Be Myself

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Be Myself
Sheryl Crow - Be Myself.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2017
Recorded2016–2017
StudioOld Green Barn (Nashville, TN)
Genre Rock
Length45:20
Label Wylie Songs, Warner Bros.
Producer Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott
Sheryl Crow chronology
Feels Like Home
(2013)
Be Myself
(2017)
Threads
(2019)
Singles from Be Myself
  1. "Halfway There"
    Released: March 3, 2017 [1]

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]

Contents

Release

Singles

The album's lead single, "Halfway There", was released on March 3, 2017. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Blurt Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Exclaim! 6/10 [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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 songs written by Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott, except where noted. [4]

No.TitleLength
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" (Crow, Toby Gad, Trott)3:14
Total length:45:20
Target and Japanese bonus tracks [16] [17]
No.TitleLength
12."Disappearing World"4:17
13."The World You Make"4:25
14."Long Way Back" (Acoustic version)4:47
Total length:58:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [18]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
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

List of regions, release dates, formats, label and references
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
WorldwideApril 21, 2017
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
Warner Bros. [32]

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