Sheryl Crow & Friends: Live From Central Park - Crow, Sheryl (CD 1999)

i bought this album becuase it was on sale (the cd cover was cracked quite
badly) , i had not listened much to sheryl crow before this. that said,
after listening to it have gone and bought "the globe sessions" and "tuesday night live" (unfortunately not at sale price !)
this has got to be one of the best sheryl crow albums i have listened to
, ok its not really her singing ALL of the songs there are other
people singing it with her too.
why did i every like this album so much ? -- i listened to some of the
origianl (non-live) recordings of the songs on this album -- IMHO some
of the songs actually sound much better Live.
take for example : "Everyday" the very 1st track - sheryls voice has more
husky natural sound to it - much much better than the original recording.
unfortunately though "my favourite mistake" sounds like quite a big mistake compared to
the original . after these come the really interesting songs theres one
with the dixie chicks which sounds really cool (much better than the orig). "it dont hurt" again doesnt sound as convincing as the orig. (from
the globe sessions ). "if it makes you happy" is a combo song with chrissie hynde . "the difficult kind" is sung with sarah mclachlan. And
of course "All i wanna do" (live !!!) sounds really really great. the
really terrible song on this album is "happy" sung by keith richards (yep
the rolling stones old man guitarist)."gold dust woman" is sung by
stevie nicks."white room" is with eric clapton and is moderately good.
"leaving las vegas" and "there goes the neighbourhood" also find a place
in this album (again IMHO much better than the orig. recordings).
the very last song on this album is sung by all the guests on the album
with sheryl crow , "tombstone blues", the famous song by bob dylan - and
is worth listening to (repeatedly).

If you are a sheryl crow fan GO and buy this album, its a must have.
If you are new to sherly crow then its a very good album to start listening to her.