Wildflower (Sheryl Crow album)

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Wildflower
Sheryl crow wildflower.png
Studio album by
Sheryl Crow
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2005
StudioMusic Lane (Austin, TX)
Capitol Studios
Henson Recording Studios
Larrabee Sound Studios
Ocean Way Recording
Sage & Sound Recording
Sunset Sound
(Los Angeles, CA)
Talentshop Recorders
(Nashville, TN)
Black Apple Studios
(Portland, OR)
Genre
Length46:42
Label A&M
Producer Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott, John Shanks
Sheryl Crow chronology
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
(2003)		Wildflower
(2005)		 Hits & Rarities
(2007)
Singles from Wildflower
  1. "Good Is Good"
    Released: September 19, 2005
  2. "Perfect Lie"
    Released: November 1, 2005
  3. "Always on Your Side"
    Released: March 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (63/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [4]
PopMatters (3/10) [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Wildflower is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, first released September 27, 2005. Although the album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, [10] it received mixed reviews and was not as commercially successful as previous albums, having also peaked at No. 25 on the UK Album Chart [11] (where all her previous studio albums had been Top 10 successes).

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In December 2005, however, the album was nominated for a Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award, while Sheryl Crow was nominated for a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for the song "Good Is Good".

The album was certified platinum in the U.S. in December 2005, [12] and as of January 2008, it had sold 949,000 units (over the counter) there. [13]

A deluxe edition of the CD was also released, which contains an additional DVD featuring acoustic versions of many of the album's tracks, as well as the promotional video for the lead single "Good Is Good".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Know Why" Sheryl Crow 4:15
2."Perfect Lie"Crow4:34
3."Good Is Good"Crow, Jeff Trott 4:18
4."Chances Are"Crow, Trott5:16
5."Wildflower"Crow3:57
6."Lifetimes"Crow, Trott4:12
7."Letter to God"Crow, Trott4:04
8."Live It Up"Crow, Trott3:42
9."I Don't Wanna Know"Crow, Trott4:28
10."Always on Your Side"Crow4:15
11."Where Has All the Love Gone"Crow, Trott3:40
Australian / European / Digital bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Wildflower" (Acoustic Version)Crow3:56
13."Where Has All the Love Gone" (Acoustic Version)Crow, Trott3:41
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Letter to God" (Acoustic Version)Crow, Trott3:29

Charts and certifications

Chart (2005) [14] Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [15] 98
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)51
Belgium Flanders (Ultratop)58
Belgium Wallonia (Ultratop)87
Canada (Canadian Albums Chart)1
France (SNEP)61
Germany (Media Control Charts)21
Japan (Oricon) [16] 20
Netherlands (MegaCharts)54
Spain (PROMUSICAE)97
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)48
Switzerland (Swiss Music Charts)17
United Kingdom (UK Albums Chart)25
United States (Billboard 200)2
United States (Top Internet Albums)2

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)Position
United States (Billboard 200) [17] 148

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [18] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] Platinum940,000 [20]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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