Wildflower (Sheryl Crow album)

Wildflower
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
LabelA&M
ProducerSheryl 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[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[4]
PopMatters(3/10)[5]
Q[6]
Robert Christgau(dud)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant Magazine[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).

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".

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  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sheryl Crow: Wildflower > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  3. ^ Blender review Archived November 23, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Browne, David (October 3, 2005). "Wildflower". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  5. ^ LaBrack, Jill (October 10, 2005). "Sheryl Crow: Wildflower". PopMatters. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  6. ^ Q. No. #231. London: EMAP Metro. October 2005. p. 115. ISSN 0955-4955. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sheryl Crow". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  8. ^ Edwards, Gavin (October 6, 2005). "Sheryl Crow: Wildflower". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on October 20, 2005.
  9. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (October 3, 2005). "Sheryl Crow: Wildflower". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  10. ^ "Wildflower > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  11. ^ "Wildflower". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  12. ^ "American certifications – Sheryl Crow – Wildflower". Recording Industry Association of America.
  13. ^ Caulfield, Keith (January 25, 2008). "'Good' Is Not So Good". Ask Billboard. Billboard.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2011.