&M
Producer	Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow chronology
Sheryl Crow (1996) The Globe Sessions (1998) Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park (1999)
Singles from The Globe Sessions
"My Favorite Mistake" Released: August 31, 1998 [2] "There Goes the Neighborhood" Released: November 23, 1998 [3] "Anything but Down" Released: February 22, 1999 [4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Boston Phoenix	[5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [7]
The Independent	[8]
Los Angeles Times	[9]
NME	6/10 [10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[12]
Spin	5/10 [13]

The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on September 21, 1998, in the United Kingdom and September 29, 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 Albums Chart, ^[14] while peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, ^[15] achieving US sales of two million as of January 2008. ^[16] 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.

In 2019 it was announced that the 2008 fire that swept through Universal Studios Hollywood ultimately destroyed buildings belonging to Universal Music Group. It was initially reported that The Globe Sessions was one of hundreds of albums to have had their studio masters completely destroyed. However, in a 2022 interview with The Line of Best Fit , this was revealed to be false, with Crow stating that "luckily, they found most of mine in a different area." ^[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sheryl Crow, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Favorite Mistake"	Crow, Jeff Trott	4:08
2.	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Crow, Trott	5:02
3.	"Riverwide"		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)"		5:31
7.	"Anything but Down"		4:17
8.	"The Difficult Kind"		6:19
9.	"Mississippi"	Bob Dylan	4:41
10.	"Members Only"		4:57
11.	"Crash and Burn"		6:36

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 guitar (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 guitar (4)
• Todd Wolfe – electric guitar solo (4)
• Tim Smith – bass (2)
• Dan Rothchild – double bass (3), bass guitar (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)
• David Russo: - programming

Production

• Producers: Sheryl Crow, ("Sweet Child o´Mine" produced by Rick Rubin)
• Executive Producer: Rory Kaplan
• Engineers: Trina Shoemaker, S. Husky Höskulds
• Assistant engineers: Brant Scott, Howard Willing, Ryan Baesch
• Mixing: Tchad Blake, Andy Wallace (tracks 2, 7–9)
• Assistant mixing engineers 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

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1999	The Globe Sessions	Album of the Year [18]	Nominated
		Best Rock Album [19]	Won
	"My Favorite Mistake"	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance [18]	Nominated
	Sheryl Crow	Producer of the Year, Non-Classical [18]	Nominated
	Andy Wallace, Tchad Blake & Trina Shoemaker (engineers)	Best Engineered Album, Non Classical [18]	Won

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Globe Sessions Chart (1998) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 52 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] 19 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 27 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [24] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [25] 28 Finnish Albums Chart [26] 27 French Albums (SNEP) [27] 18 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [28] 4 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [29] 18 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [30] 16 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [31] 10 Scottish Albums (OCC) [32] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [33] 9 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [34] 5 UK Albums (OCC) [14] 2 US Billboard 200 [15] 5 European Albums ( Eurotipsheet ) [35] 2

Year-end charts 1998 Year-end chart performance for The Globe Sessions Chart (1998) Position Canadian RPM Albums Chart [36] 97 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [37] 90 UK Albums (OCC) [38] 63 US Billboard 200 [39] 143 1999 Year-end chart performance for The Globe Sessions Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200 [40] 76 Certifications Certifications for The Globe Sessions Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA) [41] Gold 7,500^ Canada (Music Canada) [42] Platinum 100,000^ Japan (RIAJ) [43] Gold 100,000^ New Zealand (RMNZ) [44] Gold 7,500^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [45] Gold 25,000^ United Kingdom (BPI) [46] Platinum 300,000^ United States (RIAA) [47] Platinum 1,000,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for The Globe Sessions

Region	Date
United Kingdom	September 21, 1998
United States	September 29, 1998

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